And also accept that you deem it fine to laugh at socially problematic situations with embedded power imbalance? Sure, let's end it here.

@Ivor: And let's end with this. Perhaps someday new evidence will emerge. Or perhaps not.

Formally there was no game, so no win and no loss. Socially there is a problem precisely because the game *didn't happen* and *that* is favourable to one side but not the other.

For someone who clings to formal interpretation on the one hand, you are drawing an arbitrary conclusion on the other. One does not follow from the other.

@Ivor: Is it not? Think about it. He can shout that the case was dropped and that he is not a rapist. His accusers can say: "Well, yeah, but technically...". Regarding if someone like him or not: that's a big win.

It's just an inability of the system to bring clarity to the situation that you are bent on seeing as resolved in his favor.

Dude, he wasn't proven innocent. The trial didn't happen. That's neither proof of his innocence nor proof of his guilt.