Goodwillie Rape Accusations

[dj_bollocks]

Ouch...

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/goodwillie-faces-court-young-mum-4257421

 

Goodwillie faces court: Young mum who says she was raped by footballer David Goodwillie wins legal aid to sue him

• Sep 14, 2014 09:26
• By Marion Scott

DENISE Clair, 27, has been told the £500,000 civil action against Goodwillie and fellow footballer David Robertson will be paid for by the taxpayer.

 

Daily Record/Paul Chappells

Denise Clair

 

 

A young mum who says she was raped by footballer David Goodwillie has won legal aid to sue him.

Denise Clair, 27, has been told the £500,000 civil action against Goodwillie and fellow footballer David Robertson will be paid for by the taxpayer.

Now 25-year-old Goodwillie and Robertson could be questioned about the case in court.

Goodwillie, who has categorically denied any wrongdoing, was charged with rape by police but the case against him was dropped before it reached court.

Robertson, 27, who was questioned by police but never charged, is named in papers lodged in court by Denise’s legal team.

She said: “I’m delighted Legal Aid have decided to fund the case. All I’ve ever wanted is the evidence heard in court.

“My life fell apart after the Crown Office suddenly dropped the criminal charge against Goodwillie. I’ve continued to fight because I need to know what happened to me and who is responsible.”

Former Scottish Prison Service education adviser Denise bumped into Goodwillie and former school pal Robertson during a night out in Bathgate on January 1, 2011.

She remembers nothing but waking up naked and alone in a flat in Armadale, West Lothian, the next day, believing she had been raped.

The case was dropped but the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority ruled Denise was a victim of crime and paid out £11,000 – the highest possible award. Earlier this year, the Sunday Mail spoke to eyewitnesses who said Denise was “100 per cent” incapable of giving consent.

The law was changed in 2009 to make it clear that any woman who is incapable through drink or drugs could not consent to sex.

Goodwillie – who signed for Aberdeen in July – and Robertson took Denise from Chalmers nightclub in Bathgate in a taxi after promising concerned stewards they were taking her home.

Stewards say she was stumbling around with no shoes, had lost her coat and bag and was incoherent with her eyes “rolling about in her head”. Tests showed an almost fatal level of alcohol in her system.

In July 2011, the Crown Office said the rape charge was being dropped due to “insufficiency of evidence”.

Days later, Stirling-born Goodwillie was signed by Blackburn Rovers from Dundee United in a £2.8million deal.

Denise’s lawyer Cameron Fyfe said: “Denise wanted the evidence tested in court and a civil action is now her only route to do that.”

In a letter, the Scottish Legal Aid Board stated: “The application for civil legal aid has been granted.”

Goodwillie’s lawyer Liam O’Donnell said: “The Crown were aware of all the evidence and correctly decided not to raise a prosecution. David will vigorously defend any court action.”

Livingston FC player David Robertson declined to comment. He has applied to Legal Aid to defend the action.

[barassie_afc]

Out her face on drink.. Going back to theirs for tea and cakes

[Guest]

I wasn't there. I don't know what happened.

 

What I do know is that a friend of mine who has personal knowledge of Goodwillie describes his character as "poison".

 

These allegations, if proved, would therefore not surprise me.

[barassie_afc]

Nor me, however the lassie had near fatal levels of alcohol in her system , is robertson up for rape also , or just goodwillie ?

[Sonoftherock]

Nor me, however the lassie had near fatal levels of alcohol in her system , is robertson up for rape also , or just goodwillie ?

 

Sounds like a bizarre case... given that she cannot remember what happened, surely there can be no conviction? You can't convict someone of the basis of 'a belief'. To be honest, I reckons it's a shamble that she can be allowed to drag DG's name through the mud like this.

[Guest]

How does her alcohol intake affect the question of whether she was raped or not?

 

Rhetorical.

[fine-n-dandy]

Nor me, however the lassie had near fatal levels of alcohol in her system , is robertson up for rape also , or just goodwillie ?

Doesn't seem so, maybe because he was her school friend, he had benefits

[barassie_afc]

She thought she was raped, so assume there might have been some physical indication, other than waking up naked. Reading between the lines it is implied she was drugged, strange case, but Goodwillie aint an angel

[barassie_afc]

Also stated she had never been a big drinker, which contradicts alcohol level statement... Strange one this

[newcastlered]

Doesn't seem so, maybe because he was her school friend, he had benefits

 

Or as Goodwillie was an EPL player and Robertson plays for Livingston who are you going after in a civil case? Big wallet or small wallet?

