Sky News: Top Boy -Schauspieler Micheal Ward wegen zweier Vergewaltigungen angeklagt

Kinda sucks that your name is published even without a conviction. His life will be mad until the trial and even if he is acquitted the stench will linger indefinitely.

People can be charged and taken to trial for rape despite really thin evidence e.g. the five hockey players who were acquitted this week.

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Top Boy, for those not familiar with it, was on Channel 4, then moved to Netflix. Funny, whenever it’s someone connected to the BBC – even only tangentially – the papers are very, very clear in mentioning the corporation in the headline, and refer to the subject as „BBC star“, rather than „Show XYZ star“. This article doesn’t even specify it’s a Netlfix show until the final paragraphs.

If anyone’s curious, by the way, [Netflix have also managed to recently cast an actor in Squid Game who was previously arrested for child prostitution charges](https://thetab.com/2025/07/02/lets-not-forget-the-actor-who-is-player-100-in-squid-game-faced-child-prostitution-charges?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=99problems&utm_campaign=facebook99problems&fbclid=IwY2xjawLwnEhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvaExCTkVaSmpwR3VHUjcwAR5G655rsnXgEKdJZTqiIy4GAvE4mkT81f0ekoRacXAw9zBIKsGeWzQLmLE_wg_aem_ujumrHd7KhlPnNYXewkJaA) without much serious pushback.

Is his name actually Micheal? Seems like an odd variant of Michael if it is.

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Funny. They spell it the other way further down the article. Are Sky borrowing their journalists from the Sun these days?

I see no benefit in releasing someone’s name until they’re convicted. If he’s not found guilty, it’s still be associated with the case for the rest of his life.