Do you believe that she was raped?

Yes, Simplyd, "Pamela" was not raped... I think she was not paid with the right price...

We don't know what happened in the bedroom, so it is difficult to tell if it was or not a rape, but it reminds me the Strauss-Kahn case last year in New-York -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_v._Strauss-Kahn -- ; at the end the charges were dismissed. Public/reach people can be a target of choice to obtain compensatory damages, but it does not mean that they cannot be true rapers too...

I've been hearing about this rape case since it's all over the news and radio commentators had been raising the issue as to what extent a diplomat is covered by diplomatic immunity. I guess every one has to get down to the root cause of this incident. If the girl went with the diplomatic, had been holding hands and they've been kissing all the way to the guy's room then rape would be hard to prove. No wonder, that diplomat was allowed to get out of the country because the girls reputation is already in question.

I am more shocked that there are CCTV cameras inside elevators...and elevators even! The only place without one, apparently, is at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport!

I pity Pamela and I was one of those who were outraged when the Department of Foreign Affairs upheld the immunity of the Panamanian diplomat from any criminal responsibility. After viewing the CCTV shown on TV, I started to have doubts and thought of the Subic rape case. Is this another similar case where a woman goes willingly with a man and cries rape afterwards? In the first place going willingly with a man in his quarters can be misconstrued as being willing to engage in more than kissing. The CCTV showed that they were holding hands and kissing in the elevator. It seems that there is something fishy in this rape case which I hope will eventually be unearthed in order to give justice where it is due whether on Pamela or on the Panamanian diplomat.