Based on that Portland Tribune article, heimlich may be able to sue the City of Corvallis? The article makes it sound like the corvallis pd were in the wrong, not being an oregon resident or convicted in oregon might have precluded him from having to register again at 21.
Oh yeah, it's pretty clear that the citation that led to his past being uncovered was erroneous. I don't know if it could be grounds for a lawsuit without evidence of malicious intent though. I think it's one of those things that he's going to have to chalk up as a series of unfortunate events that cost him millions--although the primary event that cost him millions was one of his own doing.
I was molested as a child by a teenage boy. The ages of myself and the molester were roughly equivalent to the case here. Nothing ever happened to the molester, partly because of the circumstances where they happened. It was at a group home of adopted kids guarded by a pair of unorthodox former child-service workers. Most of the children came from abandonment and physical and sexual abuse. My older sister and I were still with my mother but we would still spend rather long stretches of time living with this family, or what could be described more like a group of families or older care takers. There were the two adoptive parents, but there were other adults helping out. It was more like a commune than anything else. Anyhow, the molestation happened, I told my sister the next day and nothing ever came from it, except for that it never happened again. I still stayed at the home in the coming years and I still interacted with the boy who did it. It turned out that boy was being molested by the adoptive parents during the stretch of time that he molested me. This case is strange to me. I was a victim, but I also cared for the molester. I didn't hate him, but I certainly didn't endorse what he did to me. I felt incredibly violated and the act made me nauseous as it happened. Still, of all the traumas I've faced in my life, this was one of the least damaging. Of all the people who claim this vindictive attitude toward Heimlich, why am I, a former victim, so stupefied by it? The thought of bathing him in glory without considering his past is understandable, but the thought that someone cannot find redemption and thus be glorious because of a teenage failure is absurd to me.
^I don't know how to respond to this, other than I appreciate your honesty and candor, I applaud your strength and courage, and damn.... You've come a long way in life and had some battles that I cannot imagine. I appreciate your strength to share your experience on such a matter.
What are the real statistics? 4 out of 5 women were assaulted or molested in some way or another? I have a sneaking suspicion something happened to my wife as a child. Do I ask her directly? No FUCKING way I'm doing that.
Heimlich won't attend CWS, Beavs President says he's welcome back as a student-athlete next season. Honestly, this seems like the best-case scenario for the kid. All parties are saying the things, at least publicly for now, that's best for the parties involved. I do hope OSU steps up and offers the girl's family counseling and additional help they might need in moving forward now that this is public knowledge, whatever that might be. As much as they might have anger/pain/? towards Heimlich, there's undoubtedly a whole new level of anxiety, stress, panic, hurt, etc. that they are now having to deal with.
