On my Facebook fead, there is a post going about with a profile picture of Johnson's beautiful girlfriend asking readers that with a young lady as beautiful as she is why the hell would he chase after so little 15yo......also says that he deserves locking up for that as much as anything else Good point
Today's proceedings, summarised by Eurosport: http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football...star-s-teenage-accuser_sto5178471/story.shtml A teenage girl who had a sexual encounter with footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury she now "absolutely hates" the player, saying: "I've had thousands of people call me a liar, a slag and a little slut for a year." A teenage girl who had a sexual encounter with footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury she now "absolutely hates" the player, saying: "I've had thousands of people call me a liar, a slag and a little slut for a year." The teenager told a court she idolised the 28-year-old when they started messaging each other in December 2014, and that sexual activity took place between the pair in Johnson's Range Rover in January last year. The girl, who is now 16 but was 15 at the time of the incident, has told Johnson's trial she initially did not tell people about the more serious activities in the car because she was trying to protect the player. Speaking over a videolink, she told the jury she no longer wanted to protect Johnson because he had made her out to be a liar. Orlando Pownall QC, defending Johnson, asked the girl whether she "absolutely hated" Johnson now. She said: "Yes, I do, after everything he's put us through. "He told everyone he was innocent and he made people call me a liar. He let people cheer him on in matches and he let people call me all the names under the sun." Johnson, of Castle Eden, Co Durham, has admitted one count of sexual activity with a child relating to kissing the girl in his car on January 30 last year. The former Sunderland star has also admitted grooming the teenager but denies two further charges of sexual activity with a child, described by prosecutors as "more serious", relating to the same encounter. The girl became extremely upset at various points as Mr Pownall cross-examined her for a number of hours on Tuesday. As he concluded his questioning, the teenager sobbed as she shouted at the barrister: "I have 100% told the truth about it. "He knows for a fact he did it to me. He lied about the others for a year and now he has admitted it. "I've had thousands of people call me a liar, a slag and a little slut for a year. "They say I was a silly little girl out to ruin a man's career. Yes, I was a silly little girl but it's not my career being ruined so I shouldn't have been made to think that." Asked earlier if she was still trying to protect Johnson she said: "No, because he did nothing to protect me and he made me out to be a liar." The girl, who was giving evidence for a second day, said Johnson first responded to her friend request on Facebook and started sending her messages when she was 15. The teenager agreed with Johnson's barrister Orlando Pownall QC that she had described some of these messages as " a bit creepy". Asked to clarify, she said: "I thought that when I told him my age he would have backed off. Who just asks for a random fan's number?" Later, the girl told the jury: "Someone texting a 15-year-old girl - they're not completely normal." Speaking through tears for much of her exchange with Mr Pownall, the girl admitted she had been "bigging herself up" with some messages to friends on social media. Referring to one Snapchat message which was subsequently pasted into Facebook, Mr Pownall asked about her saying: "He's picking me up this week and I'm riding him." The teenager said: "I was trying to big myself up as any 15-year-old girl would." She added: "When you idolise someone and that happens to you, you're not thinking at the time." The teenager told the court she took a video when she was in the car with Johnson but it only recorded audio and an image of the dashboard. She said she did this to prove to people that she had met the footballer. The teenager said: "I was trying to brag about it and show off about it. How many teenagers can say that's happened to them?" The girl told the court: "I thought I was big and I thought I was clever. I feel so stupid now for not seeing but I didn't see it at the time." The girl was also questioned about why she tried to contact another Sunderland footballer - Connor Wickham - over social media after the incident with Johnson. She told the jury she did not remember doing this. The case was adjourned until Wednesday.
You can see what the defence are trying to do and it's pretty disgusting to paint this girl as some lustful fangirl who throws herself at footballers. I know the lawyer is only their to try and win the case, but it's pretty shameful stuff to put a child through this process
The defence have to defend, I suppose. What they are showing is that she is a young girl....which is where the crime comes in. I don't know whether he went further than he has claimed, but his intentions were clear.
Interesting and well written couple of pieces here - First one for those who are (rightly) asking why the likes of John Peel, Jimmy Page or David Bowie are venerated - http://jezebel.com/what-should-we-say-about-david-bowie-and-lori-maddox-1754533894 And a second one on Johnson - https://www.the-pool.com/news-views...ability-of-the-grown-man-and-the-teenage-girl
From what I've read so far I think he's gonna get off on the other 2 charges, shame as he'll probably only get around 18mth/2years if so.
Yeah, I'm not saying it didn't happen - my personal opinion is that it did, and that if it didn't I bet it wasn't down to him not wanting it but her. But as you say, a few inconsistencies so far and the amount he's paying his barrister....
I just hope the Jury go **** it you lied before, so are lying again. But like others I can see him getting off the other two charges.
I think he's a lying scumbag but I really hope they do what they are supposed to do and go by what is proven beyond doubt. Unfortunately (or fortunately) you can't convict someone just because you think they might have done it.
I would be a very poor juror because I would assume you were guilty if you had been arrested. Luckily I have never been asked to be a juror.
I was asked once. I swerved it as it over-lapped with my exams. I've always found the prospect of being on a jury interesting, but it was pretty awful timing.
