He had a certain fan base here and some weren't gone on him.
He disappeared very fast last year and now he's about to sue Twitter.
The letter is quite clear.
If there were no sexual realtionship then why not just say it?
If she wasnt in school then why not say it?
There was no need for the mealy mouthed letter from her solicitor. And it amazes me that his top legal and pr people accepted it.
What age would you have the age of consent at then?
So you want to challenge the age of consent principle for everyone just because some people might not be mature enough to make sensible decisions?
Well considering I was once a 17 year old female I'm quite entitled to my opinion , you may well like to infantalise young women, but I know plenty who know their own mind, including me when I was that age!
There were plenty of 16/17 year old girls going out with older guys when we were that age, nothing improper about any of those relationships.
You keep saying this, but is it not fact that there was a sexual relationship? And she was in school?
Why would he deny it?
Thats what all the dirty auld fuckers looking at barely legal school children want.
Its fair game for discussion in this case.
'barely legal schoolchildren '
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Eh im guessing he'd deny it if it werent true. And her solicitors letter wouldnt be so cryptic if it werent true.
But thats what I'm saying. Isn't it fact that they had a sexual relationship that started when she was at school?
I thought that was fact?
I think getting her to withdraw claims of sexual assault would have been the most important thing to get her to retract, no?
You can still be sexually assaulted when you’re over the age of consent.
There's nothing legally or, arguably, morally wrong with it. You sound like a busy-body moral police interfering in everyone else's business.
Yes there is.
Im well aware you can. I haven't heard the allegations of sexual assault.
I didn't hear anything about this incident until this thread
There was an allegation of a forced sex act that wasn’t withdrawn. She withdrew allegations about being under the age of consent but the issue of consent in and of itself remains very much up in the air as, going by the letter, it appears that they have both agreed to disagree on how they view what happened.
Forcing women to give men blowjobs, isn't that in the toxic guidebook somewhere?
She was 16 when he first contacted. Even for the most ardent McDermott defender, it's not too far a stretch to see how easy it would be to think she was still 16 when he took advantage of her.
So as expected, you have zero proof but still decide to defend the man in this case.
What allegation?
An allegation from a known liar that has been denied. She never reported it to police or, if she has, they haven't deemed it worthy of investigating further.
What do you mean by taking advantage given she has already admitted being of age before anything of a sexual nature took place?
This thread is kind of how I imagined Ireland to be some decades ago. A fervent interest in other people’s sex lives, and a lot of condemnation of their choices. The moral judgement here is impressive.
How is it unlikely? It's actually very likely and the statement backs that up. Why isn't McDermott taking her to court? Only those defending McDermott are saying she was lying.
Clearly she knows what age she is and apart from being unsure of the age of consent, it's also plausible that she was mistaken about whether an incident that occurred many years ago had happened before or after her birthday in that year.
It is very weird and creepy. Was he waiting for her birthday to take advantage of her then? Oh it's legal so a 27 year old and a barely 17 year old is all ok then.
We get it, you think a 27 year old man taking advantage of a child is ok, you're entitled to your view but we all don't have to share it.
She admitted lying didn't she
So you're clueless about the case but still decided to defend the man? Very strange behaviour.
We get it, you're wierdly interested in the sex lives of 17 year olds......we don't all have to share it
What did she lie about?
What I defend, is people's right to their good name. If everyone can go on social media and say whatever they want, that's not good for society.
Fairly sure you wouldn't want people saying all sorts about you. Considering the woman has since released a statement through a solicitor saying that she was not underage, I think the man is entitled to his good name back
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