Who in their right mind would go all the way and chase the American soldier in Zambales only accompanied by another girl-companion? I have been to Subic several times and I observed the presence of so many hookers on the lookout for foreigners in the area to the point that everytime the gang goes there, we would just chill out at the yacht club instead of going to Boardwalk where these hookers frequent alot (especially Pier 1). Okay, that does not make Nicole and co. hookers. But getting drunk in the company of people you barely know, you are so either inviting trouble or you are just actually planning to have sex with anyone of them. Pardon my being blunt, but Nicole drank alot of alcohol that night when she could have stayed sober. Bad judgement? I dont think so. I think she intended it. I mean she went all the way to party with these guys, what could she have had in mind. Come on, suddenly she began being such a "victim" on TV? Me smells a blackmail.
Feminist militant groups were all too eager to lap up her story, sadly, before the merits of the case were decided by the courts, the accused already lost the battle in media. That's the most unfair part in rape cases where the accused are almost always prejudged. Who cares if the girl was altogether lying? The case being a test of the Visiting Forces Agreement, everyone is too careful about the implications of a guilty or not guilty verdict. With the elections coming around next year, trust some local politicians will suddenly be part of this circus.
