McDermott is to sue Twitter.

Hi lads, 

I have been following this case since the twitter allegations first came out last February. I think a bit of ironing out is necessary to make you understand that it's not a matter of this thread just having emotional responses or rage at his hypocrisy as is being suggested here. 

Objectively speaking it's reasonable to be annoyed that he is being given a platform again, given how severe the accusations were (are). Personally, I am a bit suprised that the man wishes to continue to pursue a career in the spotlight, the whispers will follow him. Surely being an Irish speaker he could do something else, but then again not sure I'd recommend him to school girls for grinds🙄

Please, take another look at the letter he released from the girl's solicitor.

To break it down for you, the man got off on a technicality. Yes, he released a letter from the girl's solicitor earlier this year disclosing that there were a number of falsities in her original tweets, including her age at the time. I am not disputing that this is incredibly unfortunate and would make the accuser appear less credible. Believe me, I would be the first to defend any man who has been proven to have been victim of malicious fictitious agendas but imo this is not how it was in this case.

We can be certain it wasn't just some plot by a random hater of Eoghan's, pretending to be who they claimed to be. Eoghan confirmed that this was indeed written by someone who he deemed was in a 'relationship' with him back in 2010. Therefore, we can believe beyond a reasonable doubt that there has to be elements of truth for this woman to come out of the blue 10 years on and write a detailed, very specific and deeply emotional post. 

Many here are writing off this woman's experience completely, and perhaps you are correct. Maybe this woman is unstable, perhaps suffers from schizophrenia, sees hallucinations and has a completely untrue recollection of events. It's unlikely but possible. 

Now as others here have attempted to explain, the solicitor's letter he issued is a revelation in itself. 

The accuser admits to a number falsehoods and refers to specifics such as her age, his drug use, as well as her sharing tweets of unproven sexual misconduct tweets from third parties. 

So what's the issue here? Well the original post incriminated Eoghan of two sexual crimes, oral rape and statutory rape (if girl was underage). She has since confirmed she was above age of consent when they met and engaged in a physical relationship but thankfully, most people in law as well as decent people can see the massive elephant in the room. The letter did not refute the oral rape, being the most awful accusation brought against him. It's actual words were 'our client accepts that Mr. McDermott fundamentally disputes our client's version of events of what occurred between them during the course of their relationship.' This means the accuser accepts they each have different outlook of events as to what occurred between them, essentially making it a she said he said situation.

If you want a refresher as to what her's were: 

(I had a link to her reddit post here but they won't let me post links, so look up yourself)

Absolutely horrific. What sort of evil bastard would sulk when a girl doesn't want to get intimate with him, not least with a teenager - her solicitor's letter was so carefully written and didn't refer to her as an adult, only above the age of consent so 17 when in a physical relationship. Therefore, it's safe to say they were in non physical contact when she was 16 and that part was true. 

 Someone else here said it, the only reason why any man in his mid to late twenties would be in pursuit of a teenager is for one reason only, sex. Who is better to manipulate than a teenager who was a self confessed virgin? The issue of legality vs morality keeps coming up here, so let's set the record straight. Eoghan did not physically engage with an underage girl, therefore isn't guilty of statutory rape. However, since there is no explicit retraction of the most severe crime described in the original reddit post, it seems that ultimately it came down to a she said he said situation. 

I do not know what happened between them over the past year but in the end she decided not to go through the courts, and agreed to grant Eoghan this letter of retractions. I don't know if it was settled between both parties where she was paid off by Eoghan to not bring it any further or if she felt he has already got what he deserved. They may have reached an agreement similar to what Philip Schofield has managed to do with his teenage gay lover and the papers. 

What I do know is that him not naming her is as much a favour to himself as it is her. Can you imagine the media's questions to her and what she could say? Recalling that he picked her up in a taxi, took her out for drinks and asked her how many guys she had slept with... not a good look for a man in his position. 

Remember how there wasn't a date on the letter Eoghan released. My guess is he kept moving the goalposts as to what the letter would contain, to make him come out of this looking as good as is possible. Eventually he settled with what he was provided with and issued it when there was other controversy with the 2 Johnny's. 

Fact of the matter is, there is more than meets the eye in this case. He wouldn't be a guy I would defend like some of you are. Do I think the man deserves a hate mob? No. Do I think he deserves to be given a platform on Love Island whose main viewers are teenagers and young adults? Absolutely not.

 This man is far from somebody who should be idolised in the public eye and love island Aus is disgraceful for employing him again. If this situation was different and he was innocent then I would be delighted to see him get his jobs back. It was a technicality and I think i did a good way of explaining this.

