‘The Lovely Bones’ Author Apologizes to Wrongly Convicted Man
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- Novelist Alice Sebold has issued a public apology to Anthony J. Broadwater, the man wrongfully convicted of raping her. In a statement published on Medium, Sebold, most famous for her book “The Lovely Bones,” apologized and addressed her role in making Broadwater “another young Black man brutalized by our flawed legal system” Her apology comes eight days after Broadwater’s conviction was vacated on the basis that the legal case, which Sebold details in her memoir, was deeply flawed.
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“I’m sorry this happened to you” is NOT an apology. “I’m sorry I did this to you” would be a good start.
Im sorry my wrongful identification of you caused you to be convicted & incarcerated for 16yrs for a crime you didn’t commit.
@@pussiriffic that works too. Point is, she makes it seem like she had no part in it. Like the accusation fell from the sky and hit him in the head.
She should be punished
Notice she didn't speak directly to anyone? She is being smart in the event of future letigation. A lawyer probably drafted the statement for her.
So very true.
Sounds like he needs the royalties to her movies and books. Lawsuits all around
Agree!
Hell yeah!
Hell yea give him his money
Agreed
Facts! secure that man a big o’l bag
why doesn't she send him millions, if she's so sorry?
Exactly 💯
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He better sue
She should send everything the movie and book made that was her earnings because if it wasnt for the accusation, she wouldve had none
She can keep her apology. Give that man financial compensation!
Exactly
No financial compensation will give his 16 years back.
@@saltyballs and a “ sorry” isn’t enough
Jail for the same length of time with all proceeds from movie and book going to him . Every last cent all properties cars furniture and when it happens highlight the case massively with an injunction to stop her from making and profiting from any stories coming from it
He’ll get it through the taxpayers. But anybody that was involved in any way of putting the sky behind bars should be held responsible that includes the judge, prosecutor, and whoever else was involved.
I don’t understand why falsely accusing someone of rape isn’t a serious crime
The people falsely accusing them should be the ones sentenced.
Do we know she falsely accused? Or misidentified the criminal?
She should know because she have seem that her book do match the court records.
She should know because she have seem that her book do match the court records.
@@GorgieClarissa he was misidentified
The fact that she didn't deliver an apology to him personally, face to face, is cruel
Because she really didn't care to apologize. I hope sues her.
I think there is more to this story.
She's sorry she got caught lying.
The least she could do....
She is Jezebel
My 9th grade ELA teacher needs to apologize, too. That lady had the whole class believing he did the crime.
Why is an ELA teacher even trying to influence her students like that?
@@vinnie9458because ELA teachers
What's the saying...Don't believe the Hype.
@@vinnie9458probably low funded rural school, often have a lot of conservatives/abrahamics infesting the staff that push their beliefs and rituals onto the students
She should go to jail for 16 years for her wrongful accusation. That’s the best way for her to apologize to ruining someone’s life
no one has perfect memory especially after such a terrible event. you really can’t blame the victims, it’s a horrible thing that he lost sixteen years of his life. He should be heavily reimbursed, and I understand why you would want to pin the blame on her, but this whole thing would have been avoided if the justice system, not the victims had taken more time to correctly identify him. he did nothing wrong he’s a victim of the unfair practices of our justice system. And she’s still a victim of rape. Hair DNA has been found to be one of the LEAST correct forms of identification. She may have thought it was her rapist but the system made the mistake not the victim, the man is a victim as well possibly more of a victim than her, in some cases but that doesn’t mean you should blame the person who was raped. It’s the systems fault for using an outdated way of identifying someone. Sorry for the essay
You make too much sense that’s why it won’t happen
I bet the rapist was a white dude too 🤦
@@marmarmarmar1379 Yeah, this case is kinda like a rage school shooting, isn't it? Imagine a traumatized kid with nothing to lose put a bullet through your kid’s skull and some guys on the internet just said: “Oh, clearly it was not that kid’s fault, blame the society and the school system that has driven him insane.”. It's way easier for us outsiders to pull the forgiving card. I know I will never forgive the lying monster that ruined my life if I’m ever in his shoes.
@@marmarmarmar1379he is a victim of *her*, her accusations cost him 16 years of his life. A price she should now have to pay for saying without reasonable doubt he committed the crime knowing he'd have possibility of prison. Her being a victim of SA does NOT excuse her of making someone else a victim.
The fact that a producer can find holes in her story and not the actual people that investigate this case is terrible
Kinda gives a whole new meaning to what black people, especially black men have had to endure when wrongfully accused by white people, especially lying white privileged women!
Investigations have been romanized by television.
