Charlie Rogers, who claims she was attacked in a hate crime this summer, is speaking out to defend her innocence. She talks at length about how she is a victim. What do you see?
You can see Charlie’s original plea to the media before her arrest here as well as read my comments.
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the video Charlie Rogers talking about her alleged anti-gay attack. I found her behavior odd, and there were definitely hotspots. My final conclusion was, “At this point, I believe there are enough red flags to investigate Charlie Rose’s story further, though I want to be sensitive to hate crimes as they are real, and should never be tolerated in our society.”
Many people are questioning if Charlie Rogers’ story is true or not. She claims that three masked men broke into her home, painted anti-gay slurs on her walls, bound her with zip ties and carved the word “dyke” into her stomach. Then they poured gasoline on the floor and left and she managed to escape naked to a neighbors house to get help.
When I first watched this video, I felt Charlie’s
