Brett Favre Can Clear His Name With Cell Phone Forensics
The recent allegations against Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Farve are only the latest in a long list of very public scandals involving inappropriate text messages. Mr Farve in this case has been accused of sending inappropriate cell phone text messages and even nude pics over his cellular phone. This scandal follows in the footsteps of a year of text message scandals involving everyone from Tiger Woods to Aston Kutcher.
Mr Farve has been accused first of sending nude photos to Jenn Sterger and recently Favre was sued for sexual harassment by two massage therapists who claimed they received sexually suggestive texts from him. And now, another massage therapist,Stephanie Dusenberry, has come forward saying that Favre pulled the same shenanigans on her while he was with the Minnesota Vikings.
These are very serious allegations against the Vikings QB but we must remember that this is still America and we are considered innocent until proven guilty. Although Mr Farve is not facing any criminal charges, allegations like these could jeopardize his association with the NFL. An organization that has very strict morals clauses and certainly is not fond of bad press or a bad public image.
It is a situation like where forensic science can give us conclusive evidence to either clear Mr Farves name or prove the allegations to be true. Any person facing allegations of inappropriate text messages has the option to submit their cellular device to a forensic examination.
This type of investigation can recover deleted data from a cell phone such as deleted text messages, sent or received call logs and even pictures deleted from the device. In some devices voice maails are stored on the internal memory and even that data caan be undeleted.
Once the device has been forensically examined and the deleted text messages have been undelted the phone can be turned over to the opposing side of the litigation and they can also exaamine the device.
A report returned from a qualified cell phone forensic analyst can either be entered as evidence in a court of law or present at a press conference in a court of public opinion when a high profile athlete or celebrity wants to confront allegations and clear their good name.