The worst
@@m.w.3256 EXACTLY!!!! black men truly go through a lot in the system
Different time, black man, white woman, rape=guilty.
She profited from her knowing she sent an innocent man to jail. She knew and didn’t care. She owes him all the money she made from that book.
Mel D I agree she should give him all the money.
Absolutely correct I so agree 💯
Yep and hopefully in tthe ones that reports fake rape assaults could face a long time in jail
Where do you get the idea that she knew she sent an innocent man to jail?
@@macmini2307 there is no doubt that Alice Sebold was violent raped. After the assault, she had to have surgery to repair the damage that the rapist did to her--he literally ripped her open by violating her with his fist as well as raping her. This was not a case of a faked rape; this was a case of a rape victim mistakenly identifying the wrong man.
The fact he is willing to accept a half witted apology shows the kind of man he is. A very very good one.
You should look into the story. She didnt accuse him, then the cops fed her lies and confused her and got her to change her accusation to him. Why? Who knows, maybe he made one of the cops mad.
@@rebotsomat Then why did she refuse to use the word "I" in her apology?
@@rebotsomat "It wasn't her the cops secretly had something against him so they told her they would kill her and her family if she didnt lie under oath about him"
you sound crazy
@@zackrice9395 I dont recall saying all that. Its documented that she accused someone else and then they spoke to her and she changed it, though.
@@rebotsomat wait wait wait SHE changed it? Thanks GG tho
Anyone wrongly accused should get $1 million per year locked up.🥺
By your admission I should get $3 million since I did 3 years for something I didn't do even though my mother and 3 of her friends were with me when the so called incident occurred and they were willing to testify that I was in their presence and asleep because I was preparing for college as I was a senior in high school but the prosecutor ordered a gag order against them
@EllaCanekCBWalkersSpokeswoman you should, but you know the crooked world we live in. Sorry you went through that. My brother went through something similar.
@EllaCanekCBWalkersSpokeswoman even if not that much, at least 300k per year.
And he should file a civil suit against her
Why is it always about money with you idiots, she should be doing time for what she's done 💯
She should be giving him all the money she has profited from the book and she should be behind bars. Absolutely heartbreaking!
What crime did she commit making a mistake? Lol
@@DG-nk7jo You mean like what happened to him?
I agree 💯% with you!
People go to prison for mistakes every day. Mistakes that cost other people their lives and welfare. That's the literal definition of many crimes. She is NOT innocent.
@@Ruebenbayona ok lets say u were sent to prison for rape when u didn't do it and get released, of course u will sue her and making false rape allegations is illegal
She needs to show she’s truly sorry by donating 100% of the proceeds from the book to him.
100%
she won't. I'm surprised he got an apology
She should go to jail for 16 years. Nothing less.
You said exactly what I was thinking, the guy should get some kind of financial donation from this heartless lady. She probably only apologised as she knew people will come after her/call her out.
@@kaddo.k702 tbh, I thought she would donate all the book's revenues even though it won't give his 16 years life time back. Instead, she just cold heartedly apologies for it and considering revising the book. Lol.. She must be joking.
Not only did she rob him of his 16 prime years but made money of of him while he suffered in prison.
“I’m sorry but not sorry enough to give him my money that I owe him.” 😡
She owes him nothing, she was raped and its was her story to tell!!
@@ffffff41you’re failing to see that she in her victimhood ended up creating another victim, and most people with any sense of morality would feel gut wrenching guilt for falsely identifying someone and leading them to be incarcerated for 16 years. Whether she intended to or not, her testimony was against the wrong person. I think financial compensation is the least she should do.
And I’m sorry but you mean to tell me that if you were in Anthony’s shoes, you would not put any blame on the woman? you’re lying to yourself.
Update: He sued her and she had to pay him 5.5 Million dollars! That's over half of her total net worth.
She should have to pay restitution to the poor man. It’s the LEAST she can do for robbing him of 16 years of the prime of his life.
She owes him the money she made from her book.
I agree restitution is due. It’s unconscionable to think otherwise. I feel sorry for her violent assault, and I feel sorry for this man who wrongfully paid with 16 years of his life. She made money and she owes some to him.
16 M, a million for every year he struggled and survived inside prison.
Fr bro that’s messed up
@@babyteano1977 at least …also I really over estimated how much she was worth 😩. She’s only worth 1.6 million
This woman just ruined a man’s life and got away with it. She is the real criminal here
It wasn’t intentional. She was raped but misidentified the perpetrator.
i dont think it was intentional, yes she should apologise but she shouldnt experience jail time. id say its the judges fault but sexual abuse is a crime thats hard to prove since its either too hard to prove or to easy. really i just think that he should recieve money even though it doesnt bring back the time he lost but its the best that can happen
where is her trial shouldn't she be getting charged?!!???!!!
