Okay the headline:
LOIS LANE BELIEVED KIDNAPPED
CLARK KENT PRIME SUSPECT
They THINK Lois has been kidnapped and if so Clark did it.
They don't KNOW she has been and if she hasn't there's nothing to charge Clark with kidnapping wise.
That's why I referred to the Runaway Bride incident. They believed she'd been abducted and spent several days searching the woods etc. for her. It turned out she got REALLY cold feet and took off. At that point, there WAS NO CRIME. It wasn't until she called and gave a description of the people who 'kidnapped' her that there was a crime - a false police report.
Unless they have video or something, all they'll have is Lois' word.
If she says [once she's healthy again] that she went willingly, there's no crime of kidnapping. Maybe trespassing, breaking and entering, destruction of property in the room - but if Lois says she trashed it when she was mad at Deter etc., Clark is off the hook for that too. We're assuming they can prove Clark was there and that Lois won't claim that she destroyed the room and snuck out on her own.
If she says she snuck out on her own, they can charge HER with destruction of property etc, but there'd be no trespassing without proof Clark was there.
Depending on what Lois says, there may not be any evidence that Clark was involved in any crime at all.
At least that's my take on it...
[Proof of a new ML fic... spending way too much time on speculation...
]
