Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers voiced his family's relief after his footballer son Anton was cleared Friday in a intercourse case at England's central criminal court.
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Anton Rodgers, 20, and three Brighton teammates were found not guilty of intercourseual assault and voyeurism.
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The retrial, at the Old Bailey in London, followed an earlier trial in which a jury could not agree verdicts.
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Brendan Rodgers said: "The last 18 months have been extremely traumatic for us as a family, but we are relieved that Anton's name has been cleared.
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"I am also pleased for the other defendants and their families, that they can now get on with living their lives without these hurtful allegations hanging over them."
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Anton Rodgers, Lewis Dunk, 21, and George Barker, 21, and former teammate Steve Cook, 22, who now plays for Bournemouth, had maintained their innocence throughout.
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They were alleged to have assaulted a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in July 2011 after celebrating a victory.
I'm sure that is what Brendan Rodgers would have been praying for. Good the case is finally over now