@@paige2853 and? She could’ve spoken up once she knew it WAS the wrong man. Not all black ppl look the same smh
Actually she's the victim.
THIS is why investigation MUST happen. She was really SA’d, but falsely identified her attacker. Believe a victim, but don’t jump to persecute the accused. Investigate.
Is there a legal case to sue the lady? Because the guy actually lost years of his life.
this is awful, she needs to be held accountable for ruining this innocent man’s life.
yes she does
and the fact that she apologized online and not in person just shows she doesn’t really feel bad
@@valgarcia6744 exactly!
@@valgarcia6744 Right hmm 2021 - 16 = 2005. Geez bet this old man never even seen social media no less used it. Fell on deaf ears.
@@valgarcia6744 Well actually her agent probably wrote that for her, she’s most likely saying that for legal reasons.
Yes.
He should sue her for the pain and suffering.
She should be locked up for 16 years plus!
@@CitrikkAcid she won't be. But as a minimum, he should receive every penny she made from the book and movie rights
@@sleeks9939 right let’s switch
@@LindaC616 exactly what I thought
@E Kkkk just not working for 16 years alone, his social security takes a hit. And that's even before pain and suffering, and trying to find a job at age 61.
I couldn't even get the court to hear about my sexual assault case, yet all she had to do was show up and point to him and she got him thrown in prison....wow
Its a crazy broken system
Give this man all the profits from "The Lovely Bones" film AND book. It's what this man deserves.
What money? All I saw was a lady walking her dog. Doesn’t mean she’s driving around in a lambo or living on a yacht…lol
It takes two seconds to look this up, but she is worth around $3 million
@@shitmandood her house is speculated to be worth 6 mil...
The book in question was "Lucky," not the Lovely Bones or its film. Lovely bones is fiction about a teen getting killed by a neighbor.
He sued her and she had to pay him 5.5 Million dollars! That's over half of her total net worth.
Glad he’s free, but I can’t imagine how broken he is after being falsely accused of rape for 16 years.
She should do 16 years for testifying he did it. Poor guy just happened to walk by this idiot and lost a huge part of his life.
hope there is restitution made to him
Repent to Jesus Christ!
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
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@@jesusislord6545 we do not care
@@thomasc5753 She has alot of making up to do, she basically took 20 years of this man's life and all he is getting is a blanket Twitter post that really doesn't say much,
so crazy she can just walk her dog like nothing when he got 16 years token away from him and he's still kind.
How would you act
Right! How is it possible that she can just go on with her life as if she didn't literally ruin his life. Pathetic.
It's about the terms of the apology. It would not be a very fitting apology if it seems as if someone had to find you on the street for you to say it, she just took the time to give a sincere apology on her own terms
She should go to jail for 16 years instead I bet if someone murder your kid and the judge give him only 10 years in prison no life sentence and you see the guy who murder your kid walking his dog how would you react he served his time there is nothing you can do to him.
Taken*
Edit: I really think she might have backlash from the family of this man but I don’t know but she should definitely learn from her mistakes tbh
Wait - she admitted that his life was unjustly robbed from him... by her own doing. Why didn't she SPEAK UP during these last 16 years?
Right, im confused about the timeline of this story. At what point did she realize it was the wrong guy?
I don't think she realized she had the wrong person. It sounds like she was young and hypervigilant after the assault, was in the area and her brain made a connection to someone who looked similar. Our minds don't always have great memory of traumatic events. It was up to the prosecution process to make sure that her story added up to connect to this man in particular... they clearly did not, if a man reading her book could figure out that it didn't match.
16 years for a false accusation? If only this time was served by actual rapists.
An apology doesn’t do anything. She owes him millions.
How much she make off the book?
@@Iamrightyouarewrong I'm not sure, but apparently she's worth 8 million dollars. I assume a large chunk of money is from that book; probably at least a few million.
no, she owes him HER life!
Though it was an actual mistake, she needs to compensate him.
No actually the most fair thing to do would be her having the same sentence as him.
The worst part of this is that if the movie wasn’t being produced, nobody would have ever noticed and he would still be in jail
Ditto
He has already been released. But the record as a criminal & sex offender remains. Just as importantly, it's the stigma of being a convicted rapist for a crime you didn't commit.
His been released for years.he just wants to clear his name!and a settlement I'm sure.god bless him.
what about all the money from that book earned go to him. . . I dont know that can help!
