But you (or anybody) don't know what the call was about or what was discussed. If you (or anybody) got into a fight with someone (and, for the moment, assume you got the worst end of it), it is not unusual to confide in a family member or a friend. I am actually acknowledging that I do NOT know all the facts (nor does anyone outside of law enforcement), so if you can provide an "Eric the Midget - you know what to do" tape where she instructed four people to do violence against Travis Rudolph, then I could potentially agree with the assessment of her "making a mistake". Until then, the simple issue is that Rudolph made the far, far greater mistake, in not calling police when FOUR guys were at his front door.
It's funny, we sit here on this board and post stories about when a woman gets beat up or sexually assaulted, and all the wannabe alpha males start to claim that "if that was my daughter/girlfriend/wife, I would beat that guy within an inch of his life". And maybe sometimes guys actually follow through on those kinds of protective actions. That doesn't mean that the woman wanted or asked for the situation to escalate, just because she shared the details of an act of aggression against her.
I will also point out some of the things that have been REPORTED (and, again, I'll keep an open mind if the investigation discovers facts that contradict the early reports), but it has been REPORTED that the four guys were not armed, and the way that they turned and ran to the car (and were not, say, INSIDE of the home) gives off the FEELING that maybe these four guys were not the hardest-core guys in the world, that maybe they WERE just there to talk, and maybe were NOT there to "jump" Rudolph.
Look, that's just a cursory review of what has been reported thus far. I'll be interested in what the investigation turns up, but Rudolph is in serious trouble over something that could easily have been avoided.
