#MeToo is the modern days witch hunt. Just accuse anyone, especially if it's someone famous or someone in the news at the moment and ideally say it was some time ago so that there won't be any physical proof left. In the court of public opinion that person is guilty at that moment and as there isn't any physical evidence (and most likely even if there is) it ends in a he said/she said situation where the alledged criminal can't be proven guilty but can't defend himself either. It's innocent until proven guilty turned upside down and just like back then there is no defense: The only difference is you don't get actually burned at the stake but "just" figuratively... And if that's too gruesome the "humane solution" back then was to throw witches off a cliff or let them drown because if they were guilty they could fly away and be unmasked and if they were innocent they should be happy that they are on their way to God...
And before anyone screams "there is physical evidence" in this case, yes, of two people having sex in 2009. It's 2018 now... Imagine if you had sex with some woman now and in 10 years she will say you've raped her and publicly drag you through the mud while you have moved on, have a family with a different woman, have a well paying job you worked your a$$ off for... In its worst consequence people would just not engage into intercourse anymore...
Sounds highly biased from your POV, even an undertone of sexism too. Incredibly cynical and judgemental of rape/sexual abuse survivors first and foremost. Standard response from someone who doesn't have a clue but is probably a Ronaldo fan so wants to make a post. I could be wrong and maybe you don't even like Ronaldo but it's sad to hear this type of utter bollocks thrown out there with no thought. Obviously it's the victim's fault and never the fault of the one accused, ever, right?
Whilst I fully agree that some people will take advantage of the current upswing in actually fecking listening to people when they finally get the courage to come out with what happened to them, it's some of the worst of human nature to try and extort things and jump on a genuine bandwagon for their own selfish ends but by that same token, there'll be many more still utterly terrified, bottling it up because of attitudes like yours.
Every person's brain is wired differently to everyone else. Trauma is intensely complicated and manifests itself completely uniquely to each individual and your attitude screams 'why didn't they report it when it happened?' as if people wouldn't have completely derided them and accused them of false accusations like you're doing now. People living with real trauma have to live with societal expectations to keep quiet because they'll never be believed as it's still our default setting not to believe them when it's against someone famous/powerful and bottle things up. Bottling things up is the worst thing we do to ourselves because eventually it comes out in all manner of ways. Encouraging people to talk and be accepted for stuff like this means less people bottle it up and more victims get justice. Yes we'll have a fair few that lied and ruin someone's life but that's the price we pay for generally being an awful species to each other. It's acceptable collateral damage if not still maddening if it means we as a society learn to allow victims the common decency of a fair say about their experience and don't immediately call them a liar.
Who gives a feck if you worked hard your entire life if you're a rapist? Mentioning all the bollocks about your imaginary scenario just suggests that certain people shouldn't be accused of rape because they've earnt a pass almost.
I'm a Ronaldo fan, I don't want to believe he's a rapist but given he's used to privilege, he's a narcissist and he knows most women and a fair chunk of men either want to feck him or be him, it wouldn't surprise me if he couldn't grasp a woman saying no to him. I'm not saying this happened but if Ronaldo has said that she said no multiple times then he's done himself in there.
IIRC wasn't he accused of rape back in about 2005/2006 too? Or am I getting him mixed up with Johnny Evans or RVP or some other footballer that's been accused of rape?