Top Boy actor Micheal Ward cleared of rape
Ward said he was “shocked” when he was arrested at the airport as he returned from Italy, adding: “I knew that I had not done anything wrong and wanted to get…
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Bafta-winning actor Ward, 28, was cleared of two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against a woman who claimed she was attacked in a Mercedes on January 2, 2023. But he claimed he did not force her and added: 'Everything was progressing in a natural, hot way and we were just enjoying it.' Before the woman went to the party she Googled Ward and sent those pictures to her friend, the court heard. The drama explores the world of drug dealers in Hackney, east London Ward recalled having a 'quite flirty' conversation with the woman who accepted she was flattered when he asked for her Snapchat details.
Furthermore, The court heard the pair kissed and hugged in a Mercedes outside the party, and later had an intimate encounter in another Mercedes outside an after party event. Ms Bennett-Jenkins told the jury: 'There are three, at the very least, significant areas where the woman can be demonstrated not to have told the truth. Prosecutor Tracy Ayling KC noted the woman admitted she thinks Ward is “attractive” and “does not deny that what happened in the first car was consensual”.
In addition, The woman had told Ward's trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, she felt 'numb' and 'scared', remembered 'wanting it all to be over' and that 'I didn't really feel like I had a choice'. The star, 28, denied assaulting the woman in his friend’s car in 2023, saying their encounter had been consensual and they were “having a great time”. During trial he told the court he and the woman flirted, enjoyed 'passionate' kisses, and that an intimate act between them would not have happened if she did not want it.
Moreover, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that Ward met the woman at a nightclub in Stratford, east London , with the pair then heading to an afterparty.
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Bafta-winning actor Ward, 28, was cleared of two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against a woman who claimed she was attacked in a Mercedes on January 2, 2023.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBut he claimed he did not force her and added: 'Everything was progressing in a natural, hot way and we were just enjoying it.' Before the woman went to the party she Googled Ward and sent those pictures to her friend, the court heard.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe drama explores the world of drug dealers in Hackney, east London Ward recalled having a 'quite flirty' conversation with the woman who accepted she was flattered when he asked for her Snapchat details.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe court heard the pair kissed and hugged in a Mercedes outside the party, and later had an intimate encounter in another Mercedes outside an after party event.
reliability low1/2 sourcesMs Bennett-Jenkins told the jury: 'There are three, at the very least, significant areas where the woman can be demonstrated not to have told the truth.
reliability low1/2 sourcesProsecutor Tracy Ayling KC noted the woman admitted she thinks Ward is “attractive” and “does not deny that what happened in the first car was consensual”.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe woman had told Ward's trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, she felt 'numb' and 'scared', remembered 'wanting it all to be over' and that 'I didn't really feel like I had a choice'.
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The star, 28, denied assaulting the woman in his friend’s car in 2023, saying their encounter had been consensual and they were “having a great time”.
according to The Independent - UK NewsDuring trial he told the court he and the woman flirted, enjoyed 'passionate' kisses, and that an intimate act between them would not have happened if she did not want it.
according to Daily MailSnaresbrook Crown Court heard that Ward met the woman at a nightclub in Stratford, east London , with the pair then heading to an afterparty.
according to Daily MailThe court heard Ward came from humble beginnings in London’s east end, and was raised in a female-led family after his father died in a car crash when he was two years old.
according to The Independent - UK News
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