I was talking to my DH about the possible reasons why the girlfriend's father would support Ched. We decided that it is the whole culture of male " entitlement" that must be very prevalent in Ched's family and friendship circles which encourages a situation whereby the father supports a man who has been found guilty of rape and cheated in such a fashion.
The males have clearly rallied round Ched and blame the victim instead of their realising their own mysogynistic notion of having any woman they want, when they want are wrong. The girlfriend is enabling the situation but maybe she is being pressured into standing by him to keep face, who knows?
The victim was young and vulnerable. The two men should have seen her home and protected her. Instead, they acted in a predatory fashion and took every advantage of her being alone and drunk.
Ched's behavior is beyond revolting. He is able to completely disregard his responsibilities as a professional role model to boys, his girlfriend and disrespect the consent of the victim.
I pity the naive girlfriend who believes in him still. Either that , or being a WAG is far more important to her.
It's all vile. Ched clearly has loads of blokes surrounding him who support him because well, it was only a quick one night stand, it's what men do! The two women and their feelings are irrelevant, they are being controlled by a male dominant pack mentality.
Either that or the father just can't accept his daughter has badly chosen and is trying to protect her from further embarrassment.
Cheating men are often unrepentant and do it again. A man who truly loved a woman would never behave like this. The whole thing is just chavy and sordid. Don't care how much money they have.
My sympathy lies with the victim. She made mistakes and was silly and young but those two men treated her despicably.
I've had boyfriends who have come from these types of backgrounds and it's just completely rooted in their approach to stick together in large extended family/ friendship groups and control the response of the women in their lives. I was a trophy girlfriend for 5 years and had no say ever in what we did or where we went. Had to dress for him, buy what he wanted, no say in our home, holidays... nothing. He was footy mad and I was expected to fit in with his lifestyle in every way. If you do something wrong and don't play the game, you get verbally abused, ignored or threatened. The underlying aggression is always there and supported by the rest of the family as their son is never wrong! He even used to send me out to buy his porn; Playboy, Mayfair etc. It was just all macho swagger and bravado. From a damaged backround myself, I just accepted it.
Of course his mother will protect him and blame feminists. It's never the son's fault. The family of my ex partner was exactly the same. He was the golden boy who could do no wrong even though he was sent to a high security prison for 3 years, sentenced to 6 after committing a serious offence. The women are sidelined but one step out of line and you are in trouble. It's just how they function.
I suppose when push comes to shove, Ched's situation boils down to maintaining his money and status . Hang decency and morals.