Exactly. I don’t know the details but, while he is innocent in the eyes of the law, it isn’t exactly the name-clearing win Spacey seems to think it is.
Comment on Kevin Spacey cleared of sexually assaulting four men
b000urns@lemmy.world 2 years agoAfter getting off on a “technicality”?! Lol
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 years ago
G4Z@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Isn’t it?
Seems like it is to me.
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Well it sounds like this is going to the civil courts, so it all rolls on. If that goes nowhere then yes, he clears his name.
G4Z@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Wouldn’t they need to show damages in civil court?
Syldon@feddit.uk 2 years ago
What technicality? The stigmatism of just being accused should not be a reason to condemn someone for life.
frazorth@feddit.uk 2 years ago
No, because the jury rejected the claims.
Jurors rejected the prosecution’s claims that Spacey had “aggressively” grabbed three men by the crotch and had performed a sex act on an aspiring actor while he was asleep in his flat.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 years ago
What “technicality” are you talking about? The jury listened to nine counts by four accusers and delivered a unanimous verdict. It wasn’t dismissed on a technicality, unless there is something I missed.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 years ago
“Technicalities” are largely when the prosecution has introduced a level of doubt into the case because they’ve not done a proper job constructing their arguments. If they can’t argue the case properly, it’s 100% correct that the person is found not guilty.
I just wish it was reported as “Prosecution found to have brought a case without evidence” or whatever it is in this case, rather the than “Man escapes justice” style of wording.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 years ago
I was once told “we have a legal system, not a justice system”
Sometimes the law brings justice, others it just brings the law.