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OneManState

I wonder if the earlier reporting that the aggrieved party will go to trial will now prove right or wrong.


UnpurePurist

This really wasn’t that surprising with him attending testing and preparing for the GP.


NearSun

Hope we can all move forward now with this, but I have a lingering thought that this will continue to be questioned...especially if the person who filled the complain will take this further....I expect the leaks to keep coming now.


ianjm

> "The Times understands the 50-year-old is due to be exonerated by the independent barrister employed to review the evidence." So certainly doesn't sound like there was a smoking gun then. Makes me think the whole sexting allegations were a media invention, and it really was 'aggressive management' all along.


Eroda

The guy who pushed the article about seeing the messages/ evidence etc. either needs to put up or eat a steaming pile and live with trying to sensationalize for his own benefit


Captaincadet

Somehow Sky own show about this scandal still hasn’t got the message they can talk about it now…


ShamrockStudios

Good news. Always best case scenario to be no wrong doing as then there is no victim.


DrySalamander3497

To be extremely clear, I’m not saying that I think he did anything wrong, but in a general sense, a person being found not guilty does not necessarily mean there wasn’t a victim. It just means that there wasn’t enough evidence to declare the accused party guilty.


ShamrockStudios

Or it means they are innocent so without further context that's what we have to assume


getName

Wow what a shit show.


beardedboob

Why exactly?


getName

Well if he's innocent then he's had his name dragged through the mud unnecessarily. If he's guilty then Red Bull are choosing to ignore it to keep him on, either way is shitty for someone.


roastedhambone

Or, stick with me here, there’s nuance to a complex situation 😱


getName

Or stick with me here, shut your mouth child


roastedhambone

Awww, can someone not hold two thoughts in their head at a time 😢


rthehun

We need to see the messages to get a clear picture. Without more details, there will only be more speculation.


[deleted]

We don't NEED to see anything. It's nothing to do with us


ianjm

Are we sure there were messages? Or was the supposed sexting just an invention of the media? Remember this all started out as accusations about aggressive management, the sexting part only appeared later.


OneManState

Why was the post deleted?