Man 'sexually assaults' woman then throws her and a friend off bridge into ravine at German tourist spot
www.lbc.co.uk
A tourist threw two women off a 300-ft high bridge into a ravine after sexually assaulting one of them near a German beauty spot tourist attraction.
  • druppel@feddit.nlEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    They can’t say it is sexual assault, until the person has been declared guilty in court. So they put it in quotes to indicate that is has been alleged by someone else

    • nzodd@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      One might wonder then why the throwing woman and friend into ravine part isn’t also in cover-your-ass quotes.

      • druppel@feddit.nlEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I don’t make the rules 🤷 Maybe easier to prove? The media just doesn’t like getting sued.

        The article does say:

        The man was reported to have sexually assaulted one of the women