View Single Post
Old 01-24-2024, 02:00 PM   #392
GioforPM
Franchise Player
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
I’d be willing to bet they’d all heard educational messaging before. From what I understand, most junior programs have sexual consent training. Reports from the incident say at one point they even asked the victim to say if she consented. So it seems pretty likely they understood that consent is necessary. But presumably they were drunk and didn’t care she wasn’t capable of giving consent due to her own drunkeness or coercion.
Unless I'm mixing up cases they actually videoed this question. And asked over the phone or something the next day as well.

Remembering the standard of proof in criminal cases, this will end up being messy if it's clear that the acts were committed and it comes down to consent/coerced consent/lack of capacity to consent. These guys could be acquitted on the criminal standard, but at the same time clearly lacking in judgment and behaviour in the eyes of many. Then what does the league, their teams, and the PA do?
GioforPM is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to GioforPM For This Useful Post: