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She already said he brainwashed and abused her since her late teens. She's also a recent mother. She played her cards perfectly.

by 77pt77 4y ago

ezekiel11 4y ago
- orangepurple 4y ago
- dang 4y ago
  Would you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments? You've been doing it repeatedly, unfortunately, and we ban that sort of account. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
rllearneratwork 4y ago
curiousgal 4y ago
I mean, as a woman, I have to sadly agree. She's conniving and despicable.
- pm90 4y ago
  So is Balwani. From what the trial has uncovered, it does seem like he had a powerful hold on her, when she was young and impressionable. Does that absolve her of guilt? Absolutely not. But its hard to see how any of this would be possible without Balwani.
  - 77pt77 4y ago
    I'm sure if the endeavor had been successful she would also say he was responsible since she had no real agency...
    - pm90 4y ago
      I don’t think it would make much difference either way if they were not involved in fraud. Its when you start to break laws that these things begin to matter.
bergenty 4y ago
Perfectly maybe 3 years ago. Times are a changing.
FireBeyond 4y ago
> She's also a recent mother. Whilst bodily autonomy is of course a thing, one has to wonder at the mindset - she was already at trial, and knew she was facing a 20 year sentence, doesn't seem like the right time to try for a family. Given her other behavior, more than one person has thought that it wasn't the most coincidental that she got pregnant with a due date within two months of the trial calendar date for sentencing. (Though I will say, even there, that'd be pretty good planning -and- luck to time it that well).
- sundvor 4y ago
  It really isn't rocket science. Speaking as a dad of two. It took a few months each time, but we got there. We really had to be actively trying wrt the time of the month etc, so to me this speaks volumes.
  - Beltalowda 4y ago
    On the other hand I had unprotected sex with my girlfriend once on holiday and she got pregnant. So, you know, you can get lucky or have bad luck, and probably depends on the involved people's fertility as well.
- arkis22 4y ago
  >I'll just sit here and be quiet, just in case they do... suspect me. They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu
- archagon 4y ago
  On the contrary, how are you gonna have a kid of you’re in prison for 20 years?

She already said he brainwashed and abused her since her late teens. She's also a recent mother. She played her cards perfectly.

by 77pt77 4y ago

She already said he brainwashed and abused her since her late teens. She's also a recent mother. She played her cards perfectly.

ezekiel11 4y ago

orangepurple 4y ago
dang 4y ago
Would you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments? You've been doing it repeatedly, unfortunately, and we ban that sort of account. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

rllearneratwork 4y ago

curiousgal 4y ago

I mean, as a woman, I have to sadly agree. She's conniving and despicable.

pm90 4y ago
So is Balwani. From what the trial has uncovered, it does seem like he had a powerful hold on her, when she was young and impressionable. Does that absolve her of guilt? Absolutely not. But its hard to see how any of this would be possible without Balwani.
- 77pt77 4y ago
  I'm sure if the endeavor had been successful she would also say he was responsible since she had no real agency...
  - pm90 4y ago
    I don’t think it would make much difference either way if they were not involved in fraud. Its when you start to break laws that these things begin to matter.

bergenty 4y ago

Perfectly maybe 3 years ago. Times are a changing.

FireBeyond 4y ago

> She's also a recent mother. Whilst bodily autonomy is of course a thing, one has to wonder at the mindset - she was already at trial, and knew she was facing a 20 year sentence, doesn't seem like the right time to try for a family. Given her other behavior, more than one person has thought that it wasn't the most coincidental that she got pregnant with a due date within two months of the trial calendar date for sentencing. (Though I will say, even there, that'd be pretty good planning -and- luck to time it that well).

sundvor 4y ago
It really isn't rocket science. Speaking as a dad of two. It took a few months each time, but we got there. We really had to be actively trying wrt the time of the month etc, so to me this speaks volumes.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  On the other hand I had unprotected sex with my girlfriend once on holiday and she got pregnant. So, you know, you can get lucky or have bad luck, and probably depends on the involved people's fertility as well.
arkis22 4y ago
>I'll just sit here and be quiet, just in case they do... suspect me. They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu
archagon 4y ago
On the contrary, how are you gonna have a kid of you’re in prison for 20 years?