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Thanks for the welcome. Sorry. By "clear something up" I was referring to a paragraph that I didn't end up posting. I forgot to remove it. Regarding the "wasn't as bad as grand jury testimony" quote, you're probably right about its meaning. I suppose I just heard it a certain way. And I realize I did add the word "only". I was looking up the quote and the first result was this Daily Mail headline: "'It was only rape because I was 13': Roman Polanski victim speaks out on 34th anniversary of se...

Hi. I just want to clear something up. I, for one, am not sure the rape was forcible. It was rape, no question, as she was both underage and on quaaludes and thus incapable of consent. But she was on Good Morning America a few months ago saying some interesting things. For instance, that the situation "wasn't as bad as grand jury testimony" and that she was uneasy using the word rape to describe it, saying "it was only rape because I was 13. He didn't mean to hurt me, he thought it was all ri...