A jury disagreed. The facts remain that on 30 May 2011, Evans got a text from his friend, Clayton McDonald, to say that he had "got a bird", neglecting to mention he had "got" her at 3am in the queue for pizza when she was so drunk that she fell over and twisted her ankle. In fact, she had drunk so much that she doesn't remember how she got to the hotel room where she eventually woke up, her clothes scattered around the floor. But this isn't about her actions: it's about Evans. And he does remember. He remembers and freely admits - that he got a taxi to the Premier Inn where McDonald had taken the 19 year-old, let himself into the room and watched his friend have sex with her. He then "got involved", while his brother and another friend watched through a window and tried to film it on their phones. Evans left later that morning via a fire escape.
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★★★★★★★★ wrote on Mon, 05 January 2015 15:42
Evans doesn't think this sequence of events makes him a rapist. But unfortunately for him the jury did, and it is from that foundation that all our conversations about Evans and his professional career should start. The Football Association are not able to overturn or ignore the decisions of our legal system. Should the decision be overturned in court, then it's a discussion that can be reopened.
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