Trial by internet in general and twitter in particular is one of the more odious facets of having the internet in general and twitter in particular. I don't suppose it's going anywhere though.
It isn't as if people are new to making foolish pre-judgements, it's just that now they get to do it in public and harangue the accused with them as well. From the safety of their keyboard and without any recourse. If I was famous, I'd stay well and truly off twitter, or at least hide myself better so only my friends could find me.
As I said much earlier on this ridiculously long thread, I will let others better placed judge the guy's guilt or innocence (meaning people who actually heard it, not the army of people who are suddenly expert lip readers).
It is at least pleasing in the era of presumed guilt on the internet that his new friends at the Canalsiders have offered their support to him. I don't have the impression that they think he's a homophobe. His alleged victim doesn't seem too upset about it.
If he's genuinely guilty then I would have very little sympathy, but I have to wonder where the complaints the RFL is investigating have come from.
