I guess if you look at the wording, we didn’t actually accuse Attwell of corruption, and wording means a lot in libel cases.Another point to be considered here is that Forest may well end up paying Attwell a shitload of money. The libel laws place the onus of proof on whoever makes the allegation. We have effectively pointed the finger at Attwell for being corrupt. That's the most serious allegation we could possibly make against both his personal character and his professional standing. If he sues -- and I would bet that there are money-grubbing lawyers on the phone to him right now -- NFFC has to prove in court, not that Attwell made poor judgements, but that he did so deliberately and for a corrupt purpose -- i.e. to help Luton. But that's unprovable. How we can show what was going on in his head?
So sickening as it may be to contemplate we could well end up giving Attwell the price of a nice house and having to issue a grovelling apology to him. Is that really what the club thought it was doing?
Forest said they raised concerns about him being a Luton fan before the game, which if it happened, it will be an undisputed fact.
They also said that they had three very poor mistakes made against then, again 2/3 mistakes is an undisputed fact.