It would indeed be a cruel twist of fate if the one crime Yarran wasn't guilty of committing was the one that triggered a downward spiral. If that's the case I have some empathy for him, but that doesn't mean I feel the need to point the finger and the club and the prosecutors without knowing what role they had to play in any of this. At the time of Yarran's charge Rosich said:
“We have accepted Shane’s request for personal leave which will allow him to concentrate on his personal life and also focus on some off-field matters. We have been assisting Shane in dealing with these matters and will continue to do so. An allegation of this nature is treated with the utmost seriousness by the club and we will continue to monitor the legal process closely. As the matter is still before the courts, the club will not comment further until the matter is resolved.”
Now, I don't rate Rosich, but it's another thing to accuse him of being a bald-faced liar in public, especially when the other players would know if it wasn't true. If a player wants to leave a club, what is a club supposed to do? Say no? Are you sure the club didn't continue to offer support?
And prosecutors don't always get things right, but they work incredibly hard in the service of the public, and don't charge people for no reason. I don't know the circumstances of why they charged him, and why the abandoned it. I'm guessing neither does anyone on this board. But I consider it pretty unfair for people to cast aspersions about their professionalism.
And yes, being accused of a crime you didn't commit and walking away from your job could certainly be a trigger, and if Yarran merely demonstrated self-destructive behaviour that would be one thing. But police chases aint no joke, and those of us who have lost family members in car accidents probably have less sympathy for it than some.
