Don't know if it's true someone said today he met her in a over 25 club?
Hmmm, as stupid as he is, it seems unlikely even Adam Johnson would Google "age of consent" thinking it might be 26.
This googling point has been majorly overplayed. He asked her when her 16th Birthday was specifically before meeting her. He googled the age of consent over a month later.
Its weird, but I suspect he knew it was 16 - just like everyone else does.
Completely accidental, she was just jumping for the ball and it's perfectly natural for the arm to be raised, I'm fed up with referees penalising us unfairly etc
No chance. She will do what Luke McCormack and Ched Evans brain dead partners did and stay with him. Too accustomed to the good life. She should have knocked him on the head a long time ago.
Hope I'm wrong and she sees sense. Can't see it though.
Apologies, but I'm a bit puzzled by the timeline - I was under the impression that first contact was at the end of December 2014, then the incident in the car happened in January 2015, is that right? Because one of those tweets says they met again on 30th December when sexual activity took place. I'm figuring they meant January? Or maybe I've got the timeline wrong.
only just seen this. probably me uploading them in the wrong order from my phone. It's prob easier to follow him on twitter (if you can) and just read his tweets from his timeline
Just reading the tweets from today, really horrible stuff. Not only is Johnson a scumbag for exploiting a child like this in the first place but the fact that she has to relive the abuse in court must make it even more damaging long term. I'm sure the judge will take this into account if Johnson is found guilty of the crimes he's plead innocent to.
Just reading the tweets from today, really horrible stuff. Not only is Johnson a scumbag for exploiting a child like this in the first place but the fact that she has to relive the abuse in court must make it even more damaging long term. I'm sure the judge will take this into account if Johnson is found guilty of the crimes he's plead innocent to.
I think I read that the victims statement was just a video of her original statement to the police rather than having to recount the details.
Just reading the tweets from today, really horrible stuff. Not only is Johnson a scumbag for exploiting a child like this in the first place but the fact that she has to relive the abuse in court must make it even more damaging long term. I'm sure the judge will take this into account if Johnson is found guilty of the crimes he's plead innocent to.
I think I read that the victims statement was just a video of her original statement to the police rather than having to recount the details.
*not that the entire ordeal is any less horrific
I saw this tweet and assumed she was at the court;
Just reading the tweets from today, really horrible stuff. Not only is Johnson a scumbag for exploiting a child like this in the first place but the fact that she has to relive the abuse in court must make it even more damaging long term. I'm sure the judge will take this into account if Johnson is found guilty of the crimes he's plead innocent to.
I think I read that the victims statement was just a video of her original statement to the police rather than having to recount the details.
*not that the entire ordeal is any less horrific
I saw this tweet and assumed she was at the court;
Just reading the tweets from today, really horrible stuff. Not only is Johnson a scumbag for exploiting a child like this in the first place but the fact that she has to relive the abuse in court must make it even more damaging long term. I'm sure the judge will take this into account if Johnson is found guilty of the crimes he's plead innocent to.
I think I read that the victims statement was just a video of her original statement to the police rather than having to recount the details.
*not that the entire ordeal is any less horrific
I saw this tweet and assumed she was at the court;
The poor girl will grow up with this scar due to this idiot being a complete irresponsible prick.
He has (had) everything...beautiful wife, great career, lots of money but still decided to take advantage of someone in a really nasty be-littling way. If he just really wanted to cheat on his wife and have a bit of fun...he almost certainly could have done that with his money and fame. Just approach a woman that fits the profile but is at least old enough to know the consequence of action and not vulnerable to the repercussions.
Idiot.
I feel sorry for Sunderland fans and the family of Johnson's, the victim and her family.
The poor girl will grow up with this scar due to this idiot being a complete irresponsible prick.
He has (had) everything...beautiful wife, great career, lots of money but still decided to take advantage of someone in a really nasty be-littling way. If he just really wanted to cheat on his wife and have a bit of fun...he almost certainly could have done that with his money and fame. Just approach a woman that fits the profile but is at least old enough to know the consequence of action and not vulnerable to the repercussions.
