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Or he could have just faced up to the charges... That house arrest was entirely self-imposed for the first five years or so.


I don't think you understand what would have really happened if he did that, or where he would have really ended up.


A good chance dead.


I don't think you do either?


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Yeah the rape accusation timing, for which he was never convicted, was quite convenient wasn't it.


> for which he was never convicted

Uh, what's this thread about, again...? He "was never convicted" because he evaded trial by hiding out for seven years.




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