[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by OmegaV4

With this verdict coming down, it's plainly clear that there are no winners in this case.

E.M isn't a winner. She had to endure 9 days of testimony in front of the country, picking apart a traumatic event in her life, and now with the judges ruling, her credibility is buried.

The players aren't winners. While they may have been found not guilty, their reputations and careers are permanently caked in mud, utterly ruined.

If there is one winner(if you could even call it that) through this whole thing, in my opinion...it's due process.

Evidence was presented, a case was made, it went through the proper channels, and a verdict was levied. It's unfortunate that we live in a society that used to be "Innocent until proven guilty" which has now transformed into "Guilty until proven innocent."

And let me be clear.

I'm not taking anyone's side in this. What those five did was abhorrent, plain and simple.

But due process was followed, and I'm hoping that we can come back to that, where people don't jump to conclusions or try to cancel people before both sides of the story are heard, reviewed, and ruled upon.

London police had already closed the case. Do you think reopening the case and having it go to trial and having this result was worth it for all sides?