@@jonathantan2469 Why would he still have to be a sex offender?
Being innocent and Going to prison for something you didn't do is literally the worst thing in the world. I hope this Man can enjoy the rest of his life with happiness.
How about we hold her, the judge, and the DA accountable for their incompetence smh lock them up.
The judge is probably dead or like 80. lol Don’t forget that this happened 40 years ago.
"we told her"? She knowingly accused an innocent man. She identified someone else from a lineup then when that was pointed out to her she changed her testimony. What happened to that man is much worst than rape.
How can someone live for 16 years knowing their words ruined another person's life?
Longer than 16 years actually
easy people do it all the time
Easily. With money
People have recanted their testimonies, told the courts they ID the wrong person and it took years or never for the 'law' to fix it!😔☯️
she didn't know.
Honestly every penny she made off that book needs to go to this man.
FAXXX
YEAHH
And then some. He needs to sue her until the cows come home and then leave again.
The book and the movie. They’re ass so she probably spent all the money she “earned” by now lol.
And movie
The fact that this man was locked up without evidence is absolutely and utterly ridiculous. Glad he got out
He's my dad's age. I can't imagine if something like this happened to him. Hearing this man cry is so heartbreaking. I'm not even religious but God bless him
How does he stay wrongfully locked up for 16 years and still forgive her? That is so wholesome, love that man
Cause he got lots of 💵
@@jessie.juxtapose nah it takes a stronger man to go psycho and completely ruin her life because you have nothing left to lose anymore. thats what I would've done. forgiveness is for pussies.
He's an idiot, that's why, all it does is continue to let people get away with telling lies and false accusations.
Probably for himself, mostly. Carrying resentment can take even more years off your life. 😔
Not wholesome, brainswashed. We’ve been brainwashed to forgive our oppressors.
She should apologize by serving the same time as the man did.
You know how insane it is to be walking down the street, minding your own business and some woman you've never laid eyes on before decides that you're her rapist? How do you even begin to process that? Then you get convicted for it and spend 16 years behind bars...twilight zone.
she should be put in jail for those 16 years
nah, It's the police fault. she misidentify her assaulter. It's the cops that ran with it. They said they had physical evidence linking him to the crime. Turns out that was a lie.
sounds racist@@gungral2097
She is merely an author not the accuser.
No
She should pay him everything that book and movie has earned she doesn't deserve a red cent from it. But a single dollar. And yes she should be jailed for lying.
She owes him millions, the prison owes him millions and anyone else who accused this INNOCENT MAN. smh 🤦🏾♂️
I'd give him a million but I'm broke and I got student loans 😅
Why the prison?
@@themixer5029 he means the state.
Here’s the thing. She truly thought he did it. Apparently he looked a lot like the guy who did rape and beat her. She went to the police and I presume the hospital and did her best to identify the rapist.
After that happens, it is up to the police to and district attorney to investigate the facts of the case, decide whether there is enough evidence to determine if he is guilty and can be proven guilty, and to make their best case if that is what the evidence shows. And it is up to the defense attorney to make sure he gets the best defense available to advocate for him, minimize the chance that an innocent person will be sent to prison, and if he is convicted to make sure sentencing is fair.
She wasn’t being malicious. Plenty of witnesses accidentally misidentify the person who committed a crime. If someone is convicted solely because of an identification-if the victim and perpetrator don’t already know each other, of course-then someone didn’t do their job.
Another thing to remember is that they didn’t have DNA testing back then. The best they could do with blood and semen was determine someone’s blood type.
I feel bad for them both-him for losing such a big part of his life and having to deal with a decimated reputation, and her for how horrible it must feel to know your mistake cost someone so much for so long and realizing that the person who actually did it is still out there and she will never know who actually did it or get any justice.
Yes 16 years is such a long time
She should be arrested and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor
For a mixup? The assault did happen, it was just a case of mistaken identity. She was a victim of rape and punishing victims will only make them not want to come forward at all.
@@satellitestargazer2770 shut up , she knew it wasn't him,stop defending this evil woman
She’s a monster. But this is way more common than you’d imagine, false accusations, lives ruined, zero consequences for the liar.
The assault did happen, it was just the wrong person they got.
That’s right.
@@satellitestargazer2770 Is there evidence beyond her word the assault happened?
I am asking honestly, as I don't know this case at all.
SHE DID NOT LIE ABOUT BEING RAPED. she *was* raped. the COURTS convicted the wrong man. it is NOT the victims fault.
@@MrBrachiatingApeyes, she was violently assaulted and injured, she went to hospital immediately after.