Idiot.
I feel sorry for Sunderland fans and the family of Johnson's, the victim and her family.
Johnson's sacking may be a blessing in disguise. You don't know if he was a popular person among the Sunderland squad or not. I happened to read a few comments from the Sunderland fans after their victory against Manchester United. They were saying that perhaps what happened in the week gave the players a drive to work harder. If Johnson really is/was a womanizer, he couldn't be a good influence among the players, no matter how many goals he had scored. Well, I know I wouldn't want such a player in our squad. He did something that he will regret for the rest of his life. Maybe he was not a womanizer/paedophile, he was just being curious or plain stupid. But nevertheless it was an unforgivable crime. I feel very sorry for his girlfriend and the girl. But from a female's point of view, I think the girl did something wrong too. What did she expect when she sent a photo of herself in Bikini to Johnson? What did she expect when she went into his car at a place no one could see? How could she not know what was about to happen? How did her classmates know all this if she didn't tell them? And why did she want to tell them? It's easy to guess why. Hope the girl has learned her lesson and will never be used like this again. A cautionary tale for all footballers/celebrities and their young fans.
Unfortunately we now live in a society where someone who kicks a ball is held in such high esteem by many and is idolised as a result. Whereas someone who spends their time caring for and saving lives, such as a nurse, has to justify why he or she should be paid a living wage.
I say "now" even though there always has been a disparity between the two. The difference is that in the old days an apprentice at a top club had to spend his time cleaning boots and sweeping the dressing room. Now many 18 year olds get paid in a week what a nurse receives annually - and competes with his peers to evidence the trappings of his "success". Girls are one of them, most of whom are naive and vulnerable but others who know exactly what they are doing.
A 28 year old, however, in a relationship knows exactly what he is doing. He hadn't fallen in love with the girl. He did it for kicks and because he could. Well he thought he could as long as he could get away with it that is.
The poor girl will grow up with this scar due to this idiot being a complete irresponsible prick.
He has (had) everything...beautiful wife, great career, lots of money but still decided to take advantage of someone in a really nasty be-littling way. If he just really wanted to cheat on his wife and have a bit of fun...he almost certainly could have done that with his money and fame. Just approach a woman that fits the profile but is at least old enough to know the consequence of action and not vulnerable to the repercussions.
Idiot.
I feel sorry for Sunderland fans and the family of Johnson's, the victim and her family.
Johnson's sacking may be a blessing in disguise. You don't know if he was a popular person among the Sunderland squad or not. I happened to read a few comments from the Sunderland fans after their victory against Manchester United. They were saying that perhaps what happened in the week gave the players a drive to work harder. If Johnson really is/was a womanizer, he couldn't be a good influence among the players, no matter how many goals he had scored. Well, I know I wouldn't want such a player in our squad. He did something that he will regret for the rest of his life. Maybe he was not a womanizer/paedophile, he was just being curious or plain stupid. But nevertheless it was an unforgivable crime. I feel very sorry for his girlfriend and the girl. But from a female's point of view, I think the girl did something wrong too. What did she expect when she sent a photo of herself in Bikini to Johnson? What did she expect when she went into his car at a place no one could see? How could she not know what was about to happen? How did her classmates know all this if she didn't tell them? And why did she want to tell them? It's easy to guess why. Hope the girl has learned her lesson and will never be used like this again. A cautionary tale for all footballers/celebrities and their young fans.
I think the answer to all of those questions is "because she's a 15 year old child".
The only person that did wrong here is Johnson, not the child that was sexually exploited.
its the way its happened, if the sunderland players were on a night out and in a club and a girl was there who was 15 and looked of age and had fake id and johnson went back to a hotel with her and had sex, realised her age and realised that it was wrong then i dont think too many would have an issue with that aside from he would of cheated on his weapon of a mrs, the fact that hes groomed a child and told her to delete messages etc, he knew exactly what he was doing the guy is 28 aswell, and that is why he deserves a rough time in jail because the boys inside are going to give him hell, freind works in belmarsh and he says the biggest issue they have is trying to stop inmates getting into the nonce/sex offenders wing of the prison.
