Even after the arrest of a suspect, YouTuber Tim Pool calls the story of Ohio child rape victim a “hoax”

Pool: “There's no rape kit, there were no criminal charges, not until now. Why didn't anyone knowing this girl report this? ... I do believe it is a hoax.” The Columbus Dispatch reported previously that the girl's mother reported the case on June 22.

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From the July 14, 2022, edition of Timcast, posted to YouTube

TIM POOL (HOST): There's no rape kit, there were no criminal charges, not until now. Why didn't anyone knowing this girl report this? This is why I say – ladies and gentlemen, I do believe it is a hoax. Now, as to my previous statements, I want to make sure I clarify. I don't like the vague natures of this. There is a possibility that a little girl, a family might say we go to the hospital and we seek an abortion and they don't give it to you, well, that's it. It's over. You're done. You will carry it and they will not let you leave and then what do we do? That's possible, and that's the kind of thing we need to be careful about. 

But, I will say the opportunity for the left here was the PR move, which says to me, I think it's a hoax. I think it is a hoax in the sense that -- oh, and I love the left is going to freak out and say, it really happened. I know it really happened. I mean, we've got it here. We've got the guy being criminally charged. Lock him up, throw away the key, boot him out of the country, whatever. Illegal immigrant who did this; this poor child. But I think the left is manufacturing and manipulating the circumstances to create a political story because they probably would've gotten the services under the medical exemption. And if they didn't, it would've resulted in the AG coming out and saying this is wrong and we're going to make sure she gets the medical services she needs and all of that stuff. This is the game the left plays.

Pool, predictably, cannot get his facts straight.

Also the shameless accusation that the doctor failed to report the rape to authorities, when the Columbus Dispatch story clearly stated that the little girl’s mother had already reported it on June 22. (The abortion occurred later on June 30.) https://t.co/G6es6JbKbh https://t.co/yDEzdwn8vF

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) July 14, 2022