This cab driver is being treated as guilty.

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But I think he might actually be innocent, despite how it appears. It's a basic story, on it's face. A cab driver is found in a secluded area with a passed out drunk girl, her pants are removed, and his pants are unbuttoned. When the cops approach, he tries to hide the panties in the center console. This case is being framed as a consent issue, with the judge stating that drunk people can consent, and it's also viewed as a guy getting away "just because they couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt." Anyway, I think the circumstances add up to a different version of events than simply rape.

So, what I believe happened is the girl got in his cab, drunk, and told him where to go. But, along the way, she asked for him to stop so she could urinate or vomit. So he took her to a private area to do that. When she was outside of the cab, she passed out and pissed her pants. Her pants and panties were found covered in urine by investigators. The driver, then gets out, and doesn't want this dirty girl on his seats, so he takes her pants off, which explains why the pants are found inside-out, because of the way they would have to be removed. Her shoes are also off, to make way for the pants. Her shirt remains on. So, he then carries her to the cab, and puts her in the backseat. He then realizes that he can't drop her off like this, so he unbuttons his pants to give them to her, but then the cops approach and he realizes how shitty this looks and panics, trying to hide the panties he was holding.

Article:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-cab-driver-sex-assault-acquittal-judge-decision-transcript-1.4008375