Women are sharing pictures of their underwear on social media in protest after a teenage girl’s thong was used as evidence against her in a Rap£ case.
The hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent trended on Twitter after the 27-year-old suspect was acquitted of Rap£ by an Irish court last week.
The 17-year-old girl’s “thong with a lace front” was presented as part of the defence’s closing address.
In her closing address to the jury, Elizabeth O’Connell SC told jurors they should consider the underwear the girl wore on the night of the alleged Rap£, the Irish Examiner reported.
She told the Central Criminal Court in Cork: “Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meeting someone and being with someone?
“You have to look at the way she was dressed. She was wearing a thong with a lace front.”