The anonymous woman states that Brian Keith McGuire raped her on December 20th, 1990 at her brother’s home.
The woman, who had recently undergone an unspecified, life-threatening surgery, must have had a near-death experience which prompted her take action against the man who had violated her almost twenty years prior. She told jurors that she deeply regretted not coming forward sooner. The victim had originally reported the incident in 2006 and the perpetrator was arrested in 2008.
According to court documents, cross-examiners attempted to question (badger) the woman into revealing how she had attempted to prevent the rape and the woman had repeatedly stated that she tried to push the rapist away, in vain. The cross-examiners again questioned her if she had tried to prevent the rape and she stated:
“Whether I tried to push away doesn’t matter. I said no and I said stop, Mr. Austin.”
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Simply because it is what it is, ‘no’ has always and will always remain to be ‘no.’
The rapist’s defense attempted to make it appear that the sexual encounter between the two could have been consensual, being that the woman had made several verbal “errors” during pre-trial in 2008. The woman stated that she was scared and nervous, thus explaining away her misspeaks.
Assuming that her accusations are valid and found to be prosecutable, I’m proud of this woman for finally coming forward after twenty years. Rape is one horrible, desecrating thing; to be so ashamed and destroyed that you’d keep it in for almost two decades is another type of torture altogether. Sometimes it’s hard for a victim to come forward in cases as such, especially being that it took place in a familiar environment, but it’s always the best thing to do in all instances.
McGuire, 48 and resident of Jackson, Alabama, has been charged with first-degree rape, sodomy and sexual assault. Luckily, in Alabama, there is no statute of limitations for reporting a rape.
The trial is still underway.
Regardless of whether or not this guy is guilty, his life is fucked.
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Yeah, what? If he’s guilty, he deserves to be punished. How is he “fucked” in that case?
For the record, I agree that he’s fucked if he’s innocent.
That’s exactly my point. Even if he’s innocent, his life is fucked.
*Woman.
You could at least make sure the title is spelled right.
Alabama has no statute of limitations for rape? Really? Alabama?
I’m shocked. I didn’t think there was anything good about Alabama at all. Guess I need to learn more about the South…
Guess so. lol We aren’t as backwards as you would think.
I really need to educate myself on the subject. I’m kinda ashamed at my lack of knowledge compared to my level of shit talking. Seriously.
alzaetia – yeah, not trashing an entire region of the country might be a good idea. you should visit the south – we’re not all cousin-marrying, trailer- living rednecks. we even have some culture, LOL.
I am shocked that sodomy is against the law in Alabama…I don’t like the government telling me what kind of sex I can have. None of their business.
Same!! That also caught my eye, I was like “what the fuck?”. Of course rape must be punished and the perpetrator must go to jail, but – sodomy? Is it always illegal or only when it involves rape? I’m not one to take it up the ass but I don’t want the gov’t to tell me what I can and cannot do in my bed. Or in my kitchen. Or… you get my point.
Believe me, I don’t take it up the butt either, but I still don’t want the government to tell me that I can’t…
Many laws are set at the state level. A couple of states still have anti-sodomy laws which were created long ago to prosecute homosexual men. They are generally referred to as Blue laws…laws that are on the books but rarely prosecuted. The states that keep the anti-sodomy laws say they keep them to use against/for women who have been anally raped– anal rape (or forced sodomy) is easier to prove than vaginal rape due to the trauma/ripping that anal rapes usually create.
the goverrnment can stay out of my womb and my bedroom, thanks. i’m not into up the bum either, but i believe that from a legal standpoint sodomy involves oral sex, too. and lots of states and counties have anti-sodomy laws on the books, but come on, everyone does some form of sodomy or other…or at least they should ;)
i just keep thinking about some cops having a stakeout in someone’s closet, trying to catch them “in the act” for this law.. makes me giggle.
