Mmmmm. Not altogether thrilled with the Saville reference. He obviously died before it could go to court. He can’t be tried and found guilty. You won’t find many declaring in his case that lack of a guilty verdict is therefore the presumption of innocence.
The Brand case is a ‘live’ issue with real time, real world implications for those involved. I’m just keen to see the tried and tested judicial process …. clearly not perfect but, for its flaws, the best bet both historically and currently … applied without any political bias. Russell Brand has made a rod for his own back by his self confessed crazed and very public promiscuity in the past. But promiscuity ain’t illegal. If he crossed lines .. or ripped them apart … then let it be proved and the crimes punished. It would be naive … or disingenuous … at this stage to dismiss out of hand the possibility that amongst the maybe hundreds of women he was involved with there could not be a small number who have an ideological, political or financial motivation … or just a good old fashioned resentment and regret… for pursuing him. I’m sure that such a statement will push some buttons and outrage at the suggestion that we should have reservations about the notion that ‘victims have to be believed’ but I think the case I’ve made for due process has to be the best bet for all of us.
