Obviously we are both guessing but I suspect that famous people get away with a lot more than non famous people as they can afford better lawyers.
Leaving this case aside, I suspect that if you or I assaulted someone in a bar in Liverpool then we would be doing time. Famous footballer does it...
Whichever club decides to employ him, assuming one does, they will need to run it past their sponsors first. Clubs seems to have a huge number of different sponsors so eventually it will be leaked out.
I imagine that Oldham are gambling that by the time of his first match, which presumably wont be soon, the fuss will have died down and that the fickle football fans will forgive anyone who scores a few goals. It's quite a gamble.
I can't see him being on anything close to £2.5k a week, more...
The website is a PR exercise for him and it has probably worked well for him as a number of people feel that there wasn't enough evidence to convict him despite so much of what is on the website being immaterial, inadmissible in court due to irrelevance (and other legal reasons). From his point...
Good to see his supporters getting behind him on Twitter with some reasoned debate.
RICKieLambert07: “Jessica Ennis-Hill is a stupid c***. Saying she will remove her name if Ched Evens [sic] is signed. I hope he rapes her"
@CoreyOC21: “Hope Ched Evans gets you you little slut.”
I hazard a guess that the jury had the facts presented to them and made up their minds (pretty quickly) that he was guilty. Ched Evans is a convicted sex offender.
I think it will be a lot harder for him to get a job because so many clubs wont touch him with a barge pole.
I also think that opposition fans should be as harsh as possible to show our feelings.
I wouldn't want convicted rapist Ched Evans anywhere near the club and if he does return to playing league football hope he gets dogs abuse up and down the country.