Josh Giddey Cleared of Innapropriate Relationship Allegations

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

It means he's (presumably) legally cleared. It doesn't, necessarily, prove he's a man of outstanding character who has done no wrong and everyone needs to apologize to.

People often fail to cooperate because it's just not worth it for them to go through the legal process. But more will probably come out anyways.

It could be about that, or it could be about money, or it could be simply a fact that if she was 16 and he was 19 and she says it was consensual and feels perfectly fine with it, that the parents had the common sense to understand they are basically a couple of kids a few years apart and not in fact an issue worth pursuing.

In terms of his character, who knows? But it's near impossible to prove innocence and why legal systems require proof of guilt, which is why verdicts are guilty or not guilty. The wording of not pressing charges does not indicate he doesn't have outstanding character either.

[heezyo2o]

It's hard to blame the family for not cooperating. Her name would have been smeared in social media forever. They probably just want to put this whole thing past her and let her enjoy her life.

I'm not advocating any underage stuff, but she's a pretty girl and will always get the attention of older guys

[afarmenian]

I mean arent we still talking about a 19 year old with a 16 year old? That just seems ridiculous to me.....If it were my daughter I wouldnt be thrilled but it wouldnt be the end of the world, there are 19 year olds in high school for christsakes....i mean technically an 18 year old and a 17 year old is illegal under california law how foolish is that.

[Yoshun]

This is going as expected.

[GQ Hot Dog]

The underage female wouldn't cooperate, I wouldn't call that "cleared". He's just not getting charged.

And you trust the cops? She might have told them her sex life is none of their business and left it at that. They can claim that's not cooperating but I think it's just good sense.

An underage person should be able to have consensual sex with whomever they want without anyone asking questions or commenting. I hope this woman continues to be able to navigate her sex life without feeling pressured to answer for her choice of sexual partner.

Unbelievable that in this day and age anyone, including the cops, think they have the right to involve themselves or comment on a young person's sex life without permission.

[NbaAllDay]

Can I just say from a mostly 'male' board (I get thats an assumption but it's probably a fairly solid one) It's pretty disappointing seeing some of the reactions here.

This kind of attitude and sentiment demolishes a lot of Men every year.

What we know is there is 0 real proof he did anything wrong, yet the amount of people who jumped onto the accusations as if they were 100% true and still consider him as guilty and make up reasons such as 'the NBA paid them off' is pathetic.

Could the allegations be true? Sure. Is anything proven? No

So before you get up in your feels and assume guilt before anything is proven, remember that you could be the next Male being accused of something without proof and have your life ruined very easily.

I've seen it done, and it will continue to happen with these horrid attitudes.

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

The underage female wouldn't cooperate, I wouldn't call that "cleared". He's just not getting charged.

And you trust the cops? She might have told them her sex life is none of their business and left it at that. They can claim that's not cooperating but I think it's just good sense.

An underage person should be able to have consensual sex with whomever they want without anyone asking questions or commenting. I hope this woman continues to be able to navigate her sex life without feeling pressured to answer for her choice of sexual partner.

Unbelievable that in this day and age anyone, including the cops, think they have the right to involve themselves or comment on a young person's sex life without permission.

The funny thing about crimes, is that you need a witness. That's basically why this went away.

[Baz]

You don't think any person has ever been cleared of a crime they committed? Actually, you don't think that happens quite often?

Bro what crime?

Giddey didnt commit a crime....

So what are you on about...

Seriously, Baz deserves to be jumped all over for his stance.

Has he never heard of the presumption of innocence and innocent until proven guilty?!?

By definition, in the eyes of the law(and nobody else's eyes mean a thing), since he's not been found guilty of any crimes, he is innocent of what amounts only to a pile of innuendo.

Hey Baz, tell us about all the underage girls you've molested? I don't have a shred of proof you've done that but we can't really know for sure that you never did so I'm suspicious.

That X post was at the very least a shred of something because it prompted an investigation.

[azcatz11]

Can I just say from a mostly 'male' board (I get thats an assumption but it's probably a fairly solid one) It's pretty disappointing seeing some of the reactions here.

This kind of attitude and sentiment demolishes a lot of Men every year.

What we know is there is 0 real proof he did anything wrong, yet the amount of people who jumped onto the accusations as if they were 100% true and still consider him as guilty and make up reasons such as 'the NBA paid them off' is pathetic.

Could the allegations be true? Sure. Is anything proven? No

So before you get up in your feels and assume guilt before anything is proven, remember that you could be the next Male being accused of something without proof and have your life ruined very easily.

I've seen it done, and it will continue to happen with these horrid attitudes.

I’m going to give the other side a benefit of the doubt here since many people have friends or family members (or even themselves) impacted by sexual violence. I can see how this story hits close to him and they have a strong opinion.

