I knew this story sounded familiar, it's old, and I've read it before. So, what's the result of this?
I didn't realize that this was so old when I first read it yesterday. I'm guessing she had an affair with Hayes then made up the rape story after the fact to save the marriage..?
And it was brought up because a feel-good story about Hayes was recently posted. For one who has 190 posts over three years, his timing was impecabble. His motives should be questioned. I know, I sound like a paranoid CHOF.
Looks like the case is killed.. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/13057778.htm Prosecutor rejects Wildcat Lodge case Varying accounts, phone records cited By Valarie Honeycutt Spears HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER A former Kentucky basketball player accused of rape in April told investigators that his accuser sent him a text message to compliment him on their sexual encounter at Wildcat Lodge. Cell phone records show that the woman tried to contact the player 143 times over three months. According to the player and witnesses, the woman initially asked the player for his telephone number. The player also said she kissed him in a restaurant parking lot the day before the alleged rape. Those details were revealed in a letter that Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson sent to the woman's attorney yesterday to explain why he decided not to prosecute the case, which has grabbed headlines since May. Larson reached "the reasonable conclusion" that the woman "was pursuing some type of relationship with the suspect" and that her story was not credible. Court records have identified the accuser as Cynthia Wilson Smithers, a married mother of three who lives in Midway. Larson investigated at the request of the woman's attorneys after the Lexington police department and Fayette County Attorney Margaret Kannensohn declined to pursue charges. The woman and her attorneys had pressed the case to higher levels after criticizing the initial police investigation. Days into that investigation, police declared the case "cleared by exception" and said the woman had stopped cooperating. Police did not search the suspect's room and initially did not complete DNA testing, and Chief Anthany Beatty drew criticism for notifying Coach Tubby Smith that one of his players was being investigated. Larson's seven-page letter explained why he decided not to empanel a grand jury to hear criminal charges against the former UK player. The woman has said the player drugged her by giving her food and drink, and she later woke up naked with the suspect on top of her. The Herald-Leader first reported Larson's decision yesterday on kentucky.com. In the letter, Larson said his office spent almost 200 hours investigating the allegation and concluded that the suspect should not be prosecuted. Larson said evidence called into question or contradicted many of the woman's claims about the alleged rape. "Based on our exhaustive review, we must conclude that the complainant's credibility is questionable at best," Larson wrote. "There is almost no evidence which corroborates the complainant's allegations. On the contrary, the evidence tends to disprove the allegation of rape." Authorities have never publicly named a suspect in the case, but in May an agent for former UK star Chuck Hayes confirmed that Hayes had been notified of the investigation. Hayes and his attorney, Jim Lowry, have declined to comment. Traci Boyd, the woman's attorney, said yesterday that the woman has decided not to take any further action in the case. In a statement, Boyd expressed disappointment at Larson's decision. "Our client is a mess right now," Boyd said in the statement. Boyd said she believed her client was telling the truth. "We believed her then and we believe her now." But Boyd said she respected Larson's decision and the time he put into the investigation. She said the reasons he gave "are valid reasons for not proceeding with prosecution." "Our client's case simply cannot be proven," Boyd said in the statement. "Unfortunately, this is the situation in many rape cases. It is always a 'he said/she said' scenario. There are rarely witnesses to a rape. "But in this unusual case, witnesses have come out of the woodwork in an attempt to discount our client. Those witnesses include former UK basketball players, staff at the Wildcat Lodge and former friends of our client, including her ex-boyfriend." In an interview last night, Boyd said there were valid reasons for all of the woman's telephone calls to the player. The woman's cell phone records indicate that she contacted the suspect a total of 143 times between April 13 and July 7, while the records reveal that he called her 26 times from April 19-28, according to Larson's letter. Boyd said her client was calling the suspect in response to his calls and that she felt threatened. She said the phone records mentioned by Larson do not take into account calls the suspect made to the woman from private residences and from rooms other than his own. At least once during an interview with a Herald-Leader reporter in July, the woman used her cell phone to call the suspect's voice mail so a reporter could confirm the suspect's telephone number. In addition to the suspect's teammate, former player Josh Carrier, Boyd said the only other witnesses who discredited the woman were people who had reason to make her look bad. They included an ex-boyfriend and a neighbor couple and their son who had ended a friendship with the woman, Boyd said. Boyd had requested that Larson convene a grand jury after Fayette County Attorney Margaret Kannensohn decided Aug. 15 that no charges should be filed. Kannensohn has said there is no evidence that a crime occurred. Larson said yesterday that Kannensohn had made "the appropriate decision" not to prosecute. The accused player has told police that he and the woman had consensual sex. In his letter, Larson said it is "undisputed" that the two had sex, but "the complainant and the suspect have completely different versions of events leading up to April 20, 2005." In prior interviews with the Herald-Leader, the woman has said she was incapacitated and unable to consent to sex. Larson's letter said there was no evidence to back up that allegation. Among other things, he said, the woman repeatedly called the player and appeared to pursue a relationship with him before the Wildcat Lodge encounter. For example, the suspect, Josh Carrier and the neighbor's son all said that at an autograph-signing on April 13, the woman asked the player: "How much does it cost to get your phone number?" The woman has said she was confused and disoriented after leaving Wildcat Lodge. Larson's letter, however, said that several witnesses who saw or spoke with the woman after the alleged rape said she seemed fine, and that a neighbor said he smoked mar1juana with the woman and her husband that night. Larson also said that, according to the suspect, on the night of the alleged rape, the woman sent the suspect a text message "which was complimentary of their sexual encounter." Larson's letter said cell-phone records confirm that the suspect received two text messages from the woman on the day of the alleged rape. But Boyd said there is no evidence concerning the content of the text messages. Also, Larson said, a drug screen performed on the woman, who had a prescription for tranquilizers, showed she had drugs in her system, but didn't provide any conclusive evidence.
To me, the recent feel-good article probably just reminded him of the past article. I remember the article, but I didn't realize it was about CH. Then again, he's probably trying to get CH traded to his real team of choice.
How sad, as long as there are women who abuse the system with these false allegations of sexual harrasment/rape/etc, it will always lead to people questioning the motives of women who do come forward and put forward such allegations, even if they're being truthful; it directly hurts women everywhere, as unfair as it might be.
yeah i'm pretty sure it's not true. rule of thumb: all players are exempt from any sexual allegations.
Glad to hear Chuck Hayes was innocent. I wish they would charge that woman with making a false claim.
Remember, if you felt you are threaten by someone, please call him 143 times. Oh, don't forget to send text messages too.
Someone brought up this thread in another thread about Hayes and I was just curious. I like Hayes too, not just because of his production on the court but also because of all the other stuff I've read about him as a person. Seeing this thread was a real shocker and just wanted to see if someone knows how this thing was resolved.
I'm closing my own thread... oh the agony. This is an example of an old thread that probably shouldn't have been brought up because of the date of the news. Next time start a new thread or post in an existing Chuck Hayes thread and put a link to this thread or to the article it's referring to. Bringing up ancient/dated news-threads tends to be confusing. From the article posted above, it seems like he's innocent for now...
