I doubt City will have done anything they weren’t within their rights to do with the kind of lawyers they have on their books.
City stopped paying wages when they suspended him. Unsure if they will need to now reimburse him or if the court case gave them a way out.
‘Not guilty doesn’t mean he’s innocent’…that’s what you’ll hear in the next coming days
With all due respect…fuck that. Fella beat 8 cases of rape…wow
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Speaking from experience in criminal litigation, that’s absolutely correct. Juries don’t hear all the facts of a case, they hear a very stripped down version of a case.
That being said, unless and until they release the transcripts, we won’t know what kind of case CPS put on. Sometimes your case sucks and your boss tells you to try it anyway because that’s your job.
Reading some transcripts from the accusers in the first part of the trial, I was surprised it even made it to trial…
I wonder if we will this time. Between this and the Huw Edwards story, I wonder if there will be quite as much readiness to jump to conclusions from the general public. Obviously there will be people that will always believe any allegation no matter what.
Innocent until proven guilty, no?
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Being found not guilty has nothing to do with whether or not something actually happened.
Being factually innocent is different from being acquitted in court.
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Jurors in the rape trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy have been told to question the credibility of their accusers.
Lisa Wilding KC, in her closing defence speech on behalf of Mendy’s friend and co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, highlighted the evidence of one complainant, a 19-year-old woman, who told jurors from the witness box that both men had raped her.
But during the 16-week trial, mobile phone video emerged of her having “enthusiastic” sex with Matturie on an occasion she claimed she was being raped.
Jurors at Chester crown court were directed to find both men not guilty of those charges against her.
Wilding said: “She sat in this courtroom and looked you in the eye and gave what would have, perhaps, been a compelling and convincing account of being raped multiple times by these two men. Like so many of the witnesses in this case, she is caught up in a tangled web of connections and contacts and knowledge.
“Why is that important? Because of collusion. You have to consider in respect of each of the women who came to this courtroom to give evidence, is their evidence reliable? Is their evidence solid?
“This case rests on the credibility of witnesses. People lie.”
Two other complainants, who also knew each other, then made “remarkably similar” allegations that Matturie had raped them both while sleeping, Wilding said.
Wilding cited the account of another woman, aged 23, who claimed Matturie raped her at 5.30am in Mendy’s Mercedes car while on a trip to a local garage to buy more alcohol for a party at the footballer’s house.
She stayed at Mendy’s house afterwards and had sex with three other men, and as she stepped out of the gates at Mendy’s mansion at 10.03am, sent a text to a friend saying “Hahaha I have slept with Jack Grealish,” the jury heard.
Such behaviour was “inconsistent” with an allegation of rape, Wilding said.
Her case was “inextricably linked” to that of a 17-year-old who alleges she was raped twice by both Mendy and Matturie the same night, it is alleged.
Wilding said the allegation against Matturie, that he raped her in a cinema room at Mendy’s house while others were present, then went to his flat in Manchester where he raped her a second time, made “absolutely no sense”.
Voice messages sent to her friends later that same day, where she called the party, the “best night of my life” were, “not a reflection of someone who has been raped,” Wilding added.
Prosecutors claim Mendy lured young women into “toxic and dangerous” situations where they were raped and sexually assaulted at a flat he rented in Manchester city centre, and his home, the Spinney, in Mottram St Andrew, in the Cheshire countryside, used for “after-parties” including regular lockdown-busting gatherings.
Matturie is alleged to have been the “fixer” to get girls back to the parties after nights spent drinking in VIP lounges at Manchester nightclubs. Both defendants say any sex with women was consensual g
From The Guardian
Ridiculous that this made it to trial at all.
Wow, that’s shocking.
Many high profile cases of collusion and false testimonies now.
And the time it takes for due process to be followed.
Definitely being more sceptical or any accusation and not saying anything until the outcome occurs.
That’s a pretty scummy argument to make. There is no handbook for how victims of sexual assault are supposed to act.
I think it’s absolute correct based on the information provided in the article. You can’t be a victim of rape and then text your friends you had the best night of your life lol. That’s disgraceful
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I agree, but I can’t see a rape victim joking about them having sex right after.
Definitely doesn’t meet the ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ threshold for criminal cases here.
The civil cases (or lack thereof) can indicate more for sure.
Oh really? How many sexual assault cases have you handled?
@Electrifying the horrifying thing about these cases is that there is sometimes inconsistent behavior from a victim. I had a case where a victim was texting the abuser all these loveydovey things right after. It’s really fucked up.
Stop being a fucking unnecessary “I’m a lawyer” all the time mate. We all know you’re a lawyer. And guess what, I don’t care how many cases you’ve tried it’s clear as day that the accounts they gave were wildly inconsistent with being a victim of rape.
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Maybe stop pretending you know the first thing about how to handle these cases?
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If that’s a credible legal argument then it’s no wonder a case like this can come to trial, with an innocent man being held on remand for months. What a ridiculous state of affairs.
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Maybe stop pretending that cause you’re a lawyer it makes you an authority on absolutely everything then.
Mendy got off. The women gave inconsistent accounts. His legal counsel ate the prosecution alive and the jury found him not guilty on 10 counts.
So yeah, maybe the jury agreed that it’s wildly inconsistent to be a victim or rape and then flair to their friends about what a great night they had.
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