First of all, a massive congratulations to all of you involved in uncovering and bringing to light all the information to date regarding this horrific state of affairs.
I have read most of the posts on this thread and it’s hard reading sometimes. It’s also a very complicated situation legally and this is where my fears lie. Those from the east of the city are a very slippery bunch, very slippery. They always have been. I’m no lawyer or accountant or such like but this ‘separate entity’ or ‘separate organisation’ line which they are using troubles me. Any right minded individual can see quite clearly that their club and boys clubs were operating together, that can’t be argued against. However, and in my mind this is the important aspect of this, how are the club and boys club linked legally and financially? By that I mean is there documentation or evidence linking the club and boys clubs financially or in some such similar fashion? Any definition I read of ‘separate entity’ stresses how legally and financially, the two bodies are totally separate. Here’s an example of what I have been reading:
”In terms of day-to-day business, a separate entity runs separately from the owner, with a separate bank account and transactions, buying and selling products or services or both, and receiving and paying out its own money. Everything done by the business entity is separate from what is done by the individual owner(s).”
If there is anything proving the above definition isn’t the case, club money or bank accounts being used to fund the boys club in any way at all for example, then that is when this sick club gets nailed to the mast once and for all and the survivors truly get the justice they so very much deserve.