The woman’s friend told Belfast Crown Court she was shocked by the content of the text message conversation. He won 25 senior caps for Ireland between 2013 and 2017. Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding walked from court innocent men, but their involvement in lewd exchanges has ultimately cost them their jobs.
London Irish should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
Paddy Jackson (Image: Alan Lewis/Photopress). Jackson and Olding were also accused of bragging about their sexual exploits on Whatsapp hours later.
I cannot believe that London Irish employed Paddy Jackson. Regardless of the verdict, his treatment of the young woman, his messages on WhatsApp and behaviour after the trial (#suemepaddy) was abhorrent! Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison have been acquitted of all charges at Belfast Crown Court.
Jackson was sacked by the Irish RFU in the wake of his trial - he was proven not guilty but the union took a dim view of misogynistic messages sent between Jackson and two other defendants. In one message, Olding bragged they had been "top shaggers" at a bash at Jackson's house. In 2017 Jackson was charged with rape, and in 2018 he was tried and acquitted. Following the trial and the publication of related derogatory text messages, the Irish Rugby Football Union revoked his Ireland and Ulster contracts. Jackson captained the Ireland under-20 team. Answering questions from … Texts and WhatsApp messages, photos …