Guilty or not in the eyes of the law, Ben Stokes was undoubtedly involved in a drunken brawl outside of a nightclub. Danny Cipriani was involved in a fracas at a nightclub in Jersey that saw him charged with assault and resisting arrest, charges to which he subsequently pleaded guilty.
These 2 'sports' stars' are a disgrace and have brought their respective sports into disrepute. Both have behaved like yobs and yet assorted voices seem to be calling for them to be effectively pardoned and allowed to continue their international careers as if nothing had happened. Indeed, Stokes has already been recalled to the England squad for the next test match against India.
It appears that so-called 'sports' stars' can do almost anything they like with very little chance that it will impact on their careers and income. They continue to be selected to represent their countries as if nothing has happened, and gain all of the kudos that comes with such prominence. To be fair, in Cipriani's world of rugby union, there is a crime which carries a sentence of banishment from the national team, which is the crime of daring to play for a non-British club side; so playing for the wrong club brings an international ban but brawling in a nightclub is pardonable !!
Somewhere along the line, things have gone seriously wrong.
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