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blaster99 Jess Cliffe, Counter-Strike Co-Creator 762 points 12 hours ago
Hello gents, Cliffe here. I know I'm a little late to this thread but I've been busy fighting this. So I apologize. Anyway, I wanted to clear up a couple legal points because there's been a lot of mis-information about this situation.
The prosecutor, almost immediately after reviewing the evidence, offered a plea deal -- pleading to "Assault in the 2nd degree." Obviously, I never hit anyone -- this is what they call "Prosecutorial discretion." They make an arbitrary charge offer that is far, far lower in seriousness than their original charge if they think the original charge is excessive or if they think they will lose in court. While my lawyer thinks we had a high probability of exoneration (winning) given the evidence -- which clearly showed her lies, that there was never a sexual quid pro quo, and it pointed to me looking for a long term relationship. However, my distrust in the legal system and wanting this to be over led me to accepting the deal in order to move on. This plea deal is a form of "Alford Plea" -- which is where a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence. The number of lies, false allegations, and mis-information perpetuated in the news articles online was especially depressing and heartbreaking to read.
I never recorded this person at all. This was a lie from the start. I even opened my cell phone for the police, giving them full access, to prove this. I also took a state mandated polygraph regarding this and passed. As such, they never charged me with anything related to filming anything. Why would this person lie about that? I'll never know, although it's worth noting that she also scammed multiple other men so I'm guessing she mixed me up with one of them. She also lied about the number of times we met, which was debunked by the transcript in evidence. It's very frustrating to read that people believe the "filming without consent" claim, despite the fact that I wasn't even charged with it. It didn't happen. It's a really outrageous claim and something that I would never, ever even think of doing -- considering I am extremely respectful to women.
In the sentencing hearing, the prosecutor recommended the minimum sentence under the new lowered charge which was 3 months of "Work Release." The judge agreed that the minimum (work release) was appropriate, given the circumstances of the case. This is basically where you go to your work as usual, but at night you go sleep in a government facility. Given that I'm not with Valve anymore, this wasn't available so instead unfortunately I did have to go to the local "Regional Justice Center" for that amount of time. However, because of "good time" I spent only 57 days (less than 2 months) in a minimum security facility in Kent, WA. The 57 days were spent drinking coffee, watching blu-ray movies, and helping out unsupervised around the facility. This is not even close to "prison" -- by definition you can't even go to prison for that amount of time given that prison is for sentences over a year.
The community custody reference footnote in the Wikipedia entry is totally not applicable to me since I did not plead guilty to the original charge. This is yet more false and misleading information which makes the outcome seem far worse than it is.
I hope that clears some things up -- the legal process can obviously be extremely opaque. Anyway, this was a very unfortunate situation and I had no intention of meeting someone who was lying about her age. Despite a good faith effort on my end to do due diligence, I still got catfished -- on a dating website for adults where you have to state that you are over 18. You'll also recall that this person admitted to police that she'd lied to me (and others apparently) about her true age. But I'm glad it's over now and there was a basically sane resolution. So be very careful with people you meet over the internet, always ask for an ID no matter what, trust but verify, watch out for scammers, etc.
It's been an honor to work on this great game for you guys over the last nearly 20 years.
Cliffe
Básicamente como no confía en el sistema legal de USA decide aceptar el castigo por un delito que no cometió, la idea era estar 2 meses trabajando en Valve y yendo a dormir a una facilidad del gobierno pero como Valve le echó pues tuvo que ir a un centro especial que no es una prisión. Se pasaba el día ayudando y mirando películas.
Por haber quedado con una chica de 16 años que se hacía pasar por una chica adulta ha perdido el trabajo más importante de su vida, un trabajo al que dedicó 20 años. El co-creador de Counter Strike ya no forma parte del equipo por culpa de una tarada.
