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Don't worry, that's not the real reason. The real reason is most likely that the perpetrators family is rich and the victim's family isn't.
I actually spend quite a lot of time in Leuven these days, and looking at some of those houses and the general state of Belgium today ... I can't say that's not likely to be true.
It's just that the place kinda struck me as safe. I guess it's not.
It is quite safe. What I heard about this case is that the victim was happy with the outcome.
They met at a party, she was drunk. He said he asked consent, she said he raped her. There was no evidence or allegation of force, just that she couldn't have consented in her drunken state.
He had a clean record.
He got convicted and ordered to pay €3500 and if he commits another crime, then this one will count too.
She was satisfied with the outcome. She especially wanted recognition that it was rape.
I think this is a good outcome. If he ever rapes someone again, he'll be a serial rapist and get the book thrown at him.
And on the flipside, I find it difficult to throw the book at people under the circumstances in these kind of cases.
You're gonna have to give a source for the victim being satisfied with the outcome.
There are a few other articles it seems - this one has:
Which says she was not happy with the outcome, only that the rape was recognized.
Per this article:
The school has at least ensured there were some measure of consequences. Also:
The only other article was paywalled and seemed to have no additional information anyway.
Edit: I think its worth noting, though it can be seen in the link, he was studying gynecology.
Also how many people will potentially suffer before another one comes forward and gets taken seriously? 🤨
I don't know how they do it over there, but where I'm from, those are 3 things someone should probably respect if they're going to be placed in a position requiring great trust like a doctor....
https://nos.nl/artikel/2561959-belgische-geneeskundestudent-die-schuldig-is-aan-verkrachting-wordt-geschorst
They changed it though. Now they are saying she wanted him to be ineligible to practice medicine.