The real hero is the movie producer who hired the private investigator on his own dime after noticing discrepancies between the book and the court transcript. Who does that! He didn’t have to do that. I am very happy that man was finally released!
EXACTLY! I am so happy he did that. An amazing and selfless thing to do.
Amazing thing to do. But not selfless. He’s an intelligent guy who wanted to get the facts right before putting his name to a possible false allegation. doing due diligence protects yourself and can save others. Very smart man.
he's been released for yrs
The book was based on a actual murder not her story
@@savagesfortruthwrong a website says it’s based on her experience
He should sue her immediately. She ruined his life.
Revenge isn't always the answer though he seemed to be accepting of her apology, even though most people like to see bad people go up in flames...cruel world isn't it
@@mrbobcat1354 what an incredible guy, I cant imagine myself forgiving her in a million years.
@@raizodono6517 glad we see eye to eye
Facts
@@apv5774 I thought wrongfully convinced people get a big settlement check
Our justice system is extremely flawed. The prosecutor, accuser and whoever else was involved should be held responsible for this poor man who spent 16 years of his life behind bars for nothing. Unfortunately anybody in the judicial system has qualified immunity so they won’t even be touched. But they will be remembered and I would hate to be one of them looking over my shoulder the rest of my life.
She knew what she was doing.
The fact that she didn’t personally meet him and say sorry tells it all. She could confront him on the street and point to him and say “he assaulted me” but she cant meet him on the street and say “I’m sorry” - 🙄 i hope he gets paid big bucks for every second lost.
Let me get this straight: she was attacked, months later she was walking down the street and said "That's him!" How on earth does that stand up in court? It's ridiculous!
She was a teenage white woman accusing a black man. Let that sink in.
She'll reap what she sow .. the coming days to her end... . She knew it wasn't him...
Exactly, like how??? And the fact that she wasn’t even sure and the whole thing was based of “feeling” makes it even more ridiculous!
When you a black man in AmeriKKKa all it takes is a white woman to say you raped her. No damn evidence needed yo take 16 years from your life.
Did y’all know that Emit Till’s killer is still alive(the woman that accused him). She has not faced any punishment or been brought to jail. It’s crazy! , how this society treats black peoples lives as expendable
There needs to be a lawsuit filed against her, she profited from this and ruined his life which is absolutely disgusting and her book needs to be pulled
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@@Fullmetalseagul maybe like 8 years with a settlement we don't know if she truly misidentified him or it was a false rape. But yea she needs to be punished
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the book does NOT need to be pulled, but there should def be financial compensation.
He'll get every penny in a civil suit. He deserves it, she doesn't!
this poooor man!! you have my support sir!! this lady needs to be held accountable for her actions!
She needs to be sued of all of her life earnings.
Sebold lied under oath. She should be charged with a felony.
@@madnessintomagic🫥
@@madnessintomagic I agree with you. The DA/prosecutor/police should be held accountable as well.
This whole case is filled with racism, disgusting he ONLY got 5M for the 16 years he wrongfully served.
@@MarvelParsons700 why? She was the one driving the case! Not the police
@@saolairde396look into it, it wasn’t like she was the sole framer the whole case was awful judicial proceeding
I hope he sues her. This story is so disheartening.
He won’t because he’s really kind and forgiving. I hope she gets some pressure to give him proceeds from her book. She owes it to him.
How can be sue her? It was mistaken identity and that's the cops job to make sure they have the correct person from dna and whatnot, she was raped and it's not her job to arrest and convict him
@@shonaharris9328 kindness gets you nothing in this world, you have to be cruel to win
@@Wot0-0 it was not mistaken identity she straight up lied.
There was no rape. It was all a plot for her future story.
@@user-gu6vf3je1d No idiot she was actually brutally raped and in the hospital, she told the cops a few months later she think she saw her attacker in a certain area and they found this man in that area, she didn't pick him out in police lineup but true police arrested him anyway. That's why the man isn't blaming her because she was actually raped and there was evidence of her rape because her tissue was ripped apart. The cops arrested him even though she said she wasn't sure it was him and the judge convicted him even though the only evidence tying him there was a hair that turned out not to be his.
She should now spend 16 years on prison
All the money she made should go to him
Being wrongly convicted of a crime & imprisoned is absolutely the worst thing that could happen to a person beside the death of a loved one. Damn
I'd say being raped is much, much worse.
@@redtortoise What?
@@redtortoise interesting view
@@redtortoise girl . . . what?
Nobody wants to put themselves in the woman's shoes until it happens to them.
This is clearly a mistaken identity and not faking a case.
