Aubrey Carter

So it's important to know.

But also we use some of these words conversationally, like I was sharing that I'll say allegedly to be kind of funny about something, to be cheeky.

So some of these words we do use in casual conversation as well.

Yeah, let's do it.

Michelle and I are newscasters here talking about a criminal case.

The alleged criminal had no criminal history, but now he has been indicted and is being charged with heading a massive Ponzi scheme.

More to come.

Ooh, yeah.

Don't, uh, make sure that's not recorded, right?

The things newscasters say to each other when they're off the air.

Their opinions of whether they think he did it or not.

Exactly.

And this could be someone in the legal field accusing him.

It could also be his colleagues, his boss, right?

This is not formal.

Anyone could make an accusation.

And then I said the alleged criminal had no criminal history.

So this is that careful wording being used by newscasters, commentators to say alleged, meaning they are accused, but there is no evidence.

There's no proof.

Innocent until proven guilty.