I haven’t posted in a long time, but football community online today has made my heart sink. I cant post this on twitter Cus I cant deal with the moronic responses I would get. But for anyone interested in the actual judgement in response to this case.
It said his behaviour and the parties he threw were abhorrent and that they wouldn’t want their daughters anywhere near him or that environment. It also supported the prosecution in the fact these victims definitely thought and felt that they were being raped (and therefore are suffering the ramifications of such) BUT they couldnt conclusively rule that M*ndy knew he was having sex with them without consent.
Therefore in the parameters of the law, because the prosecution couldn’t prove concrete intention of rape, they cannot find him guilty of rape.
This is the fundamental problem with the prosecution of Sexual assault cases- you have to prove intent to harm, even if harm is caused, if total intent isn’t clear then no punishment can be brought down. It’s disgusting.
And the headline culture we exist in means 1,000’s of people are reading the headline of not guilty without seeing the nuance, and blaming the women for being terrible. Which couldn’t be further from the truth of the actual judgement