Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has defended his controversial decision to pardon a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old girl, claiming there was no physical evidence she had been abused.
Speaking during a radio interview came which primarily focused on the case of Micah Schoettle, 41, Bevin was asked why he chose to defend the convicted rapist.
In response to this, Bevin said the victim in question had been examined and that there had been ‘zero evidence’ of rape, with the child’s hymen found to be still intact.
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Addressing the controversial pardon Bevin told WHAS radio show hosts:
Both their hymens were intact. This is perhaps more specific than people would want, but trust me. If you have been repeatedly sexually violated as a small child by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically.
However, medical experts have come forward to explain how Bevin’s statement is scientifically unsound, and furthermore does not reflect the reality of the majority of child sex abuse cases.
Dr. George Nichols – who worked as Kentucky’s chief medical examiner for 20 years – told the Courier Journal:
Rape is not proved by hymen penetration. Rape is proved by phallic penetration … where the vaginal lips meet the outer surface of the vagina.
He not only doesn’t know the law, in my humble opinion, he clearly doesn’t know medicine and anatomy.
A woman threw her baby in a septic tank.
A man killed his parents.
A man cut off someone’s head.
A man raped several children.
All convicted.
All pardoned by Matt Bevin, outgoing Kentucky Governor. pic.twitter.com/Hzwd8aqOoP— Dr. Robert Fortuna (@psychdr100) December 14, 2019
According to a survey of pediatric child abuse rape cases published in peer-reviewed journal Forensic Science International, only 2.1% of examined victims were found to have visible lesions on their hymen.
This is she.. The social media star with hymen intact.
Yeah, right.
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