I read that he was in the Marine Corps when this happened. They certainly discharged him with a BCD or Dishonorable. That needs to be fixed. He deserves his veteran status and the benefits that come with it.
What benefits lol
@@gokushkameha-ha-ha9344 shut up
@@gokushkameha-ha-ha9344 please don't waste oxygen anymore.
No but seriouly, what benefits? I'm not american and I just heard horrors about the veteran benefits, like your soldiers live like hobos when they come back from service
Theres education benefits (ex:gi bill), housing benefits, medical benefits, counseling, and such.
A dishonorable discharge, however, can take a whole lot of opportunities away.
Sue her, sue the state, sue everyone.
She is going to burn through that money pretty quickly with the constant bodyguard to protect her from the millions of people that want her dead. Baffling that she isn’t charged for this. How?
When you rob a man of 16 years of his life, you do not just put out an official apology - you tell that man to his face. And then you make sure that man is financially stable using the money you have earned becoming a succesful author.
She won’t and she can’t, simply because she is not sorry and a face to face apology would immediately reveal that so she took the cowards way out as do most people who do wrong to others.
amen brother
She’s a coward and a liar…so she won’t. That “apology” was just another way for her to turn the spotlight back on HERSELF because she’s addicted to sympathy and doesn’t wanna give it up 🙄
@@caramelcosmo71147She was actually assaulted. She just misidentified the man who did it.
It’s the police’s job to make sure it’s the right guy, and prosecute him. Grow up please.
@charliekowittmusic , she misidentified the man OR she just wanted someone to be punished for what happened to her that she picked a man in her hunt for justice?
This is horrific. Not to mention she initially identified someone else in a lineup before identifying him as her attacker. That alone should have been a red flag.
Shut up. Believe all women.
@@iHasaComputer well I am all for believing the victims do doubt but this man also lost over a decade and a half of his life due to this wrongful convection in return I feel the money she has made on book sales should be given back to him along both osin and suffering and jail time for that woman for a false convection. She must also do her time for the crime
how did they put him in jail without having any proof ?
@@Suzuha_Amane because he happens to be black, and the american so-called justice system can be extremely punishing on anyone with more melanin. false convictions can happen to anybody, regardless of skin tone, but it is more common that it happens to people with darker skin. so, incompetent courts and racism, basically were how a random guy got 16 years of his life torn away from him
@@iHasaComputer Damn, feminist?
That apology sounded like when a toxic partner tells you "I am sorry you feel that way" when you tell them how they hurt you.
Of course she’s a writer of fiction. She literally made up a story and got a black man convicted of rape and imprisoned for 16 years. I hope he sues that disgusting liar for everything.
This man is special. I'm not sure I'd forgive regardless of her sincerity.
I'd probably forgive her but I'd be pretty angry as all hell this woman can't tell two different black men apart and let some rapist go free.
@Leanne I was thinking about it - your probably right. What an injustice, my heart goes out to him.
Forgiveness is for self. He forgave to liberate himself spiritually, emotionally and mentally. Forgiveness doesn't warrant apology. It's an individual decision, to be free or held captive even though physically free.
@@yanniskarageorgiou3573 it's easy to say you will forgive her when you didn't experience 16 years in prison
And she’s not even sincere, which makes it worse.
She knew it wasn't him and didn't even admitted it herself (like many do out of guilt) until someone did some digging with her book. Thats evil. Why isnt't she charged now?
She got the money and the fame over a story with so many flaws. No wonder people now wants her to pay in some way for that mistake. She has money, pay up, pay up, pay up!
@@hyrenapth6443 Not paying up is not enough need to servere rotten in jail
time for her to open up that checkbook
@UCJyl5E0JmrZrM7kSi_25n5Q It's not about her. This is about him.
Exactly!!
I'd sue her for all "The Lovely Bones" money! Horrible.
Im so angry for this poor man. Justice needs to be served.
I'd sue her for every penny she has
And for every one she expects to get in the future
Every kadt penny from that book
The state of New York gave 5.5M, but he should sue her as well.
he doesn't have a ground to stand on
@joannawinters6592 not true if that book has any relations to that man in particular, it could be seen as defamation, even if the character has a different name in the book.
That wasn’t an apology. She was talking as if she was writing another novel, not like SHE robbed him of all those years. She’s sorry “it happened” like something you read in the news, that you’re far removed from. She ruined his life, and should be held criminally accountable. Screw her third-person apologies!
Women
@@its8859 White women..
@@maewestbabysister4966 exactly
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@@maewestbabysister4966 Hear me out; bad people in general.
She needs to be put in jail for that same amount of time
i can’t with people like this, he deserves the world.
