Inu

A really thoughtful reply.
There are only 2 persons privy to the events which preceeded the prosecution, Krisnan Inu not being either of them. Quite why he has chosen to air his uncalled for views on dreaded social media is absolutely dumbfounding.
One of my favourite players of the last 2 seasons has now plummeted to a very low mark ..... if all is as
reported ..... (apologies if I've misread reports / posts)

Someone close to me went to court on a gender discrimination case. She is an academic of many years standing and was cross-examined in a very hostile way for nine hours by the defence, who made all sorts of accusations against her standing as an academic and her motives. She said it was one of the most harrowing experiences of her life, and she is a highly articulate professional who could see most of the barristers' legal and semantic trickery. But this would be nothing compared to what a young, and not necessarily articulate, rape victim would have to go through in court.

There's a common theme around women who are in court in cases of sexual or other violence saying that they're only doing it for the money, or celebrity. I heard this a lot in the case of that soccer player Evans. It's completely untrue. If the woman was not warned, in no uncertain terms, how intensely upsetting and unpleasant the experience will be, then in my view, the fact that her legal team had not been clear about it is in itself akin to another act of violence against her.

In my old age I try not to be over-accusatory, but I think that someone who could spit on a woman in a rape trial must be either as thick as the thickest pile of **** in history or about as vile as a person can possibly be.

My mate sent me a copy of his Twitter response to the backlash he got from his initial post. I'll let someone else post it on here if they have it....🤦‍♂️

Inu,and the curse of social media.

I know what you're saying, but equally you'd have thought he'd have thought of that before typing that stuff up.

I'm betting that the powers that be wont be too chuffed with that excuse...

"My mind was elsewhere as I reflect on the birth of my first child by typing that I'm a rape apologist."

This is excruciatingly difficult to write about,isn’t it ?
It’s difficult to defend his tweet,so I don’t intend to.
Instead,I try to imagine being in a position where a friend is convicted of such a horrible offence but I believe him to be innocent,and it’s going to appeal. Obviously I’d speak up on his behalf. That’s what I’d do,despite it not being a very wise action.
What he inferred about the victim is,indeed,terrible.
He’s clearly made a very big mistake.
Social media is a double edged sword. Post your support publicly and then be judged on that support. That is fair enough..
As I said he’s made a big mistake.
Do we think he should lose his livelihood ,really ?