There are no winners in a case like this. Unfortunately, for both parties when a not guilty verdict is reached, we never know the truth. Sexual assault has a very high standard, and rightfully so. But our current legal system does a very poor job at determining the guilt or innocence of a perpetrator. I know of at least two men who have committed rape and yet are walking free, without ever having been charged, and I know the damage that it has caused the women victims. It is a terrifically difficult charge to prove and we need to find a better way to teach our young men what is acceptable behaviour, and our young women what steps they need to follow if they have the misfortune of encountering one of these malevolent individuals.