I feel for men put in this situation he has done everything he is required to do in order to prove his innocence but even the verdict of two juries isn't enough to clear his name this will follow him around for the rest of his life. Why the girls accused him has no bearing on his case for me, they did and a court of law believed that he didn't do what he was accused of.
A similar situation happened to a friend of my sons he was 22 years old and in a volatile relationship when he ended it the ex partner accused him of rape his life was destroyed he became a recluse and suffered depression not long before the court date the partner withdrew the charges saying she was confused and that they had both been drinking and she wasn't sure if it had happened she still received sympathy none was extended to the boy though. People clung onto there's no smoke without fire reasoning and it led to him having to leave the place he had lived his whole life because he couldn't cope anymore.
I think everyone accepts that rape is extremely difficult to prove and some women suffer because of this but in Mendy's case seven women gave evidence and the jury didn't believe one of them over him. I think we need to take more seriously that just because a man is accused it doesn't make him guilty and the effect it can have on men even when found not guilty.
