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DEAR INTERNET USER. POSTING JOKES ABOUT A DEFENDANT FACING RAPE CHARGES IS NOT A LEGAL RISK TO YOU; IT IS A MORAL ONE. THE LAW PERMITS IT. BASIC HUMAN DECENCY DOES NOT.
(, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 10:26, Reply)
But surely it's ok if he's definitely a rapist and also really annoying and not a very good comedian? Legal advice request.

(, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 10:36, Reply)
DEAR INTERNET USER
IN ENGLISH LAW A PERSON IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL CONVICTED BY A COMPETENT COURT. THE PHRASE "DEFINITELY A RAPIST" IS A SUBMISSION OF OPINION DRESSED AS FACT AND IS NOT ADMISSIBLE AS INTERNET EVIDENCE. PLEASE STATE WHETHER A CONVICTION HAS BEEN RECORDED OR WHETHER THIS IS MERELY THE SORT OF THING ONE SAYS AFTER THREE PINTS
(, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 10:36, Reply)
DEAR INTERNET USER
THE QUALITY OF HIS COMEDY IS IRRELEVANT TO THE ISSUE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT.

PUBLICATIONS WHICH CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF SERIOUS PREJUDICE TO ACTIVE PROCEEDINGS MAY AMOUNT TO CONTEMPT.

PLEASE CONFIRM WHETHER THE TRIAL HAS CONCLUDED.
(, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 10:48, Reply)