I hope OSU does the right thing and sits him for the season. It's a damn shame for his teammates, but it wouldn't be right to play the kid (well, maybe OSU was fully aware of the situation beforehand and decided to give him a second chance). That being said, he's MLB draft-eligible. I suspect he'll either get drafted or get a chance with some organization. He has a right to a career (and a right to be sued by his victim) but the standard should be higher for a university than for pro teams, so I hope they sit the kid.
I certainly did not. She was just cuntsplaining. It's a thing. Someone can mansplain without being a man.
Clearly your words. You remind me of the type of mother that blames her daughter for the dad molesting her. If only it wasn't for the little girl, maybe he would pay more attention?
How would they be doing the right thing by punishing a kid twice? He did nothing while at OSU. I do not believe you can sue for future earnings. He may end up giving money to the victim if he gets a big contract but doubt he gets drafted high enough to get a sizable bonus now. What is silly is that Washington allows the release of juvenile records. As the article said, he is a low level risk to re-offend. What good is going to come out of this getting out? He was 15. Being homeschooled, he could have been very sheltered. Rehabilitation seems highly likely. I hope this is what the family of the victim wanted. If this had happened to my daughter, I do not know if I would have wanted the info released. Guessing the victims friends are going to figure out her identity pretty quick.
Easy to cherry pick this post and ignore my earlier. The first post was real life. The second was about career and moving forward. I have little doubt that this is not what the victim wanted. It wouldn't have been this quiet just to explode today of all days if that's what the parents wanted. As the article says, much of this is past and forgotten by the daughter. Who wants to dredge that up? Unless she still has healing to do...
As I said in my posts, lotta mixed emotions about it. Thought that was pretty clear. But it's not about being punished twice. It's about having to be responsible for your actions. You fuck up in life, sometimes you have to pay your price through the criminal justice system but there's also the rest of the fallout. I'm all for him going pro and making his living in a free marketplace. I dont necessarily believe he should be playing collegiate ball, though. I believe they are two different standards.
Look, I agree that a person should serve his/her time and then go on even though emotionally, I feel like this child is not going to just "move on" so why should he? So, yes, he has the right to pursue a career. But I don't want to hear about a "mistake". I don't want to hear him or anyone else say he's put it behind him. Or all the other crap used to justify the unjustifiable. Do you know how fucking sickening it is, every time an athlete or some other prominent person rapes, sexually assaults, molests, harasses, beats up we hear about his "mistake" or his "misbehavior".
So as long as he spends the rest of his life saying "I committed a crime, I victimized that girl, and it's a fact I will have to face every time I look in the mirror for the rest of my life", and any analysts talking about him need to refer to him as "child-molester-Luke-Heimlich" to ensure his crime is not minimized, I assume that would be enough?
Maybe a dude who diddles 4 year olds should be shamed and ostracized for his entire pathetic life. Anyone here want this guy alone in a room with their daughter? Even 50 years from now? I understand recidivism and forgiveness and he should feel free to move on with his life, but don't expect everyone else to.
Never said it was; I'm asking the question. I understand that characterizing his crime as a mistake is not acceptable. What is the acceptable level of remorse? And what is the proper characterization of him from those who refer to his past? How do we strike the proper balance between respecting the victim and redemption of the offender?
Why? Fact is crandc....you nor I know what he's done since the incident or how he's dealt with it or the victim.....I thought I'd bring this up although it's not this guys case, it's an example.....I was fondled by a teenage girl when I was about 7 or 8........she was my sister's friend....it bothered me in the moment but it didn't scar me for life and to this day, I consider her a friend....children often adapt and deal with things like this....in my case I suffered embarrassment more than anything else ....I would never want her to be arrested for it. This is why I believe we don't have the information to judge this kid so harshly. Maybe I'm wrong and he hurt her or was violent....then again maybe it was not like that....too many holes in the story to understand what the following years of their lives has become or what sort of rehab they've gone through. What he did was very, very wrong......I think he knows this and has lived with it for a long time. He has not repeated the behavior since he was 15.....that says he's reformed to me
People sometimes actually solve their life problems or addictions......in his case, the court ordered therapy seems to have the desired results...what's wrong with that?
There is no "cure" for pedophilia. You can't change what you're attracted to. Some people are just able to live with it and not commit a crime, while others are not able to control their urges.
No one is justifying anything. I think everyone here agrees that what he did was wrong. I agree that it does seem fake when athletes ask for forgiveness using the "mistake" justification but this kid has said nothing yet. This happened years ago and when he was in his teens. A lot different than a grownup that did something they knew was wrong and then reading a prepared statement. Would you agree that adults and teens should be held to different standards?
