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Ched Evans issues an apology as 'death threats' force Oldham to pull out of deal

The player maintained his innocence in a statement issued through the PFA this afternoon.

Updated 16.35pm

OLDHAM ATHLETIC HAVE decided against offering convicted rapist Ched Evans a route back into football after members of the clubโ€™s staff received sickening threats.

The League One club had been in talks with the Welsh striker for the last few days but the reported two-and-a-half year deal has fallen through, as confirmed by Oldhamโ€™s chief executive Neil Joy.

Evans released a statement through the Professional Footballersโ€™ Association this afternoon and said:

Whilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.

In a media briefing outside the clubโ€™s Boundary Park ground, Joy confirmed club staff and sponsors had received death threats since it was announced earlier in the week they were in talks to sign Evans.

A senior figure within the club told the BBC that a fan had told a club director they knew where their daughter worked and that she would be raped if the club followed through with the move.

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that the 26-year-old was edging closer to signing a two-and-a-half year contract at Boundary Park after agreeing personal terms with the third tier side.

Oldham chairman Simon Corney had said Evans โ€˜deserves a second chanceโ€™ and the clubโ€™s board were โ€˜unanimousโ€™ in endorsing a move.

Since then, however, Oldham have been the subject of an intense backlash from fans, sponsors and the media and a statement published on the clubโ€™s website confirmed the Latics would not be signing Evans due to the โ€˜unbearable pressureโ€™ the club found itself under.

โ€œThe whole issue has divided opinion and the Club has been put under unbearable pressure as a result,โ€ it read.

โ€œProceeding could have placed significant financial pressure on the Club and continued to be a divisive influence. As a consequence the deal could not go ahead.

โ€œAs a Club we condemn all crime including rape and irrespective of any appeal procedure it was always the case that we were prepared to withstand the barrage of abuse that is evident within the country and on social media.โ€

More than 70,000 people signed an online petition urging Oldham not to sign Evans while campaigners and prominent politicians waded into the debate, voicing their opposition to the deal.

Ched Evans decision Evans previously played for Manchester City and Sheffield United PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

The clubโ€™s main sponsor, ZenOffice, threatened to end their association with the club if the deal went through while another partner, Verlin Rainwater Solutions, severed its ties with Oldham yesterday.

The PFA have insisted they were not โ€˜drivingโ€™ any deal and say they are behind any club that decide to sign the player.

It is the second time since his release from prison that a club have pulled out of signing Evans at the last minute.

His former club Sheffield United allowed him to train with them before Christmas but were forced to sever ties with Evans after a backlash from supporters, sponsors and club patrons, including Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill.

There were reports earlier in the week that a Maltese Club, Hibernian FC, were willing to offer Evans a contract but the UK Ministry of Justice intervened as the convicted sex offender is barred from working abroad.

Oldham thanked Evans and his representatives for the โ€˜professionalismโ€™ they showed at all times during the โ€˜difficult periodโ€™.

Statement from the PFA and Ched Evans

The PFA wishes to clarify its position regarding Ched Evans following recent media reports.Our previous statements are set out below and our support for Ched remains the same.We have had some discussions with Oldham Athletic regarding the interest they expressed in signing Ched, although we feel it is important to make clear that, contrary to what has been reported, we were not โ€˜drivingโ€™ any deal. As we understand it, the club and player were in discussions and contact was then made with the PFA as matters progressed given the particular circumstances of this situation and we were simply being asked to publicly reiterate our support for the club in signing him. Despite being ready to offer this from the outset, we were asked to delay whilst discussions between the club and player continued, and we were disappointed to see over the course of this week, comments being made which we feel mischaracterise our limited role in this matter.The PFAโ€™s position remains the same, as we have expressed previously, that any club which decides to sign him would receive our support.We fully recognise that this is a delicate and emotive case and entirely respect that there are opposing views. However, we always felt it was important that Ched made some further comment regarding his current situation and on that basis, he has asked that we include his comments below:

โ€œI am grateful for the support of the PFA in helping me try to return to football and continue my career.

