FWIW: Rainey Cleared

[Jim Johnson]

This is from a blog I read that covers Polk county happenings (usually political):

The Florida High School Athletic Association announced this afternoon that Lakeland High School star football player Chris Rainey has been cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation into statements he made to the Miami Herald --- which he later recanted --- saying that he accepted cash and gifts and implying they were given because of his status on the team.

The FHSAA report noted that their investigator was unable to find anyone who would either corrobrate Rainey's original statement to the Herald reporter or refute his subsequente recantation. Bill Gray, the organization's investigator, conducted interviews in three visits to Lakeland as well as by phone.

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[Velcro]

They shouldn't "Clear" him... they should keep investigating.  He won't find someone to corroborate because they don't want to get in trouble, not because they don't exist.