Webster has stepped down from her role with the club…
Sheffield United football club released a statement yesterday saying that they will allow former player Ched Evans make a return to the club to train. Evans was jailed in April 2012 for raping a woman in a hotel room and was freed last month after serving two-and-a-half years.
The club said it had allowed the former Wales international to train with the side following a request from the Professional Footballers’ Association.
TV personality Charlie Webster who is best known as a presenter on Sky Sports News has been a Sheffield United patron for a long time but has decided to step down from the role because of the decision to allow Evans back in the club.
Webster, who previously revealed she’d been sexually assaulted in her teens, spoke about the issue on BBC Newsnight last night.
“My decision is made on the fact that I don’t believe a convicted rapist, as in Ched Evans, should go back to a club that I am patron of and should go back into the community to represent the community. He’s not just going into a job, he’s bandied as a role model.
“We cheer him on as a role model and he’s influencing the next generation of young men who are currently still making their decisions on how to treat women and what sexual mutual consent is.”
