Scott McMahon: The Philippines; Bulletin; Major Development: Locked up for five years without a trial on rape charges, the Seattle-area has been acquitted and set free after a judge determined that the complainant had lied and then demanded money to drop the charges..."McMahon was accused of rape in 2010, and the judge in the case said she was not telling the truth. The entire case was based solely on the accusations of the women and no other evidence was rendered against him. Scott has already settled into the Philippines in 2003 with a fianceé and two children. McMahon was noted as a successful builder, and had pressed charges against a neighbor after she threatened his children in 2010. That same woman pressed rape charges against McMahon, creating the the longest non-charged imprisonment for any American national outside of the United States. The attorney for McMahon had proof all along that he was far away from the neighbors at the time of the alleged rape. Legal experts who wrote opinions on the case concluded that the woman had made up the story and demanded cash to drop the charges."..."A recent rash of criticism has hit the Duterte administration for the massive killings and imprisonment of drug dealers – many showing the horrific prison conditions and overcrowding that is being ignored. Attorney from the David House Agency, the California Innocence Project and the United Nations expressed opinions and sent letter to the Philippine courts and government – but no answer, and the system that has allowed drugs and guns and crime to overpower a system, have also overpowered the innocent." Philippines Lifestyle;."

"An American national has been acquitted of all charges and set free by a Manila judge on Monday night.    Scott McMahon, a Seattle native, held the title of the longest-imprisoned U.S. citizen in any foreign country who had not been convicted of a crime.........McMahon was accused of rape in 2010, and the judge in the case said she was not telling the truth. The entire case was based solely on the accusations of the women and no other evidence was rendered against him. Scott has already settled into the Philippines in 2003 with a fianceé and two children. McMahon was noted as a successful builder, and had pressed charges against a neighbor after she threatened his children in 2010. That same woman pressed rape charges against McMahon, creating the the longest non-charged imprisonment for any American national outside of the United States. The attorney for McMahon had proof all along that he was far away from the neighbors at the time of the alleged rape. Legal experts who wrote opinions on the case concluded that the woman had made up the story and demanded cash to drop the charges. McMahon’s mother said her son’s five year imprisonment was so bad and filthy that people were dying around him. “There are more than a hundred grown men packed into an 800-square-foot prison,” she said. “People were dying in there of things we’re vaccinated for.”
She launched websites and social media with details on his case to draw the attention of officials in the U.S. and the Philippines. A recent rash of criticism has hit the Duterte administration for the massive killings and imprisonment of drug dealers – many showing the horrific prison conditions and overcrowding that is being ignored. Attorney from the David House Agency, the California Innocence Project and the United Nations expressed opinions and sent letter to the Philippine courts and government – but no answer, and the system that has allowed drugs and guns and crime to overpower a system, have also overpowered the innocent."
http://philippineslifestyle.com/blog/2016/08/03/american-acquitted-charges-locked-prison/