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regarding the vice article, wilson's sexual assault case, autobiographical editing
editthis article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvwqx/death-athletic-documentary-jessica-solce-cody-wilson has been used in previous edits as evidence that he's either completed his probation or that the case against him has been 'dismissed'.
the article appears to be primarily an interview with one of wilson's associates about a documentary they created together. however, the information contradicts earlier reporting about his sentencing (he was sentenced to 7 years probation in 2019; the article was published in 2023 and claims the probation was completed in 2022). furthermore, cases aren't dismissed post facto and he has already been tried, convicted, and sentenced. unless by "dismissed" we're talking about his probation period being reduced early, but that would be a very unusual way to phrase it. although i cannot find any information outside of this article to corroborate that, and it doesn't provide any additional context. have there been newer developments? are there any other sources for this?
for the record, this is the relevant quote, which is very brief and seemingly contradicts itself:
"Later that year (2018), Wilson pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault against a minor. He’d met a 16-year-old girl off a sugar daddy dating site and paid her for sex (he says she claimed to be of legal age), and was sentenced to seven years probation and required to register as a sex offender during this period. In November 2022, Wilson completed his probation, and his case was dismissed."
one other issue with the vice article is that the statement was made immediately after discussion of another case he was involved in. it appears to be referring to his probation, but there isn't actually much clarity. regardless, even if his probation were terminated early, his charges (which he plead guilty to and was sentenced for) weren't wiped from public record, which is what the statement by itself would imply (especially with how the quote was inserted into the wiki article)
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i've noticed that there have been periodic edits to this article wiping other aspects of the case without explanation, such as police statements or his deportation. curiously, some of these edits have been made by a very old account, which, in 2008, had "The alter-alter-ego of rogue scholar and general misanthropist, C. Rutledge Wilson" in the bio section:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kamenev&oldid=251221024
checking page statistics and wow, "C. Ruthledge Wilson" has evidently written the bulk of this article:
https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/Cody_Wilson
https://xtools.wmcloud.org/topedits/en.wikipedia.org/Kamenev/0/Cody%20Wilson
i believe there are rules in place about that sort of conflict-of-interest editing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gcollins94 (talk • contribs)