‘Gossip Girl’ Star Ed Westwick Cleared of Rape Charges
 

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• Los Angeles County District Attorney released a memo Friday saying it has declined to press sexual assault charges against Ed Westwick
• The Gossip Girl star has been accused of sexual assaulting four women
• Authorities moved forward with investigating three cases in March
• Two of the women were unable to provide sufficient evidence
• The other woman could not be reached by the DA's office
• The memo revealed some additional women made allegations of inappropriate touching, but that the incidents fell outside the statute of limitations
  

Westwick's lawyer Blair Berk told TMZ: 'The evidence was clear from the start that each of the allegations made by these three women were absolutely untrue.

'It is a shame there are those who prejudged this case and that it took over eight months for Ed to be officially cleared of all of these charges.

'I hope that those who made such quick judgment here not knowing anything about the abundant evidence of innocence in this case will hesitate next time before they so publicly accuse someone who has committed no wrongdoing.'


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Still well done the BBC trying to airbrush him out of main dramas before the trial I wonder how he now goes about trying to resurrect his rep and career

Oh yeah he cant

:idc:

of course these women think it's very easy to accuse other men of rape now, after the whole Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey thing in the media


i believe Ed that he didn't do anything to these women


it's now being seen more after that Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement puts women first

:notimpressed: first look at the evidence i say and then make accusations, cause here the evidence clearly says ''unable to find sufficient evidence''


innocent until proven guilty is a saying which i believe in

Can we slow down a minute Nicky.

Insufficient evidence for a conviction doesn't mean you can call these women liars. Obviously it doesn't prove any guilt on his part but it doesn't on theirs either.

Also, you might want to drag women down but the Kevin Spacey accusations were made by other men. So watch the misogyny.

It also doesn't make him guilty. Whereas now some people will always see him as guilty and his career will greatly suffer from this when he may be completely innocent.. In that sense he may be a victim of these women

Don't recall saying it made him guilty. In fact my Post says the opposite.

No. He's a victim of the sh*tty media who see fit to report on stuff like this prior to any trials/verdicts.

We have no evidence to say he was the victim of false accusations. No evidence is not evidence of no crime.

I never believed it about him anyway it just didn't seem right.

Hope his career is salvageable and if he feels the need to he seeks compensation. I know of at least 2 projects he was let go from over this.

yes sure, i only say that you first need sufficient evidence before you can make these serious accusations


true about Kevin Spacey as well though

Yeah, Nicky. These women need a checklist and swab pack and need to ensure they meet each and every requirement before reporting. Maybe there should be an app where they photograph their knickers and it tells them whether they qualify to make a claim or not?

yep, that's the only way to really find evidence, or not find any evidence


so if they do find evidence, he's guilty, if they don't he isn't innocent

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Quite. What evidence would there be anyway realistically? I mean, even showing up at hospital with gaping wounds in your vagina, having multiple witnesses of the state you were in when leaving after being raped, the defendants stories having large holes and contradicting each other in multiple areas...none of this is classed as sufficient proof. So god knows whats accepted.

Thats not to say he is guilty mind, but not sufficient evidence does not mean the women lied. Oddly enough, there are always people shouting about innocent until proven guilty, BUT in rape case are calling for the heads of the women if the case is not sucessful, with no proof the women lied either. Surely innocent until proven guilty works both ways?

look i just meant it like, i first want sufficient evidence before i would accuse someone, for example if someone harassed me, otherwise you would only come over as a fool yourself

you need evidence to back up your accusations

Which is almost impossible in rape cases so basically women should just shut up about raped

What proof would there be? Say some random person grabbed your cock on a train. Or someone raped you in an alley. Even if you report it straight away, the defense would be that it was consensual sex. What then? Just don't report it as you know your rapist will be able to lie their way out of it?

Mind saying that, I never reported my rape as I knew I wouldn't be believed/would be blamed for it. If it ever happened again, I wouldn't report it either, having now seen how victims of rape are treat in court, I imagine many others who followed the Belfast case would not either. So yey, good news for rapists, I guess.

no not true, and btw isn't there a UV light technology for this


and no women shouldn't just shut up, i just then wish it would be more possible to find evidence in rape

true, i don't know what i would do then, i think i would like freak out and then i would get in trouble with the police


we need newer technology to help find evidence in rape, to make it easier to make sufficient rape charge cases without them being not believed or being blamed for it

UV light for what? Sperm stains?

They'd just use that as evidence of sexual activity, not necessarily rape.

:laugh: You have the patience of Job, Marsh.

Exactly.

And as I said, even showing up with injuries that obviously indicate rape rather than consensual sex is not enough. Nor is the testimonies of the defendants not making any ****ing sense and contradicting each other.

I question if even a cctv tape of the rape would be enough tbh. Or if it would be claimed that the victim was just roleplaying and they were acting out a rape and it was totally consensual.

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Two accusers claimed to have witnesses in the area at the time of the alleged assaults. However, the person referred to as "Victim 2" says the witnesses were outside of the room when the alleged incident occurred.

"The investigating officer tried numerous times but was unsuccessful in contacting Victim 3 for a follow-up investigation and a pre-filing interview." But ultimately, her charges won't be pursued due to "unavailability of the victim."

Yes he lost,
lots of Roles.

He could be Ideal for a Movie