NICK CAIN

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What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them being cleared of rape in a law court than how the court of public opinion judges them. In many ways the weight of public opinion is the most powerful court of all, in that it is capable of seeing public figures frog-marched from positions of power irrespective of whether they are prime ministers or football managers.
What is most at issue with Jackson and Olding is the degrading and derogatory social media messaging between them and other players about their sexual activity...