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| Tweet Topic Started: May 1 2013, 08:41 AM (293 Views) | |
| Tybee | May 1 2013, 08:41 AM Post #1 |
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Yet another celeb arrest. I just have a hard time believing that there have been that many pedos lurking in the celebrity ranks in Britain. I hope this doesn't turn out to be another Salem witch trial. Coronation Street actor Bill Roache has been arrested on suspicion of raping an under-age girl. The actor, who has played Ken Barlow in the TV soap for decades, was held at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, this morning. Roache, 81, faces an allegation of rape dating back to between April and July 1967. A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "An 81-year-old man from Wilmslow in Cheshire has this morning, Wednesday May 1 2013, been arrested by Lancashire Constabulary on suspicion of rape. "The man will be interviewed at a police station in Lancashire during the course of the day. "We take all allegations of sexual abuse extremely seriously and would encourage people with any information about sexual abuse, or anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse, to come forward and report their concerns confident in the knowledge they will be investigated appropriately and with sensitivity." An ITV spokeswoman said the broadcaster was not in a position to comment, but it is understood Roache will not appear in the long-running soap while investigations continue. In March, Roache issued an apology after he appeared to suggest sex abuse victims were being punished for past sins. The actor was interviewed for a New Zealand news programme and said the public should not be judgmental but be "totally forgiving" of people who had committed child sex crimes. He told the programme: "If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won't happen to you." Asked to clarify whether that meant victims brought the abuse on themselves, he said: "No, not quite, but and yet I am, because everything that happens to us has been a result of what we have been in previous lives or whatever." He also called for anonymity for those accused of child sex offences because of the stigma they faced even if innocent. Roache later issued a statement saying he was "sorry for any offence that has been caused as a result of my comments". His comments were condemned by abuse charities. Roache, who has played Barlow since the first episode of Corrie, holds the record as the world's longest-serving soap actor. He collected an award from Guinness World Records in 2010 for his achievement, having joined in 1960 for the series which was expected to last for just 13 episodes. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bill-roache-coronation-streets-ken-1863179 |
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| Guest | May 1 2013, 08:45 AM Post #2 |
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There is something fucked up about arresting someone that old for something that happened that long ago. |
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| Tybee | May 1 2013, 08:49 AM Post #3 |
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It'll be interesting to see if some shrinks aren't involved in getting some of these accusers to remember things that never really happened. I've never had a lot of faith in these "repressed memory" scenarios especially when some psychiatrist who's trying to get his or her name in the media is involved. |
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| Guest | May 1 2013, 08:52 AM Post #4 |
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I do think that in very traumatic situations people repress memories to protect themselves. That said, this recent trend of everyone suddenly realizing they were molested is, by and large, bullshit. I'm sorry, but if your molestation didn't bother you enough to even remember it for over 40 years, you can shut up about it now. Besides, how do you prove/disprove something that happened that long ago? |
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| Tybee | May 1 2013, 09:14 AM Post #5 |
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ITA. It's one thing for a 4 year old to repress the memory of something horrible that happened to them and quite another for teenagers to do the same. I'm a little surprised that most of these allegations seem to be against men who supposedly had relations with females. These pedo harangues more often than not seem to make it look like the offenders are homosexuals preying on little boys. I think normally the shrinks and the officials who are prone to forcing fake accusations out of kids think it's easier to get a conviction if the ones accused are homosexuals. If all these accusations are true, good for them for routing these guys out. If any of the accusations have been coerced by unscrupulous professionals I hope hell won't have them. |
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| Erna | May 1 2013, 10:13 AM Post #6 |
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Roache, 81, faces an allegation of rape dating back to between April and July 1967 ?!!!!!!!!!! INsanity. We also want to collect an easy $1 million - where and how do we lodge our complaint (from 1967) of 'rape'? We want to share in the bonanza! Edited by Erna, May 1 2013, 12:08 PM.
