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Post by kathryn on Jul 7, 2018 9:15:45 GMT
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/07/chloe-ayling-anything-think-free-just-got-to-doI can’t for the life of me find the original thread we had on this story to resurrect it, but I do recall very well that several of us (including me) expressed scepticism about the story, so thought it worth posting this rather fascinating interview. A lot of us were sceptical because she behaved so much like someone seeking fame, money and attention, rather than like someone who had been through a horrific ordeal. I guess the lesson is that the two are not mutually exclusive! You can be seeking to earn fame and fortune *and* really have been through a horrible ordeal at the hands of someone who - by the sounds of it - is probably himself delusional and has sucked you in to his fantasies. Truth is stranger than fiction - real life isn’t *required* to make sense the way fiction is.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 7, 2018 10:59:37 GMT
Yes, Italian justice has not covered itself in glory in the past - but that rather indicates it would be biased against believing her, due to conservative prejudices. It does seem that the physical evidence presented to the jury - both of the kidnap itself being planned, and of no prior communication between the two of them to arrange a staging - was compelling.
Sometimes things seem to be inconsistent and incredible because people are inconsistent and lack credibility, not because they didn’t actually happen. I mean, just think of how farcical the Norman Scott case was!
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Post by learfan on Jul 7, 2018 19:05:22 GMT
Good points, kathryn. The Norman Scott case is a great example. I may just be getting even older and more cynical, perhaps. Those two def apply to me. Im afraid i still don't believe her.
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