So, did he or didn't he?

[Ominous Gamer]

In that context, I couldn't care less what it will do to his career.

and this is the problem. Even if he is legally cleared, his personal and career life is fucked. Not much he can do about it either, its the fucked up way society works. These things hover over you for life, you're no longer as innocent as you used to be.

I don't care who you are, or what you do. Its a dick thing to claim that its ok that someone's life is basically over as they know it because justice has to run its course to find someone innocent.

Let's not confuse search engines with background checks. The Duke Lacrosse team is a particularly good example of how false accusations WILL eventually be proven and legally adjudicated.

Do you think businesses don't run social checks? That lacrosse team is going to carry that event with them till the day they die. There is far more to life then the legal aspect. These people, and their history, thats a distraction thats going to be to great for some things.
Just like the school teachers who are pushed out of the system after its discovered they did porn 15 some years ago.