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Ched Evans verdict

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FreshwaterSelkie · 14/10/2016 16:12

to continue the discussion as the previous thread closed.

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 27/10/2016 08:00

I would imagine that some would prefer to support Rape Crisis or Women's Aid rather than give to just one individual in this way.

But I remember reading a very sad interview with Maddy Hill in which she said that when she became an ambassador for Rape Crisis and asked why they didn't have any celebrity supporters, she was told it was because there was felt to be a stigma attached, that it was "dirty".

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 27/10/2016 01:03

I'm slightly disappointed that no one well known has given publicly. It would be nice if someone influential like say JK Rowling or Andrew Neil or Germaine Greer had.

They have little in common other than they are prominent and powerful enough not to have to care about what Evans' idiot supporters say.

Queenoftheblues · 26/10/2016 22:15

That's looking good. The threats must have been bad for Jean to do that. She's a tough cookie and I enjoy her tweets and her retorts to the haters.

HillaryFTW · 26/10/2016 17:26

Nearly 25k hoorah!

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FreshwaterSelkie · 26/10/2016 17:24

That's great news about the complainant getting the messages. There are so many people on her side, and it's good that she can see that.

It's less good news about the twitter abuse. What the fuck is wrong with people?

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SomeDyke · 26/10/2016 17:20

Seems that Jean who started the gofundme page has had to suspend her twitter account due to abuse.

Meanwhile the fund is past 24k and :

"I had an email from the complainant's family to say they are all overwhelmed by this lovely gesture and she is taking great strength from seeing your lovely messages and they are reading them all in amazement at your kindness. "

Women are kind, so men get abusive....................

kua · 24/10/2016 22:53

Thanks! Done.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 24/10/2016 22:36

Help Ched Evans Complainant by Jean Hatchet - GoFundMe
www.gofundme.com/help-ched-evans-complainant-2uj5pv8

Here.

kua · 24/10/2016 22:32

Sorry, to the gofundme page

kua · 24/10/2016 22:30

Please could someone share the link.

SomeDyke · 24/10/2016 18:29

The gofundme has just gone over 23K. More messages of support, more funds raised, and more support for a change in the law.

HillaryFTW · 24/10/2016 18:22

Well done those MPs

11122aa · 24/10/2016 17:02

As he is now shadow brexit secretary its unlikely he will comment much in public. Cabinet and shadow cabinet members tend to only comment on their policy areas.

OlennasWimple · 24/10/2016 15:58

That's good, SomeDyke. Has anyone seen anything from Keir Starmer on the case, BTW, given the work he did previously on prosecuting rape cases?

SomeDyke · 24/10/2016 12:50

According to the guardian, a bunch of Labour women have written to the attorney general:

www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/23/female-labour-mps-write-to-attorney-general-over-ched-evans-case

"They are asking Wright and the justice secretary, Liz Truss, to change the law to specifically make it clear that sexual history evidence can only be used when the similar conduct is unusual and out of the ordinary."

NinjaFeminist · 24/10/2016 12:21

Smile brilliant. I really hope it hits the target, no matter how long it takes.

BeyondReasonablyDoubts · 24/10/2016 12:09

... now it's £22k

BeyondReasonablyDoubts · 24/10/2016 11:47

Very nearly £22k :)

NinjaFeminist · 24/10/2016 11:40

Hopefully wider exposure (via that article) will help boost the fund further. It's steadily climbing & over £21k now. I've donated & am glad I could do that one small thing to show her support in the face of the awful treatment she's endured.

SleightOfMind · 24/10/2016 11:37

Donating and more importantly leaving a message has made me feel a little better.
I'm glad there's some way to show our support and counteract the beetroot faces!

user1475253854 · 24/10/2016 10:22

Article on BBC here - Ched Evans accuser shown 'love and support' by fundraising campaign
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37728681

WinchesterWoman · 24/10/2016 08:17

Thanks xeno

kua · 24/10/2016 07:48

Thanks xeno.

Xenophile · 24/10/2016 07:46

She's on the Victoria Derbyshire program.

kua · 24/10/2016 07:37

What time Winchester?