True LDKS...not sure if extenuating circumstances were very similar, but you make a valid point.
It was very disturbing to hear that young girl describe the situation, and very interesting to hear that police officer describe her as 'not very worldly' etc.
Unfortunately, everytime something like this happens, the girl is immediately labelled as being some kind of slut. Sure there are girls that go out looking for sex from these footballers, but I don't think there are too many out there looking to be treated like a piece of meat and an object of ridicule. People need to realise the pressure that can be put on a young girl by a group of confident, egotistical thugs like that. Next thing she finds herself in a situation that they describe as being consensual, and she basically is not in control of. There is no way in the world that girl would've gone back there with them if she realised what she was about to be subjected to.
Wasn't it amazing to see the reaction of the thugby players in that room where they were watching the reenactment of those assaults. None of them felt too sorry for the girl, but they all objected strongly to that guy being assaulted.
It sickens me to think how someone like Matthew Johns pretends to be so sorry etc. He feels sorry for only one person...himself. And as for Vautin..say no more. Johns' complete lack of remorse, and lack of understanding of the gravity of her predicament was made abundantly clear by his expectation that a quick, rehearsed bit of rot would be sufficient to extinguish any potential fallout from the program.
Here he is earning a million bucks a year, and the poor girl is suicidal from the experience that he regarded as being a great joke.
A guy from Sydney told me about 5 years ago about those Johns individuals. He was dead right.
