I'm not saying his behavior in the "best case scenario" was perfectly ok

from a moral perspective. it was crude, laddish and not something you would hope to see from a "role model." I do also agree that he could have asked people to lay off the victim (although i'm not sure what precisely he has said in that regard).

However, i would also imagine that if you genuinely believe yourself to be innocent of a crime but have been locked up for two and a half years for it, lost your reputation and possibly your career then you might also be quite angry about it and minded to fight to the end in order to clear your name. i don't know because thankfully i've never been imprisoned for a crime I vehemently believe I did not commit. He may well also be being advised by his legal advisers not to apologise or show any remorse. Either way i think its unrealistic to expect someone who is campaigning to clear their name to apologise.

I don;t know if he's guilty or innocent and if his latest legal bid fails then i personally would not want our club to sign him because he is a convicted rapist. It does not, however, surprise me that this case is still rumbling on because I did think at the time that it was quite a strange verdict given that the very same 12 jurors "unanimously" reached a completely different decision as to her sobriety to consent about 5 minutes previously and as I understand it she herself just says she cannot remember anything at all.

Posted By: Jim, Nov 18, 17:36:42