There were at least 3 posters I saw unironically saying because she didn't show up, he deserved to be freed. In addition to the stuff about the retrial
Well it's true, legally they had very little on him. Even with the bruises it's still mostly her word vs his on how she got them. The only other "witness" was someone in the other room who heard sounds of "bodies slamming". Even if she had testified at the trial, a good legal defense team would have ripped apart the inconsistencies in her testimony and probably gotten him acquitted. Definitely glad the Panthers let him go though.