Upon legal advice, I was told not to discuss the events in question. This silence has been misinterpreted as arrogance and I would like to state that this could not be further from the truth.

I do remain limited at present by what I can say due to the ongoing referral to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and whilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.

Finally, it has been claimed that those using social media in an abusive and vindictive way towards this woman are supporters of mine. I wish to make it clear that these people are not my supporters and I condemn their actions entirely and will continue to do so.โ€

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:01 PM

    Donโ€™t sign him because heโ€™s a rapist, or your daughter will be raped, very hypocritical no? Regardless of the fans views threats like that are disgusting.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:59 PM

    I donโ€™t support him, but the aftermath of this situation is so bizarre. Typical hypocrisy of the lynch mob mentality.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 9:23 PM

    Bet he is sorry he wasnโ€™t born in the Netherlands โ€ฆโ€ฆ Anyone remember Kluivert ?
    I abhor rape full stop.
    One law for the seriously rich and talented/wealthy/connected people and one for the rest of us.
    http://www.itnsource.com/jp/shotlist//RTV/1995/04/16/605180780/?s=kph

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    Mute Catherine Sims
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    Jan 8th 2015, 1:59 PM

    Threats to staff members and their families are just not acceptable under any circumstances and surely are a criminal act in themselves.

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    Mute Will Derbylight
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:00 PM

    Yes โ€“ the police are now involved.

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    Mute Andy Murray's Ma
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    Jan 8th 2015, 1:59 PM

    Itโ€™s disgusting. One board member was told the address of where his daughter worked and threats were made against her.

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    Mute Stephanie Nรญ Challanรกin
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:06 PM

    threatening to rape a staff members daughter in protest to a convicted rapist being signed to a football club? that makes no sense at all .. if these people were that disgusted at the crime he committed why would they stoop so low and state that said crime would be commited against the staff members daughter?

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    Mute James O'Reilly
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:04 PM

    Carried out his punishment, let him live his life

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:16 PM

    Heโ€™s free to live his life. Sponsors are also free to pull out of clubs that are associated with him. Clubs are free to withdraw offers. People are free to boycott. Whereโ€™s the lack of freedom here?

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    Mute James O'Reilly
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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:24 PM

    Heโ€™s being restricted by the stigma created by the people, Evans himself is restricting no one โ€“ thereโ€™s the lack of freedom

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:28 PM

    โ€œthe stigma created by the peopleโ€

    Stigma? Did you hear about the court case where he was found guilty? So guilt is a stigma now?

    Are you saying the sponsor who runs a private business, and threatened to pull out of their ongoing deal with Oldham, should have been forced to keep sponsoring them? Is that freedom?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:33 PM

    So James, should peopleโ€™s freedom of association be restricted as well? Why should sponsors be forced to publicly associate themselves with high profile rapists?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:57 PM

    Iโ€™m not saying anyone should be forced to do anything, I just think that the man did his time and justice, in accordance with the system we put in place was served, so he should be allowed to carry out his business without the shadow of his past looming over him. Do you honestly think the sponsors would be threatening to pull out if it werenโ€™t for all the hype surrounding this?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:08 PM

    Andy, in that court case where he was found guilty, two men admitted having sex with the woman, yet only one was found guilty of rape. That verdict is somewhat inconsistent, no? How can someone be said to be unable to consent, yet only one of the two men is found guilty?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:08 PM

    Why do you think this hype exists, James? Could it be because society tends to not like rapists very much?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:43 PM

    If you sign him, I will get someone to rape your daughter, where is the freedom in that?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:48 PM

    Your comment makes no sense, Alan. What does a threat have to do with freedom?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:55 PM

    The threat was one reason he wasnโ€™t signed, therefore no freedom to work where he wishes.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 7:10 PM

    Threatening to kill people and rape their daughters if they donโ€™t behave as you wish kinda restricts their freedom, to my mind

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:07 PM

    iโ€™ve been thinking about this case for a while now and wondering what if he actually is innocent? Yes i know he was found guilty, but he is going through an appeal. He wouldnt be the first person in the world to be wrongly accused of rape and not the first person to be wrongly convicted of a crime. If he is innocent then will all the people abusing him and threatening his livelihood and physically threatening other people, apologise?

