Micheal Ward, finest identified for his position within the TV present Prime Boy, has been discovered not responsible of rape after a extremely publicised trial in London.
The BAFTA-winning actor had been charged with two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one depend of sexual assault following an alleged incident in January 2023.
Studies say that the movie star sobbed within the docks after he was discovered not responsible by a jury, having informed the court docket ‘every thing they did was wholly consensual’.
Ward was charged with the crimes final 12 months, with the jury taking 5 hours and 25 minutes to seek out him responsible.
The alleged sufferer had informed the trial that she ‘fully shut down’ throughout the encounter, and felt ‘numb’ and ‘scared’, claiming to have informed him on a number of events she wished to depart.
She stated she ‘did not really feel like she had a alternative’ within the encounter, while Ward has maintained his innocence, telling police in a ready assertion: “I deny the allegation of rape. I need to placed on document that we had consensual foreplay and consensual intercourse.”
The pair met at an East London new years get together, and he informed the court docket relating to the incident after they met one another: “She was reciprocating the power. She was pulling me shut. For me, that was an inviting act and we had been each having fun with that second. Ward denied her allegation that she informed him she wished to depart, including that he thought she appeared ‘completely fantastic’.
Ward stated in court docket: “We engaged in consensual intercourse, had a good time and she or he was actively taking part in what we had been doing on a regular basis.”
Ward is finest identified for his roles in Prime Boy as Jamie and Blue Story as Marco. He later was BAFTA-nominated for roles in Small Axe and Empire of Gentle.
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