"Innocent until proven guilty", remember the case of Mendy of Manchester City, he was accused of multiple cases of rape by more than one woman, but in the end of it all he was not guilty, but he had already lost 2 years of his career.
I think these footballers should also be protected, too many of these accusations turn out to be false and nobody talks about the extent of the damage done to the player. I am not justifying people who abuse the opposite sex, and i believe if anyone is found guilty of that they should be vigorously dealt with, but what's going to happen and who's going to pay for damages if the accusation is false.
Accusations like these, when finally proven to be false would have had devastating effects on the professional career as well as the personal life of the player.
More often in these cases, we’re too quick to judge and condemn the player when faced with accusations like rape. Understandably, rape cases is widely frowned on and definitely shouldn’t be condoned but it would be nice if we could hold on to our perhaps, feigned wrath until the charges are proved.
Obviously, no one wants to