[ChutneyLove]

WYOWYN?

[minijc]

WYOWYN?

I would, consentually though, she's nae bonny enough to risk jail and a bad rep imo.

[boboisared]

So that's why we offered a one year deal...

[Bebo]

Bizarre.

 

Is there any physical evidence that she even had sex with him? Was a rape kit preformed? What did it show?

 

If you're too incapacitated to give consent through drink/drugs and there is DNA present, then fair enough, but is there any evidence Goodwillie even touched her?

 

The case will be dropped due to lack of evidence - again!

[Guest milne_afc]

Most sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim.

 

If she was raped, it was probably the boy Robertson.

 

That's what i say.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

WYOWYN?

 

Above pic isn't great. I've seen this tert dolled up for a night oot in Aberdeen and you definitely would.

 

consensually

[CrazyBullSheep]

WYOWYN?

 

Yes!

[Bebo]

Most sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim.

 

If she was raped, it was probably the boy Robertson.

 

That's what i say.

 

You should be a defence lawyer, that's some sound logic!

[Poodler]

Why is she posing for a picture like that? Looks like a soap story picture. Birds min. Fucking birds.

[reekie_dock]

Why is she posing for a picture like that? Looks like a soap story picture. Birds min. Fucking birds.

 

 

Joke she's a fucking tramp, she looks like she's got every possible winner in the STD Lottery

 

Justice for Goodwillie!!!

[ChutneyLove]

I've been smashed and not remembered having sex before. With birds I wouldn't dream of riding sober. I wasn't raped.

[zebradentist]

Regardless of any facts which may or may not come out this is not at all good

 

Unlike some football clubs, Aberdeen is not a club to be even vaguely associated with sex offenders.

 

I really don't want to see any more 'punt on a cunt' type signings.

 

Also, he's shite.

[daytripping]

The legal aid system is fucked up, I got arrested in March this year for something I didn't do, got refused legal aid 3 times, every time racking up more legal bills, case got dropped before it went to trial, my legal bill £900 fecking quid, joke of a system. I knew all along I'd done nothing.

 

I have no come back to the copper who lifted me and kept me in a cell for hours despite no evidence, he admitted I got arrested as he recognised me, he gave me a lift home as I had no money on me and he was based in Bucksburn, in the car he acted like old mates asking if I knew so and so.

 

The system is fucked, she smells cash.

 

Like the girl who went back to Tysons hotel room, honestly what are you expecting to happen?? tea and scones??

[daytripping]

That sounds harsh but I believe Tyson, she was in it for the money, bet she's taken him for Millions. I don't know what happened after he went to court but would bet money her compensation and magazine deals made her a very rich young lady.

[a don in oz]

Terrible if she's been raped and you can only assume (since none of it is out there) that no rape kit was done. Otherwise their DNA would have been pretty apparently inside her. And combined with her being mind-blowingly drunk it would have been a stick on rape.

 

Since there wasn't enough evidence there obviously wasn't DNA in her.

 

And if there wasn't that... then I don't see any other alternative how there could have been rape?

 

Maybe the guys are scumbags who got away with it but rape would leave DNA and a test would reveal it, end of story.

 

That leaves if the cops didn't do that or she didn't consent to it then *shrug* nowhere to go.

 

Dislike strongly that someone can have no case to answer for but the alleged victim gets the largest payout available though. Nasty.

[ChutneyLove]

The article describes her as a young mother. What's a responsible mother doing getting spangled on a night out? Unless she's irresponsible?

[a don in oz]

Doesn't matter what you or I think cheesepipes. That's the law now. (And I disagree with it too... if they're both drunk somehow the guy would still be done with rape in that circumstance)

 

But since she WAS blitzed and therefore any sex with her = rape in the eyes of the law... and they DIDNT prosecute, it seems pretty obvious there was no signs of sex.

[ChutneyLove]

Should have just locked her in a dungeon, eh adio?

[Dandyesque]

Doesn't matter what you or I think cheesepipes. That's the law now. (And I disagree with it too... if they're both drunk somehow the guy would still be done with rape in that circumstance)

 

But since she WAS blitzed and therefore any sex with her = rape in the eyes of the law... and they DIDNT prosecute, it seems pretty obvious there was no signs of sex.

 

Assume the bloke can put in a counter-claim that she raped him in that case?

[boboisared]

 

Assume the bloke can put in a counter-claim that she raped him in that case?

As far as I'm aware there is no legal definition for a woman taking advantage of a man. It's not called rape anyway.