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Very difficult one. I mean, people should have the right to defend themselves. Suspending a player for an abuse allegation makes them look guilty in the eyes of the public, and there’s little way back for them.

Antony is an example. I believe two of the charges have been dropped, and the third is potentially looking like it should be. Yet he’s still treated as a violent rapist by fans.

Don’t take this as me defending a United player because I’m a United fan. If you offered me £20m for Antony today, I’d sell him. I think he’s awful.

I don’t know what the answer is here. I appreciate not enough is done to support victims of such attacks, and the courts are so bad at dealing with them. But the alternative where we must simply believe an accuser without question doesn’t seem right either.

I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to resolve the issue with sex crime allegations. Not many will provide evidence on a plate like Greenwood.

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Antony is an example. I believe two of the charges have been dropped, and the third is potentially looking like it should be. Yet he’s still treated as a violent rapist by fans.

Did you read the article? It clearly shows that when players don’t face consequences for reports of abuse this is what happens. They can bully or coerce victims to retract, run PR campaigns against accusers etc.

Also there is no suggestion that the first charge that came out against Antony is about to be scuppered.

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Antonys wasnt even anything sexual was it? People still clump him in with greenwood

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“He only beat women, not raped them, so that’s fine then!”

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And you absolutely do get pleople trying to take advantage of players and blackmail them or just use them for clout. Remember the allegations against Neymar?

It’s a very difficult issue to resolve.

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