With that said, I completely agree with you

[heezyo2o]

What's wrong with making opinions on a headline. This is a forum and people share their opinions, I wouldn't expect anything less.

If Giddey was accused of stealing a car, people would call him a dumbass before anything was proven true. No one would have a problem with that. Because this is sexual in nature, people aren't expected to have opinions?

This isn't a court where people are innocent until proven guilty. This is the public and social media where often times it's the opposite. Just how it is.

[meekrab]

Misleading title. He was not cleared. Her family trafficked her.

Or, you know, she had a good time **** a pro athlete and doesn't want to ruin his life over it.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Bogut went on record and said that Giddey did it, told the Thunder and they knew about it for a year.

There is big difference between witnesses not cooperating and “he didn’t do it.”

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Why do you think he did it? You've been on for days now calling him a pedo, etc. I'm genuinely curious why you are strongly opiniated about this?

I haven’t posted that much besides that one interaction. So it was just one day.

When you countrymen (Aussie national team member) says you did it, when you don’t deny it and when there is picture with an allegedly underage person…I think it raises substantial questions.


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Andrew Bogut is an attention seeking moron these days.

Knows just as much as everybody else

[MrBigShot]

NBA was smart and released this timely on the day everyone is distracted over a trade. Don’t think for one second this means he didn’t do anything. It means the nba paid off the girl to hush up and that’s exactly what she did. I knew that would happen the second Allred became her lawyer. Justice is fair except where money is involved, always remember that.

Reckless speculation over something that is very serious. There is no proof at this point that Giddey knew she was underrage, and no reason to believe the NBA paid her off.

[zimpy27]

Bogut went on record and said that Giddey did it, told the Thunder and they knew about it for a year.

There is big difference between witnesses not cooperating and “he didn’t do it.”

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Why do you think he did it? You've been on for days now calling him a pedo, etc. I'm genuinely curious why you are strongly opiniated about this?

I haven’t posted that much besides that one interaction. So it was just one day.

When you countrymen (Aussie national team member) says you did it, when you don’t deny it and when there is picture with an allegedly underage person…I think it raises substantial questions.


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You don't follow Bogut much do you? He lies a lot for attention, this is a common thing with the guy since retiring.

Great player but a bit of a troublemaker

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

The underage female wouldn't cooperate, I wouldn't call that "cleared". He's just not getting charged.

And you trust the cops? She might have told them her sex life is none of their business and left it at that. They can claim that's not cooperating but I think it's just good sense.

An underage person should be able to have consensual sex with whomever they want without anyone asking questions or commenting. I hope this woman continues to be able to navigate her sex life without feeling pressured to answer for her choice of sexual partner.

Unbelievable that in this day and age anyone, including the cops, think they have the right to involve themselves or comment on a young person's sex life without permission.

The funny thing about crimes, is that you need a witness. That's basically why this went away.

…in this instance you need a victim, which there doesn’t appear to be one.

[EmperorLocky]

Not sure what the issue here is. We already knew the family wasn't interested in cooperating with police. They did hire some top knotch lawyer Gloria Allred though.

I just figured everyone knew know criminal charges were ever coming and that a civil suit is what will likely happen.

[One_and_Done]

Who cares if he did it? It's no different to America's archaic drinking and weed laws. It would be legal in most of the civilised world, and he has plausible deniability etc, so let's move on.

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

And you trust the cops? She might have told them her sex life is none of their business and left it at that. They can claim that's not cooperating but I think it's just good sense.

An underage person should be able to have consensual sex with whomever they want without anyone asking questions or commenting. I hope this woman continues to be able to navigate her sex life without feeling pressured to answer for her choice of sexual partner.

Unbelievable that in this day and age anyone, including the cops, think they have the right to involve themselves or comment on a young person's sex life without permission.

The funny thing about crimes, is that you need a witness. That's basically why this went away.

…in this instance you need a victim, which there doesn’t appear to be one.

That's assuming an underage person can consent. They can't.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Nobody knows what happened.

Social media can be good for some thing but this sort of situation can also be why it completely stinks.

Some random account can post a whole bunch of stuff about someone that may or may not be true.

That person is then hanged and quartered and is guilty in the eyes of many no matter what does or doesn’t eventuate after.

Giddey’s probably going to get booed for the rest of his career despite being proven guilty of absolutely nothing.

[heezyo2o]

NBA was smart and released this timely on the day everyone is distracted over a trade. Don’t think for one second this means he didn’t do anything. It means the nba paid off the girl to hush up and that’s exactly what she did. I knew that would happen the second Allred became her lawyer. Justice is fair except where money is involved, always remember that.

Look at that high school, look where they live, and look at the lawyer they hired. They obviously have money.

Regarding the lawyer, if they wanted to pursue charges against Giddey, then she is the type of lawyer they would want.