John Terry Found Not Guilty In Racial Harassment Trial

Terry had until August 3 to respond to the charge, but it apparently only took him a matter of minutes to issue his response.

For more on Terry, head over to Chelsea FC blog We Ain’t Got No History.

So John Terry is not guilty. Hurray? Not hurray?

It doesn’t really matter one way or the other because he never should have been in court in the first place. The best case that they had against Terry was a “he said, she said” case and even that was asking for a lot. There just wasn’t a lot in it. That isn’t to say that Terry did or didn’t do what he is accused of either, or even that you have to like or dislike him. It just lacked proof, and despite a long, public trial, Graham MacAree from We Ain’t Got No History summarized it in his long recap of the entire saga pretty well -- we still just don’t know.

If Terry had been convicted, he would have faced a fine and, most likely, a lengthy suspension from football.

For more on Terry and the Blues, head over to Chelsea FC blog We Ain’t Got No History.

Ferdinand admitted to insulting Terry on the pitch before Terry uttered the words that he is standing trial for, and he detailed those insults.

It was after this that Terry allegedly called Ferdinand a “f--king black c--t”. Terry has not denied saying those words, but claims that they were not an insult directed at Ferdinand. Rather, Terry’s side of the story is that Ferdinand accused him of racial abuse before he said anything, and that he repeated those words sarcastically, because of Ferdinand’s alleged accusation.