If the victim comes across this message, I would like to say I am so sorry for what happened to you and the trauma it has left you with. You were the innocent party in this case, groomers running after teenagers are sick. <snip>

Just to be clear, you think her being above the age of consent is a “technicality”? Surely it is an absolute in the context of her allegation, and the fact that she confirmed she lied about a number of the accusations made elevates this from getting off on a “technicality” to, there is no legal case to answer, and should never have been.

No one will argue that a 27 yr old having a sexual relationship with a 17 yr old isnt morally dubious, but that was not the allegation she so publicly made.

You are calling her specific retractions lies but they can just as easily be viewed as inaccuracies, her own opinions or lack of judgements. I don't think they can be proven to have been malicious lies.

She was perhaps unaware that underage sex is under 17 and not 18, it could have been a genuine mistake and it just so happened she had turned 17 when they were physical. Maybe she just made a genuine mistake and was off by a few months when they got together, or maybe it was an intentional lie. I admit, we don't know for certain. IMO, she wouldn't have referred to being a leaving cert student at the time and collected from school to the pub by him if it weren't true, like that's oddly specific and incriminating. So it's interesting how he didn't make her retract all these other incredibly disturbing accusations, I wonder why 🤔

The other 'lies' include his drug use (and I have seen questionable videos of Eoghan being interviewed) so tbf it's hard to prove he used drugs or not. Maybe she did embellish this, but we don't know for certain. Same goes for the accusation from another real life girl on Twitter, she can't prove or disprove these series of events from happening. This particular tweet was very sinister and I believe it to be true, she even said it with her real name!

The other 'lie' was the garda in his family helping him get away with it. But I've already linked where he admits there are indeed lots of garda in his family. Also if this happened it would be hard for her to prove, because it's her word against the garda.

You are being fair here in saying we do not know for sure, so let's say we give Eoghan the benefit of the doubt. I still view Love Island oz as disgraceful.

Blockbuster movies, TV series or sports labels disassociate themselves from anybody that could bring undesired attention to their brand, even over comments. It's questionable how he is let off when there are still unanswered questions of disturbing nature.

As you've said yourself, it was a letter with accusations half retracted, except the most important and incriminating one!

I'll reiterate, most people will see headlines on Eoghan's perceived innocence but I thinks it's undeniable that there's unanswered questions regarding a SEXUAL CRIME. I think this is the bottom line here.

Say for instance he is entirely innocent and Love island were going to employ him again. I would expect more concrete retractions of the WHOLE reddit post, but we did not get this and that speaks for itself !

That letter was anything but an admission of Eoghan's innocence, and I agree I would demand a much more comprehensive concrete refuting of accusations. He shouldn't be accepted by the media, would you all be as welcoming to the likes of Kevin spacey or Al porter with no full retraction of all accusations?

If you look up the name Elanor Bingley, it's a character from a book who gets revenge, she had a rage that drove this and I don't blame her for this rage.

The most “awful accusation” was he statutory rape of an underage girl, which was false, not on a technicality, on a fact.

She still has the option of legally going forward with the criminal allegation of oral rape, has she?

You don’t think the rape of someone under the age of consent is marginally worse? Statutory rape recognises that even if consensual, it is likely to be a criminal offence as a result of the age of one of the people involved, for good reason.

Again, there is nothing to prevent this lady going forward with the accusation of oral rape by reporting it to the Gardai, has she? It may well be hard to prove, not merely because she told outright lies about the other allegations.

No one disputes his behaviour is creepy, but she didn’t just accuse him of a moral wrong, she accused him of statutory rape, along with other false allegations. They remain unproven and until such time as they are, he joins the long list of people smeared in public by accusers who have no proof of criminal behaviour. Sorry if that doesn’t suit your agenda.

I don’t see where the poster alluded that “most” accusers make these things up.

Unfortunately, this woman has lost all credibility by circulating multiple claims which were obviously untrue. It’s badly surprising that people now question her whole testimony. She only has herself to thank for that.

Funny how when a white person is accused of such actions, people are more than willing to look the other way...

Has she made a complaint to the Gardai about the other allegations?

So for all you or anyone else knows, these are just unsubstantiated accusations from a person who has admitted to making false allegations. Had she made those accusations to the Gardai, she risked being prosecuted herself for making a false complaint (see recent cases where people who made false complaints to the Gardai of sexual assault have been prosecuted). She would not have had much of a defence on the accusation related to age. If she had told the truth, this would be a very different situation, and conversation.

I suspect his PR company, and Solicitors have advised him to let it go, there is no benefit to dragging a defamation claim out through the Courts, especially seen as his career has now resumed.

Very defensive of you...