    In saying all of that, of course if he is definitely guilty of this horrible horrible crime then I believe he should no longer be a professional footballer. because being a professional footballer puts him in a position where he is a role model to kids.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:13 PM

    Do you know anything about this case?

    He admitted what he did โ€“ he just doesnโ€™t consider sex with an unconscious person to be rape. He admits she was not concious & he also admits he had sex with her as she lay unconscious. He just reckons she was up for it because she came back to his place.
    Heโ€™s not denying what he did โ€“ he just doesnโ€™t know what the definition of rape is.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:22 PM

    Close Andy. His friend brought her back to a hotel and rang up Evans. Evans says she was conscious when he was there, and she says she either blacked out or fell unconscious.

    The fact she admits she doesnโ€™t know what happened is what makes the case contentious. Itโ€™s he says she says, which isnโ€™t usually enough to convict someone.

    Still, itโ€™s a delicate issue. If it was your daughter/sister youโ€™d have a different perspective. Iโ€™m sort of on the fence.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:29 PM

    Allison Pearson. A proper journalist, Pearson did what few commentators on this affair have done: she read up everything she could about the details of what happened on the night of the crime. Here is what she found:

    Sensitive readers should look away now. Footballer Clayton McDonald, a friend of Ched Evans, picked up a 19-year-old girl who was drunk at 4am, and went back to a hotel room with her. McDonald texted Evans: โ€œIโ€™ve got a bird.โ€ McDonald and the girl then had sex. Evans turned up, and the court was told that the girl asked him to perform oral sex on her, which he did. Evans then had sex with the girl, whom he claimed was enjoying herself. A hotel porter said there was no sound of distress or cause for alarm. A few of the footballersโ€™ charming mates showed up and filmed through a window. The next morning, Evans departed via an emergency exit. The 19-year-old awoke to find she was naked, with, she says, no memory of what had happened to her. That evening, she reported McDonald and Evans to the police.
    HT James Delingpole

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:33 PM

    Of course they wonโ€™t apologise for it. You wonโ€™t hear a word from any of them

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:51 PM

    Uncle Mort Iโ€™m on the fence about this too , if what your saying is true how the hell did they find him Guilty. The issue surrounding cases like this are iffy, many have tried to earn a quick buck in the past with rape claims against footballers etcโ€ฆthat fact that she has little memory of what happened , who to say she didnโ€™t give consent and doesnโ€™t remember .

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:58 PM

    i put a comment up almost same as this 2 hours ago, it was deleted for some reason!!!!!

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:22 PM

    Do you not understand โ€œconvictedโ€?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:32 PM

    @rory, people have been hung for being โ€œconvictedโ€ years later to be wrongfully convicted

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:47 PM

    @Johnny Bravo, thats just a bit I found in a item about false acccusations and how the feminazis in the press seem to have lost any sense of balanced journalism of late. i have no real interest or knowledge of the case or indeed football for that matter :-)

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    Jan 8th 2015, 7:39 PM

    He never said she was unconscious Andy. That would be an admission of guilt on his part.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:14 PM

    Usual mob mentality. There will be a lot of humble pie if he is found to have to been telling the truth all along.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:47 PM

    Jake, I agree with you. Mob rule seems to be the order of the day here.

