Just to expand on my earlier post, for those who believe a disclosure shows honesty.
My DD met her ex when she was 16. He had recently come out of prison - he told her he had been imprisoned for having sex with his underage gf, which was technically true (he was a couple of years older)
However, what he didn't disclose was he had been to court for raping 2 girls - one was his ex, the other completely separate. He admitted to sex but, like the previous post by the lawyer said, claimed it was consensual. He was found not guilty if both rape charges, however, as his gf was underage and he'd admitted to sex he was convicted of sex with an underage girl. He'd already served his sentence on remand so was released and put on the sex offenders register.
As my DD was 16 (or maybe she would have anyway?) she was visited by the officer who monitored him and they disclosed he had been to prison for having sex with a minor - she already knew that, he'd told her - she'd heard rumours about the rape allegations but as the police confirmed what he had told her, and no more, she believed him.
I later spoke to the girls mums. What they told me was horrific and the next 2 years were a living hell. He had actually been accused by 8 different girls, on separate occasions, but each time the girls withdrew their complaints, presumably because they'd seen the outcome of the 2 that went to court, and how their names were dragged through the mud on FB.
He raped my DD, many times I think through coercion, one through physical force. Thankfully she eventually got away from him.
I spoke to the officer who monitored him on many occasions, she said that I could apply for more info through Clare's law, however in doing so I'd have to sign a NDA - no chance, what I already knew was bad enough, and no way was I being silent about it. I also assumed the disclosure would likely 'just' be 'he went to prison for having sex with a minor' - I don't think they would've disclosed accusations? Whatever though, I wouldn't sign.
I keep an eye on this man on fb - if your DD ever got into a relationship with him you'd receive an anonymous (to protect my DD) message from me, or one if his other victims mums, to say exactly what he'd been accused of - no doubt he'd tell your DD it was malicious, and judging by some of the responses on here, you'd advise her to believe him?
I blame the police/system for colluding with him which led to the abuse of my DD. Had they told her he had been accused at least 8 times of rape maybe her young brain might've been jolted out if 'being kind'. Instead they reaffirmed his lies.
Those messages saying 'give him a chance' 'what if it was your son?' blah blah are really making me angry, but I accept most wouldn't have experience of the system so trust it wholeheartedly but please believe me when I say, advising a woman, on an anonymous forum to trust a man with previous allegations against him, based on nothing, is dangerous. Ultimately it's up to the OP to decide, and maybe he is telling the truth, however you are advising a complete stranger to use herself as bait to test this man's word. Stop it.