Well, technically. oral sex and sodomy are illegal in a LOT of states. It’s one of those laws that is still technically on the books, but no one pays attention to and you’d be laughed out of court for trying to prosecute someone for. They’re old laws that no one bothered to actually get rid of, as opposed to something actually enforced. There are a lot of ‘technical’ laws that exist, and no one gives two damns about. Technically, I am not allowed to go two towns over on Sunday and buy more than 100 donuts, but if I did, I think the worst of my punishment would be annoying the people who work at Dunkin’ Donuts on Sunday and getting their attitude. I would not be arrested or denied donuts any more than if I ordered 99 donuts or ordered 100 donuts on a Monday.
Consensual sodomy has been legalized at the federal level, so state laws are irrelevant on that point. However, all states can still enforce sodomy laws in the event of non-consensual sodomy. It allows them to tack on another charge in a rape case.
I am not sure you can provide a fair trial to someone accused of rape 20 years prior, especially if said rape was never reported. I am assuming that a rape kit was never performed and there is no DNA evidence. I am also assuming she did not see a health care professional to document any vaginal or anal tearing from the alleged rape.
There is a reason states have statues of limitation, after a certain amount of time has passed between the alleged offense and the arrest, too much evidence (if there ever was any) becomes corrupt and people’s eyewitness memories are extremely suspect.
lisa – that is what i was thinking, too. there is no physical evidence now, so isn’t it really a matter of he says, she says at this point? rape trials even with solid evidence are tricky at best .
First, the sodomy was the oral sex he forced on her. I know this woman, and one of her reasons for coming forward was not allowed in court.
Keith (Fox) McGuire has also been accused of fondling at least four and perhaps as many as 50 female students over the years–the youngest 12 years of age. His Alabama teaching certificate is on hold until after the trial. Some years ago, his brother was also accused of raping his soon-to-be ex-wife.
During the trial it came out that Keith McGuire gave the victim the HPV virus and that he had his children’s DNA tested during his divorce. The older one was not his.
The jury is to resume deliberations on Tuesday morning, at which time we hope he will be found guilty. Much of this man’s past was not allowed in testimony. You can read his story at the following website:
http://shoalscrime.blogspot.com/
As for this state, you will find some progressive laws here, as well as citizens.
Thanks, Shoalanda
http://shoalandaspeaks.blogspot.com/
you should ask the photographer/credit her for the use of her photo:
http://spider-kiss.deviantart.com/art/Real-men-don-t-rape-69515334
there’s emotional trauma. REAL emotional trauma that can’t be faked when it comes to rape.
I agree whole-heatedly that rape is one of the most traumatizing and violating experiences a person can experience, but I call bullshit that people can’t fake that trauma. There are people in this world who are capable of changing their physiological state through will alone, people who can beat polygraph test, fool professional interrogators, and seem to be affected by emotions they don’t really have. Believe me, people can fake just about anything.
Now, I’m not saying that this is the case here, but it’s naive to assume it’s impossible.
Well, great. A picture on a feminist blog made me dislike my body some more.
“Sodomy is most commonly legally defined as any contact between the genitals of one person, and the mouth or anus of another.” As for waiting well, if anyone on here is a victim of rape then you know what happens to a person…Their mind and body often shut down and one day they either take a stand or live life with nothing by regrets because they allowed the person who committed this violent crime against them to control their lives forever.
I know keith as a close friend who i have know for about 20 years. He was around my daughters many times and was never inapropriate with them. The other alligations come from his contact with young girls as a coach. Try teaching basket ball with out the accidental touching of the other person which a young girl could take it to be wrong. That does not make a person a rapist. Much love to keith and the mcguire family.
Glad to see the man found not guilty.I have known him for many years/even when he was married to that freak ex wife.He was too good for her.God Bless Keith and all of his family.
Interesting that “Chevy’s” comment was posted just before Keith McGuire from Monroeville logged onto my site. That’s why I visited today to check.
What little I know of his “freak” ex-wife, she runs a successful business in Tennessee where her family is from.
Shoalanda, I know nothing of this man, except what I read in newspaper archives and, unfortunately – your blog.
Personally, if I were him – I’d sue your ass.
Rarely have I ever seen something posing as “news” being presented with NO documentation, tons of innuendo and obvious bias.
You really should be ashamed. There is no integrity on your site – even to the untrained eye.
And furthermore – I am truly pissed that you saw fit to publish the results of the DNA tests.
