• rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    The lawyer is right, innocent until proven guilty. That being said, these kind of charges don’t tend to come without a strong foundation of evidence.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      But what’s the charge about? Touching someone’s ass without permission is a long way away from forcible rape.

      Took some clicking, but this is the best we got so far:

      Details of the alleged assault weren’t included in court documents.

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        2 months ago

        What part of “won’t be tried in the media” don’t you understand.

        They are trying to avoid the Jian Ghomeshi shit show of years back.

    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social
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      I don’t really know enough about Mike Smith to have expected it, I guess. Surprising and sad from my perspective.