Said Aouita's coach charged with child sex offences

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Modahl may have committed these crimes, but that's yet to be determined. I don't think people should have their identity released until they have been convicted. Benjamin Mendy had his name dragged through the mud, which effectively ruined his career, yet he was found not guilty. You can't just 'believe women' a lot of them are full of lies!

Just because he was found not guilty doesn't mean he was innocent.

I’m not going to put more than I did. People can see the social media posts and draw their own conclusions. I started a very care thread on this that was basically just a link to the AW story. It got deleted very quickly. I can guess by which moderator too.

Having met him in person and having seen him interact with the athlete I believe this is in reference to, I believe the accusations 100%. He was a creepy and very controlling man that overstepped so many boundaries. I felt very uncomfortable around him and he always seemed like he was hiding something. I hope he gets the max sentence

"So tragic for this great rapist" is what I think you meant to say.

Isn't that what you meant? You'd prefer him to continue to rape other children like this one woman?

Besides, you outed yourself with your use of the word "females" there. Bringing that "Andrew Tate" energy to the discussion of a rapist is always great.

I guessed it was her already anyway. I think Kyniska Advocacy has been helpful in bringing the abuse to light.

A friend of mine knew him and had the same feeling about him.

Mendy is an innocent man. A group of 304's attempted to take him down, but he's not guilty. As I said nobody should be presumed guilty until they've had their day in court. Many great men have been accused by vindictive women only to be proved not guilty. I think false accusers should face similar penalties if found to be lying!

I have a family member who's a lawyer. He recognises that women, in general, have the upper hand -by far, in disputes, especially divorce proceedings, and they (women) are very skilled and able to portray their husbands in very negative lights, even when not justified, and oftentimes fabricated.

In this Modahl case I suspect he's guilty, but think it unfair that his case is on the forefront of the news (negative). Even with a small chance that fabrication of events took place, that fact alone should oblige the justice system to act with more discretion before insinuating it's a slam dunk.

I agree, in cases such as this the defendant is assumed to be guilty before the case has been tried. The defendant should remain anonymous until they have been found guilty.

I agree, but if you and Ghost 1 are criticizing me for posting it, it hardly matters does it given that it's on the BBC and everywhere else?

I remember there was an attempt to introduce a bill in parliament to give anonymity to men accused of sex crimes (the alleged victims, as in this case, already do) but it was defeated, led by the opposition of Harriet Harman if I remember correctly.

The argument usually is that naming the accused allows other women to 'come forward' with similar claims against him, which I don't personally think is a good reason - especially given that they would be entitled to generous victim compensation.