Let’s start here: what Ladarrius Jackson is alleged to have done is disgusting and horrifying. If the allegations are true, he needs to go to prison for a long time. This is sexual assault, and our thoughts are with his victim. He retains the presumption of innocence, but if a fraction of this is found to be true he will not only be banned from football at USF forever, he will likely be banned from the campus forever.
We are NOT defending Jackson. He deserves his day in court and a fair trial as well as competent legal counsel, but statistically only between 2 percent and 10 percent of cases like these are “false reports.