on brothas, rape, and the question of money

Ok, so here's a link to the original story, and a blurb from it:

Popular Hollywood Actor Arrested For Memphis Sexual Assault:
Actor Anthony Anderson, who starred in such films as "Scary Movie 3", "Barbershop", "Me, Myself and Irene" and the new movie "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" has been arrested in Memphis for aggravated rape.
The affidavit says that on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, a woman says both Anderson and Witherspoon sexually assaulted her in a trailer out by the Shelby County Corrections Center, where the movie is currently shooting. The woman says she was lured inside the trailer by Witherspoon and that once she was inside, both men began taking off her clothes and assaulting her. She says they also took pictures of her.

Police say a witness heard her screaming, came and unlocked the door. The woman ran from the trailer without any clothes on and she was taken to the Sexual Assault Center.

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Now here's my thing:: why even put yourself in a situation where you can be accused?

I'm trying not to be judgemental, since the whole story hasn't come out yet. I ain't trying to rush to judgement, and debate whether he's innocent or guilty. My concern is, why even put yourself NEAR a situation where you can be accused?

I mean, situations like these have been going on for years - this isn't a new issue. Men have been falsely accused, as long as men have been legitimately accused. And we see Kobe, and in a way, MJ fighting this same battle. And Tupac did too, and I'm leaving out many more...When is enough, enough? Hell, it hasn't even been 100 years since you could get strung up for looking at a caucasian woman the "wrong" way. And a sista's family would get you with some street justice, before the cops even knew what originally happened. Now? Have folks forgotten all this?

Frankly, I haven't met a d___ that I was willing to get locked up for, or pay lots of $$$ to enjoy. And those are the possible outcomes, right? I hear Kobe's accuser has had so much confidential information leaked, she's "considering pulling out of the criminal case...and pursuing the civil one...and including the court as a defendent" (well, that was from GMA - don't know if I should even count that as a news source).

Ok, this is all the PC version of what I'm thinking...what I'm really thinking is this:
I don't care if she was walking down the street, butt-a$$ naked, with a FREE PU$$Y sign on her forehead...JUST SAY NO, AND RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.