Are you handing someone major cause for suspicion that you are faithful to your spouse, like taking care to conceal your overnight stays in a foreign country?
Then it's up to you to defend yourself, or get a better explanation out there. Frederik doesn't seem to be in a rush to make himself look better.
And yes, technically, innocent until proven guilty only applies in a court of law — and not in every country. Only after being arrested or arraigned and charged with something; Frederik is a free bird. And while defending yourself, you need evidence and a counterargument, or your presumption of innocence won't hold. You can't just do nothing. That's why it's only applicable to crime.
Those who want to believe Frederik did nothing wrong here are free to do so. Those who want to believe he was either staggeringly stupid or this is exactly what it looks like, or both, are also free to do that.
Alas, being unfaithful is a crime in some countries, sometimes with very dire consequences.
If I'm unfaithful to my wife there will a number of personal consequences, including a possible divorce. But that's it, it will make no impact in regards to the country.
With a crown prince it's different and that's point I'm failing to put across: Be critical of the sources and in this case apparently with good reason. Because the whole thing becomes more and more questionable especially considering the admitted ethics of the Spanish media.
Even if I wanted, which I naturally don't, Frederik to be proven unfaithful, I can't trust anything. I can't trust the photographers. They have a motive in blowing this up: Money.
I sure don't trust the magazines. They blame QMII with some Mickey Mouse story that is she didn't want to silence the story it must be because she don't want her sons to succeed her or something like that. It's bizarre.
Fair enough you can believe he was unfaithful, you can think he was careless and stupid, but please, would you at least
consider that the whole thing may be more or less fabricated? Before having a go at Frederik.
This is his reputation both in DK and globally that is on the line because this story won't go away.
And then there is Miss Casanova who was unknown to me until this story came about. She was twice called a prostitute. (A concubine and a courtisane to be exact). I was one of the very few who objected. That's when I really began to question the whole thing.
It is my deepest conviction that if people are not proved to have done something wrong you have to let them get the benefit of doubt.
They may be stupid, careless, arrogant etc. but when they are also attributed all sorts of motives while photographers and the magazines motives and narrative is not questioned at the same time, then you must expect to be challenged.
None of us here on TRF really knows what happened. We can't be sure the photographers are telling the truth nor can we be sure of the timeline. It's not the gospel truth.
We can't even be sure of the context of the quotes by Miss Casanova.
So when someone starts to include "his reputation", that's when you really must expect to be challenged.
AFAIK no one has ever produced any irrefutable evidence for Frederik being unfaithful to his wife.
So yes, this offends and angers me, because gossip and rumors is a really nasty weapon to use against someone.
And I urge again: Be careful before jumping to conclusions.
PS: One more time: Should Frederik ever be proven to have cheated on his wife I will write my unreserved opinion about that here on TRF. That's a pledge.
Sophistry?! ? As if the very argument of "if you don't want to get caught, don't do it" is not sophistry.