You cant what?
I second this motion, can't what?
@@JoeZUGOOLA, @TBonerton
i can’t physically stand ppl who do things like this. how can u wrongly accuse someone of rape & make a whole book abt it. it just doesn’t make any sense.
It's really hard to fathom this exists
@@alyssa3105 As far as I’m concerned, it wasn’t about falsely accusing someone because it didn’t happen, but accusing the wrong person. (She did get r*ped, and she was a victim, but she couldn’t correctly identify the right person. It’s a mistake, and I definitely think this guy was a victim, but we also shouldn’t paint her as a bad guy, if anything it’s the legal systems fault.)
She literally picked him off the street. The case was so botched a movie producer could see the holes in it. It’s horrible she was ever violated but it doesn’t justify ruining a random person’s life. Law suit + pay out.
@Elle Dearing she needs to give like 99% of the life time booksales and her royalty from the movie to the man.
She gets to keep 1% for I guess writing it.
That's the Burgerland for ya
she didn't "pick him off the street." the police gave her a lineup, she chose a different guy, then they convinced her it was this one.
@@jmoa5758 She will make a book about this and earn some extra money that she will keep for herself
@@masadadetsavo327 man why don't you research what actually happened. she absolutely was assaulted.
She’s said her inspiration for her book was what happened to her. Every single cent she made should be given to him.
He sued her and she had to pay him 5.5 Million dollars! That's over half of her total net worth.
so let me get this straight: she accuses him of something he didn't do, gets him locked away for something he didn't do, then goes on to write a book that further defames his character based on falsified circumstances, makes money off of said book, and now that he's finally free after being wrongly prosecuted, all she has to say is "i'm sorry"?
what a horrible, HORRIBLE woman
Even if it was a mistake the least she could do was compensate him a lil
@@korosensei1325 don’t see how you mistake it that much 💀
@@remains10 that is true actually
@@korosensei1325 I think she'll be compensating him a LOT before this is all over. ⚖
@@remains10 If she got raped from an unknown man, whose face she probably couldn't have seen properly in dark I belive (otherwise how could she recognise a different person if she saw him?)
If she's raped obviously she would want the real culprit behind bars instead of a random person. But what were those police doing? Why didn't they search for this man's alibi?
He still has forgiveness in his heart.. this man is incredibly humble for going through what he has.. I sincerely wish him the best for the years he has left to enjoy.
That's stupid
@@hybridflu6-810 he deserves to live the rest of his life happily and peacefully
@@whoami9717 punishment for the author
They need to give him some money asap
Women like her make people question rape victims, that's unforgivable
Wow this is horrible. How can you just pick someone out of nowhere and ruin their life. Just pitiful
Why in the world would she accuse him like that?
She never apologized for what SHE did to him, only what was done to him. It wasn't a genuine apology. She ruined this man's life!
Yep. She never took ownership of her truth. Extremely sad.
I was about to comment that myself. She never acknowledged that she was the one who did this. She has no remorse.
My thoughts exactly
She is a writer...she knows better than “I’m sorry....was unjustly robbed from you.” And “...what happened to you...” she chose her words carefully and chose not to take any responsibility for it. This is probably just her being forced to make some kind of apology due to public opinion and not out of any real feeling of guilt or responsibility. Just my opinion.
No, you’re absolutely right. Such a half assed apology.
right, she obviously doesn’t want to take accountability.
Exactly my thought.
she is now processing two traumas.
Sounds like she was apologizing for something Someone else did. It basically said
“You were robbed of your life, nothing will change that” robbed by who, maam ?
She's not sorry. She's sorry she has to address it.
correct..
How have i never heard about this?
Book should now be called "I need to pay that man"
or “16 years in prison for someone else thats innocent while i get to live as an “influencer” in my mansion”
@@coolcrate1029 ‘influencer’*
Will it be coauthored by James Frey?
Really? You went there that’s crast and unforgivable she made a mistake and it was compounded by those who put him on trial not her she was raped and traumatized not only by her assailant but buy the courts again forcing her to relive that awful night it’s funny I don’t hear calls for money for others wrongly accused and set free but I guess she’s different right cause she has money? Grow the hell up a horrible mistake was made think how she must feel the rapist she thought was in jail is still free waking around out there
@@martinthomas1293 I had a stroke reading that
The fact that she even made more bucks out of his grief by making a book and a movie outta this irritates me 😡
The lovely bones is not about this case , the lovely bones is a bout a little girl raped and kidnapped and then murdered by a man she loved next door to , and her parents figuring out it was him all along . I believe the book she wrote about this man (falsely obviously) is this new book called the lucky one . I doubt the new book will become a movie after this .
