Top Boy actor Micheal Ward found not guilty of rape
Micheal Ward told the jury the encounter with his accuser was "wholly consensual".
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"Everything we did was wholly consensual."
— Micheal Ward , Celebrity
"I deny the allegation of rape. I want to put on record that we had consensual foreplay and consensual sex."
— Micheal Ward , Celebrity
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Micheal Ward told the jury the encounter with his accuser was "wholly consensual".
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