    Juries are not perfect. They hear only the evidence that is allowed to be placed before them, rarely the full story. I csn think of at least three rape allegation cases that I dealt with over the years where a conviction was inevitable but for unforseen and lucky breaks for the accused.
    Having read the facts of this case as reported, I await the outcome of the appeal with interest.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:26 PM

    Telling the truth? Wasnโ€™t it on camera, her being totally paralytic? Nah, the chapโ€™s a racist.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:27 PM

    Rapist I meant.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:06 PM

    โ€œWhilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.โ€

    Yeah, thatโ€™s not an apology. He is literally stating he is innocent.

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    Mute Kane Abel
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:27 PM

    Hmmm, the justice system worldwide releases people daily when they have served their sentences and asks them to move on, has anyone yet asked just where does the blurry line between social responsibility and justice and relentlessly bullying an individual into depression/despair/suicide get drawn?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:28 PM

    Lesson to be drawn from this case: arguments donโ€™t work, but threats of violence do.

    I fear for the future of England.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:44 PM

    And Ireland. You donโ€™t think weโ€™re any different?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:49 PM

    Heโ€™s talking about the place it happened. Donโ€™t get so defensive.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:02 PM

    He? But yes, I was. We havenโ€™t gone as far down that road yet, so maybe itโ€™s not too late.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:21 PM

    Weโ€™re catching up fast though. Just one statistic โ€“ annual vehicle thefts per 100,000 population.

    England/Wales 215. Ireland 298.

    (Civitas Institute for the study of Civil Society 2010-2012)

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:42 PM

    Yes Gravel, that same report puts us one place higher (14 to 15th) than the UK for โ€˜Intentional Homicidesโ€™ โ€“ in developed countries.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:49 PM

    Nearly all cars stolen in Ireland end up in uk chop shops. Much easier to take a car in Ireland to the uk as we do not have as good tracking systems in place.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:35 PM

    Heโ€™s not the only player to retire in his mid twenties. Loads of players have had to call time on their careers early, because they couldnโ€™t afford to get another bad injury. Not too much sympathy for them. Why all the sympathy for Ched? A man that violently attacked a young woman, raped her, ruined her life. Thereโ€™s plenty of young players ready to take his place, players that are willing to make a commitment to their careers. Ched had the chance to be a footballer, he made the decision to be a rapist.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:44 PM

    Red, do you know anything about the case?, if you did your comments wouldnโ€™t be so asinine. Donโ€™t make comments before checking your facts, he didnโ€™t attack her and her life isnโ€™t ruined

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    Mute Dublin Red
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:48 PM

    @ Tommie 2 Cans Please enlighten as to how rape is not a violent act?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:52 PM

    @ Stephen Earle.

    โ€œhe didnโ€™t attack herโ€. Really? Heโ€™s just served a prison sentence.

    โ€œher life isnโ€™t ruinedโ€. Really? As well as having to live what happened that night for the rest of her life, the real victim in this case has had to change her name and move to a new location.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:56 PM

    โ€œA man that violently attacked a young woman, raped her, ruined her lifeโ€

    You clearly state violently attacked and broke the sentence with a comma to list what else he done. Yes rape can be considered a violent attack, but that is implied in the word โ€œrapeโ€ I was merely pointing out that he did not violently attack her and then rape her

    Also I like how you did not reply to the other guy who โ€œrapedโ€ her on the same night but was found innocent!

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    Mute Mick Jenkins
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:59 PM

    If two 13 year olds have sex and the boy is prosecuted thatโ€™s a rape without violence.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:06 PM

    @ Tommie 2 Cans

    As far as Iโ€™m concerned rape is a violent attack against a person. I make no apology for linking rape with violence. You are the one who claimed that there was no violence. As for the other individual involved, I believe he was extremely lucky to be found not guilty.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:12 PM

    @dublin red ya might actually read about the case instead of making assumptions from headlines uve read she consented and the jury deemed her not ina fit state to consent which is the basis of his appeal is that she was just as fit as him to consent so why should it be deemed violent in your eyes???