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| Guest | May 1 2013, 12:30 PM Post #7 |
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In March, the actor apologised after he appeared to suggested sex abuse victims were being punished for sins in their past lives. He told a New Zealand news programme: "If you accept that you are pure love, and if you know that you are pure love and therefore live that pure love, these things won't happen to you. "Everything that happens to us is the result of what we have been in previous lives." ![]() The old coot seems to not be in his right mind. |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 09:24 AM Post #8 |
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Hopefully they'll be hauling in Bruce Forsyth any day now. |
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 09:26 AM Post #9 |
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![]() Stuart Hall: Disgraced broadcaster "sincerely regrets his actions" after admitting indecently assaulting girls as young as nine The veteran BBC broadcaster has pleaded guilty to 14 counts charges of indecent assault against 13 girls aged between nine and 17 Sex offender Stuart Hall said he "sincerely regrets his actions" after he admitted indecently assaulting girls as young as nine. The veteran BBC broadcaster has pleaded guilty to 14 counts charges of indecent assault against 13 girls aged between nine and 17. Hall, 83, entered the guilty pleas last month at Preston Crown Court but they can only be revealed today after reporting restrictions were lifted. The sex offences took place between 1967 and 1986. In a statement on his behalf, Hall's lawyers Brabners Chaffe Street said: "Stuart Hall confirms that he has pleaded guilty to fourteen charges of indecent assault. "Mr Hall deeply and sincerely regrets his actions. He wishes to issue an unreserved apology to the individuals concerned. He now accepts his behaviour and actions were completely wrong and he is very remorseful. "Mr Hall also wishes to apologise to his family, friends and supportive members of the public for whom he has high regard and respect. "The last five months have been a strain and an ordeal for his family, who are standing by him. He asks for privacy during the next few weeks and he emphasises that he is contrite and faces punishment with fortitude and remorse. "Mr Hall will not be making any further comment at this stage." Earlier in court, his barrister Crispin Aylett also apologised on his behalf. The QC said: "The defendant is, of course, sorry for what he has done. Through me he wishes to apologise to his victims. "He is not a man easily moved to self pity but he is only too aware his disgrace is complete." Hall said nothing as he left court accompanied by his legal team, other than to indicate he had a "heavy cold". http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stuart-hall-disgraced-broadcaster-sincerely-1865384 |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 09:35 AM Post #10 |
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I'm surprised the accused can even remember that far back in the day. Max Clifford is being done for stuff that happened almost 50 years ago, how the hell they can prove anything after all that time is beyond me. |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 10:30 AM Post #11 |
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I don't mean to sound like a tin-hat, but I strongly suspect there is an extensive worldwide child sex ring for select millionaires, celebrities, and government officials. And that it will eventually come to light. I suspect the Catholic Church has had a huge part to play in orchestrating it. |
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 10:34 AM Post #12 |
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Oh I agree completely. And the documentary evidence has shown that the vast majority of pedophiles are white, heterosexual men. |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 10:46 AM Post #13 |
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I also suspect that most of the kiddy diddlers are also right wing anti-sex homophobes in the light of day, and actively campaign against gay couples getting married. Ahhh, repressed sexuality. One of my favorite ironies in life is that usually it's the open sluts who are the least perverted when you close the doors. |
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 10:52 AM Post #14 |
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Again I totally agree that a good percentage of these loopbrained right wing media people (I'm looking at you Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean "Hitler hairdo" Hannity). We already know Limbaugh and O'Reilly are documented skags. I doubt Limbaugh flees to the Domincan Republic as much as he does strictly for the easy dope. |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 01:40 PM Post #15 |
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Gus Van Sant ? |
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| Guest | May 3 2013, 02:28 PM Post #16 |
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British law obviously has no statutes of limitation for such cases. I'll bet that's a recent development, to accommodate people who claim to have been intimidated into silence -- which is fine, up to a point. But the incident with the actor is alleged to have happened in 1967 with a 14 year old girl -- who's now 60 & didn't feel able to come forward until 46 years later? Of course nothing can be proven after all this time, yet the man's reputation is destroyed simply by her accusation. That's the reason for statutes of limitation, to protect defendants against "stale claims" that can't be disproved due to lost evidence, including witnesses whose recollection is clouded by time or who are simply unavailable (missing or dead). The statute of limitations could properly be extended for this kind of case, but it should not be abandoned altogether. As these ludicrous situations illustrate. |
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