The poor girl will grow up with this scar due to this idiot being a complete irresponsible prick.
He has (had) everything...beautiful wife, great career, lots of money but still decided to take advantage of someone in a really nasty be-littling way. If he just really wanted to cheat on his wife and have a bit of fun...he almost certainly could have done that with his money and fame. Just approach a woman that fits the profile but is at least old enough to know the consequence of action and not vulnerable to the repercussions.
Idiot.
I feel sorry for Sunderland fans and the family of Johnson's, the victim and her family.
Johnson's sacking may be a blessing in disguise. You don't know if he was a popular person among the Sunderland squad or not. I happened to read a few comments from the Sunderland fans after their victory against Manchester United. They were saying that perhaps what happened in the week gave the players a drive to work harder. If Johnson really is/was a womanizer, he couldn't be a good influence among the players, no matter how many goals he had scored. Well, I know I wouldn't want such a player in our squad. He did something that he will regret for the rest of his life. Maybe he was not a womanizer/paedophile, he was just being curious or plain stupid. But nevertheless it was an unforgivable crime. I feel very sorry for his girlfriend and the girl. But from a female's point of view, I think the girl did something wrong too. What did she expect when she sent a photo of herself in Bikini to Johnson? What did she expect when she went into his car at a place no one could see? How could she not know what was about to happen? How did her classmates know all this if she didn't tell them? And why did she want to tell them? It's easy to guess why. Hope the girl has learned her lesson and will never be used like this again. A cautionary tale for all footballers/celebrities and their young fans.
I think the answer to all of those questions is "because she's a 15 year old child".
The only person that did wrong here is Johnson, not the child that was sexually exploited.
So, the 15 year-old me would have been well up for it with Louise 'from Eternal' (now Redknapp) at some point in the late 90's - but she's got to do the difficult thing (especially with the irresistable VO5 wet-look hair gel style I was fond of at the time) and say 'ah, that's sweet', sign a photo/shirt and wish me all the best.
The girl in question here could have been throwing herself at him, but it'd still be 0% her fault.
My missus was 18 when I met her and I was 21. Am I allowed to live NLA
An adult 18 meeting an adult 21 nothing wrong With that
Those few days make all the difference.
Yeah all 900 odd of them
My point being that say she had just turned 18, a couple of days earlier and he would have been a sicko but because a few days had passed it's fine. It's a bit of a grey area really, it shouldn't be as black and white as this number is ok but this one isn't. There are many more factors that should be considered.
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Its weird, but I suspect he knew it was 16 - just like everyone else does.
Hopefully seen sense and given him the elbow.
Hope I'm wrong and she sees sense. Can't see it though.
*not that the entire ordeal is any less horrific
He has (had) everything...beautiful wife, great career, lots of money but still decided to take advantage of someone in a really nasty be-littling way. If he just really wanted to cheat on his wife and have a bit of fun...he almost certainly could have done that with his money and fame. Just approach a woman that fits the profile but is at least old enough to know the consequence of action and not vulnerable to the repercussions.
Idiot.
I feel sorry for Sunderland fans and the family of Johnson's, the victim and her family.
I say "now" even though there always has been a disparity between the two. The difference is that in the old days an apprentice at a top club had to spend his time cleaning boots and sweeping the dressing room. Now many 18 year olds get paid in a week what a nurse receives annually - and competes with his peers to evidence the trappings of his "success". Girls are one of them, most of whom are naive and vulnerable but others who know exactly what they are doing.
A 28 year old, however, in a relationship knows exactly what he is doing. He hadn't fallen in love with the girl. He did it for kicks and because he could. Well he thought he could as long as he could get away with it that is.
The only person that did wrong here is Johnson, not the child that was sexually exploited.
The girl in question here could have been throwing herself at him, but it'd still be 0% her fault.