Who raped Mayella Ewell?

Tom Robinson did not rape Mayella Ewell on November 21st. There is no evidence to suggest that Mayella was raped by Tom, or anybody else, on that specific day. While Tom Robinson is on the witness stand, he accurately describes the events that transpired that day. Tom says that Mayella grabbed him around his legs, and he hopped down from the chair. He says that Mayella hugged him around the waist and kissed him on the side of his face. Mayella told Tom that she never kissed a grown man before so she might as well kiss a "nigger." Tom then comments, "She says what her papa do to her don't count" (Lee 260). This comment indirectly suggests that Bob Ewell raped his daughter before. It is clear from Bob and Mayella's conflicting testimonies, as well as Tom's handicap, that Mayella was not beaten or raped by Tom Robinson. Mayella's despicable father had raped his daughter before, but there is no evidence to suggest he raped her on the particular day (November 21st) he caught Mayella kissing Tom Robinson. Mayella and her father fabricated their entire stories and claimed that Tom raped her as a way to justify her extensive injuries. A black man raping a white woman was racially inciting in 1930s Alabama, and the Ewells were sure the jury would believe their story.