Totally different things. The "raped" girl was never raped. She was a manipulative whore who made up a story which she later recanted. She did indeed get a visa out of it, which was her plan from the moment she picked up a dumb Marine in an Olangapo bar.
Laude was, in my opinion, killed by Pemberton...and they will prove it.
He's going to a Filipino prison once convicted.