Lived* oh God lol
@@NoMolechZoneLev Oh ok .. hope it gets pulled .. There is a new feature where you can edit your messages now on YT even after writing them
@@NoMolechZoneLev Pointless correction because she wasn't referring to the Lovely Bones, she was referring to the The Lucky One (that could possibly become a movie) to begin with.
If he hasn't sued her already, I'm sure it's coming.
Put her in jail for 16 years
She is a monster. 16 years of his life and she had nothing to say? Wow! A monster. He should sue her for every dime that she has.
Send her to the slammer now… such a shame. The Lovely Bones is one of my favorite movies.
You tell them prison mike
TO THE SLAMMER
Patience, Mike. The dementors will take her away.
@@heostevelady exactly. They sent him to prison without ANY evidence that he did it. She said he was the one that raped her and they believed her. I guess she thinks all black men look the same
Not that it would give him any of the years that she has taken away from him but all of the money that she has made from that book should be given to him.
Every dime that lady made coming from that book should be awarded to that poor man.
No, actually he's not owed anything. He should be compensated though and she should serve the same sentence he did to make things fair. All people care about these days is the next money grab. Sad.
@@satlva2908 he's owed a whole hell of a lot
@@satlva2908 how she getting arrested will make thing fair? He won't those 16 years back, it wasn't a false claim, it was a misidentification.
He needs compensation and not from her, it wasn't only her misidentification that put this man in jail, the whole justice system failed him, the state should make sure that this man lives comfortably for the rest of his life.
@@satlva2908
Nah she needs to run that cash up immediately.
@@satlva2908 if that’s possible I would completely agree lol but highly unlikely. There’s no way she’s serving a damn day. Best the poor man can get is some sort of monetary compensation
This woman said so much money from a false accusation. Tax payers shouldn't have to pay this man's settlement she should
Imagine all the family and friends he had that died thinking he was a rapist
She is not sorry. She is only sorry because of the judge’s decision.
You cannot get back 16 years of his life but you sure can give him a goodass percentage of the book that you had wrongly wrote about HIM. And when I mean percentage I mean take out your percentage. Not the publisher's percentage, not the editor's percentage, the writer's percentage. I think people would buy the book if they knew it was to help him. (Did I go too deep in for this?)
I agree 💯
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Nope you didn’t! This is exactly what needs to be happening.
Absolutely Not! Most proceeds should go to him!
@@lucindakinlow1568 wym no the proceeds will go to him😭
An eye for an eye... make HER do 16 YEARS of her life in prison
God😢😢Why is she still free , to the wrongfully convicted press both criminal and civil suits
Whoever worked on this case from the detectives,prosecutors,DA, they all need to be held accountable! How is it that a producer can solve a crime better than they can?? Our legal system is quite frightening. I pray that everyone involved pays that man and he never has to lift a finger for the rest of his days
Well the book was after the case, the producer say discrepancies from the book and court transcripts. The justice system didn’t have access to half of those materials at the time
They will be it’s called a lawsuit but the Government won’t do anything they protect their own
@@gavinbyrne6802doesn't matter.
They failed to investigate, and the cops screwed up the lineup and investigation.
@@gavinbyrne6802this is why believing all women is dangerous. They locked that man up simply because Becky said so! Crazy world, right?
They don’t work to solve crimes they work to enforce their biases and hate
Stuck in jail for 16 years while she is living the high life, that apology doesn't mean anything unless she personally helps him back into society.
She needs to compensate that man
Her publicist wrote that. Not once in her apology does it use the word "I." It is NOT heartfelt.
Thank you to the movie producer investigating this and looking at the trial transcript. I don’t know how this lady sleeps at night.
She made her millions, while falsely accusing that man. She doesn't care.
@@margaritaramos3393 theres a good chance she really thought it was him. She definitely was raped, she has records of surgeries she needed from it. It's moreso on the state. How this man got convicted with 0 evidence...
@@chadlikespasta3142 thats still no excuse...16 years man, I understand she was abused and hurt. But 16 years and it took a producer to only start getting this man acquitted, she needs to go talk to this man, and make sure the rest of his life is taken care of, not issue a blanket publicity statement that doesn't even sound like a apology
@Yeshua Is Lord If you agree she might have been misled then why is she the one who should take responsibility? The people who misled her should take responsibility.
@@Jomskylark She had mislead herself. She deserves the blame.
So, if a producer hadn't considered making a film based on her book, this wouldn't have come to light? I have no words...
SHE NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL!!!!
CASE CLOSED 😡🤬🤬😡