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:53 PM

    She has moved at least 5 times, had to leave her job due to people call and blaming her for what โ€˜happened to himโ€™. Yet he still has his home. He is the convicted one as it stands.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 9:53 PM

    Red , there was no violent rape at all

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    Jan 8th 2015, 10:54 PM

    Stephen. As i see it he came running for sex after a phone call. He wasโ€™nt thinking of his fiance or morals, he was just thinking of getting laid.
    I am hearing his friends filmed it on their phones. Was there anything filmed that could help him prove his innocence?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:23 PM

    The victim claims she did not know what had happened or even how she had ended up in the hotel and was stumbling around so I donโ€™t know how you can convict one and not the other

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:14 PM

    He was found guilty by a jury who heard the whole case. He only severed half of his small prison term as is out on licence. His late โ€ apology โ€ is rubbish.

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    Mute cosmological
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    Jan 8th 2015, 1:59 PM

    What an apology, the guyโ€™s oblivious.

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    Mute Silver Planet
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:05 PM

    What do you expect from someone who maintains his innocence?

    I await the apology from the mob who threatened the board members

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    Mute James O'Reilly
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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:13 PM

    You can hardly apologise for your guilt if your trying to maintain innocence, just saying

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:17 PM

    I gather from both your comments neither of you are aware of the full eventsโ€ฆ.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:23 PM
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    Jan 8th 2015, 8:32 PM

    Reading that it doesnโ€™t sound too dissimilar to the situation two of our high profile young rugby players found themselves in a few years ago.
    Thereโ€™s nothing OK with the whole incident but the evidence for me doesnโ€™t stack up, the video footage of her in the hotel shows she was well able to walk.

    She โ€˜remembersโ€™ Evans being there but doesnโ€™t remember anything happening. One man convicted and the other acquitted of the same act? On top of it all we have the โ€˜big winโ€™ tweetsโ€ฆ

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    Jan 8th 2015, 2:56 PM

    Just because Oldham Athletic have said โ€œnoโ€, doesnโ€™t mean Ched Evans will take it as an answer.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:20 PM

    This whole issue is ridiculous . When she was conscious she asked him to go down on her . She passes out and he has sex with her . Maybe he shouldnโ€™t have but heโ€™s done his time . End of story

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    Jan 8th 2015, 4:53 PM

    Why the hell would he rape her he is a footballer Iโ€™m sure he gets plenty offers off girls for sex all the time , the girl blacked out big deal she shouldnโ€™t drink so much and go home with strangers in future . Evans done his time now let the man move on with his life

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    Jan 8th 2015, 5:59 PM

    This man is doing his punishment all over again after getting out of fail. When is it going to end.

    If this guy was publicly hanged, drawn and quartered in Trafalgar Square, it would not be good enough for this baying mob, who wont leave him alone, to get on with his life.

    Shame on you

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    Jan 8th 2015, 5:55 PM

    He is a rapist

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    Jan 8th 2015, 8:01 PM

    I hate this world. Hope a club eventually signs him. Bunch of hypocrites anyone who sent death threats. Thereโ€™s a difference between consensual drunken sex and rape. If Ched was found guilty why wasnโ€™t his friend?

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    Jan 8th 2015, 7:27 PM

    Wasnโ€™t his sister on twitter naming the woman in question.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:50 PM

    Iโ€™m not standing up for the man because I donโ€™t know if he did it or not but he done his time so let him play its same case as Mike Tyson he was aloud back and is class as a great fighter

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    Jan 8th 2015, 8:17 PM

    This must be all so confusing to the chap because, to him, โ€˜no, means โ€˜yesโ€™.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 9:19 PM

    He has served his time, it is actually discrimination not employing him. That girls evidence does not add up if you ask me

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    Jan 9th 2015, 1:36 PM
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    Jan 9th 2015, 3:05 AM

    We all laughed at โ€ the hangover โ€œ

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    Jan 9th 2015, 3:04 AM

    Mike Tyson

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