Public record or no – you just exposed some poor kid to ridicule.
What a nasty bitch you are.
How dare you?
Brian Keith McGuire chose to make public the DNA results in his trial–that’s right, the defense, not the prosecution. We write a blog, if you don’t know what a blog is, it publishes opinion as well as facts.
I question the integrity of a man who would test children whom he supposedly had cherished as his own for years in order to avoid child support.
“During the trial it came out that Keith McGuire gave the victim the HPV virus and that he had his children’s DNA tested during his divorce. The older one was not his.”
Your comment.
You posted it.
I know very well what a blog is, and I know very well what is protected speech, what is libel, and what is slander.
Seems to me that you should learn the same.
There is a reason that CREDIBLE journalists have THREE verifiable sources before they print anything.
Update: http://shoalandaspeaks.blogspot.com/2010/02/keith-mcguire-certification-hearing.html
(Yes, Blurry, this “nasty bitch” is still trying, along with the Alabama Dept. of Education, to get this man barred from teaching–where he can fondle some more twelve year-old girls.)
Shoalanda – I have no issue with true justice.
I have issue with innuendo and outright slant.
I still see nothing here but a man being harassed.
Is he guilty of anything?
Who knows.
Oh, wait. YOU know everything. You hide behind this Shoalanda persona on your own website. What a joke.
The FACT is that he has been convicted of NOTHING.
You’re right. He has not yet been convicted of anything. I believe Al Capone was convicted of only tax evasion, so I assume that’s all of which he was guilty.
Blurry? Is that a Norwegian name?
You can be assured that when the verdict comes in on his teaching license–whether McGuire is allowed to continue teaching in Alabama or not–I will report it. I don’t expect you to read a blog from Northwest Alabama, but we have also reported recently on two female teachers who have engaged in sexual trysts with students. One has been found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison. We’re awaiting the trial of the second woman, and we will certainly report on that as well.
I don’t really care what a teacher does in his or her private life as long as it’s consensual, but I do expect them to keep their hands off their students. I hardly think that’s too much to ask.
Actually, Blurry is no more my name than Shoalanda is yours. It is a tag for posting. However, if I purported to be doing factual reporting, I would do it under my very own, real name. I would have no need to hide.
I live in Pennsylvania, USA.
My point is this – it is fine to report facts.
It is wrong to report innuendo and slant it as if it represents fact.
End of story.
Shoalanda, it’s another yankee, Eastern, at that. Go figure.
Still bitter about the war, are we?
What a moronic thing to say.
When you meet some of these types down in Dixie,you realize why they lost. But I still love me some grits.
Hi Joey!
I think you’ll find most Southerners have ancestors who fought on both sides. I have a direct ancestor who was a sergeant for the Confederacy and two indirect ancestors who were a sergeant and a colonel for the Union.
Forgive the anecdote about a friend, but it is pertinent. Last month a friend of mine died. He called himself Harvey online, and that’s how I will refer to him. Harvey was born with several physical problems, including a serious heart ailment (that eventually claimed his life) and curvature of the spine–most people would have referred to him as a hunchback.
No matter his problems, Harvey always loved sports and the ladies. He was a team manager in high school, and after dropping out of college, worked at a sporting goods store until his health further declined. Harvey was friends with two or so women who had been physically harassed by a certain coach; therefore, Harvey couldn’t stand the man.
Whenever the manager of the sporting goods store saw this coach approaching the store, he would send Harvey into the back to work on stock–otherwise Harvey would have attempted to “put the coach in his place.”
I had never heard the story until after Harvey’s death, but it was related to me for more than one reason. The name of the coach who sexually harassed Harvey’s lady friends?
Brian Keith McGuire
Well, there you go.
Proof, beyond a shadow of a doubt that he deserves to die.
As do I,I own property in South Carolina and Minnesota,and have family in both areas. I’ll have another piece of pecan pie please. Love the south!!
Hi love,I’ve missed you terribly.
Earlier this week, the Alabama Board of Education revoked Keith McGuire’s teaching license.
http://shoalandaspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/11/special-report-keith-mcguire-teaching.html