A footballer who was cleared over allegations of raping and sexually assaulting a lady he met on a relationship app has landed a brand new membership.
Winger Jack Diamond, 23, denied assaulting the lady at his home in Fatfield, in Washington, Sunderland in May 2022. The pair had met on relationship app Tinder and had agreed to be “friends with benefits”, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Prosecutors had claimed Diamond pressured himself on the complainant after agreeing earlier than she got here spherical that “nothing more than cuddling would happen”. Diamond informed the court docket that each one sexual exercise between them that night time had been consensual and that he believed the lady had been “in a mood with him” after she initiated full intercourse and he refused. Earlier this month, a jury took quarter-hour to search out him not responsible of each fees.
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Diamond, who had been on mortgage at Lincoln City when the allegations had been first made, is now seeking to get his profession again on monitor. He stays on the books of Sunderland however has now been despatched again out on mortgage to Carlisle United, who’re at the moment combating relegation in League One.
The membership referred to the latest court docket case as they introduced the signing. Chief government Nigel Clibbens stated: “As he joins us, it can be crucial for us to set out the membership’s place on Jack’s latest acquittal.
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“It is a matter of public report and widespread media reporting that Jack has just lately confronted prosecution and fees at a Crown Court trial, with all of the headlines and intense public scrutiny that brings. That has overshadowed the final two years of his private life and profession.
“Following the conclusion of that judicial course of in early January 2024, a jury at Newcastle Crown Court discovered him not responsible of all the costs after a particularly brief deliberation. After being cleared, he then returned to Sunderland to renew his soccer profession.
“This is now a possibility for Jack to maneuver ahead in his life after a particularly difficult interval. He can now return to soccer once more, and do what he does greatest.
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“We want to emphasise our ongoing support to him now and in the season ahead, as he looks forward to the future with Carlisle United. We recognise the judicial process has been followed.
“Having been subject to the law of the land, tried in front of a jury and acquitted, he is now able to move on. We want to help him do that. We believe this is the right thing to do, and that our fans will support this and give Jack their full support too.”