Dear lord. I knew there was a reason I stayed out of that thread. I 'm creeped out even though I know eslgr is on the West Coast and Parks is in the Deep South, so the flirtation is only virtual.
Now think about the Barbour/15 year old girl...similar dynamics in the seductive, power-tipping environment of a backstage Broadway dressing room...
Nope. Don't think anyone is over-reacting.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
Can somebody pass me the Purell please? Thanking you in advance.
I'll be staying at the DaVinci Hotel on W. 56th (Broadway and Upper West Side adjacent) and posting at BWW.com during the trip (at that big Times Square Internet Cafe). Anyone who's available for lunch, coffee, an early dinner, or just a "hi," PM me.
Steven Stanley aka eslgr8
(Lucky to be standing in my latest avatar next to the very handsome and charming James Barbour, whom I saw last night in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)
Hmmm....
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
The Ghost should totally have been played by a manly actor with a beard, no?
she was lo, plain lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
I'd really like this thread to stay on track, ie, has anybody heard from DAME about the LA Times story?
Did James Barbour have a MYSPACE page?
Oh, and seriously, if ANYONE has a copy of that article from the Times could you please, please scan it? Thank you.
Now, I've not read all the posts on this thread (just the first few and last pages) but it says she returned a few weeks later and had sex with him at his apartment. Ok, she is underage, however she couldn't of disliked what was going on too much to return again...and again. So does this mean he will be up on a carnal knowledge but nothing else? I would think so.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
So, it's not statutory rape if the chick wanted it?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
Chicks don't want things, chicks dig things. Didn't you take any second wave feminism classes, Kringas?
Alter, you should of read the threads in the middle. That ground gets covered. "Alot," as the kids say.
You people are all gossipy bitches. I'm just sayin'...
Stephen,
I don't think the case can stand. To prove someone having sex with her five years ago? By what, her words? He should be fine.
Be cool.
A couple of Women's Studies classes might do you some good, Sanda. Just sayin'...
No thanks. I am not interested in your opinion since you lable me as "superficious and ignorant" anyway.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
I didn't label you and I think you could use a couple of women's study classes. When you get to college in ten years.
Sorry to disappoint you. I got my M.S. degree for a while.
Crazy world, huh?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
No offense, you just read younger.
No problem. I look younger as well. :)
And you have never talked with a non-native English speaker, have you? I know, everyone has his own limitation.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 11:59 AM
Is English not your first language, Sanda? Perhaps that is the difference in our cultures. Some don't see anything wrong with an adult having sex with children. Where are you from?
Where did I say I agree an adult can have sex with a child?
I am saying it is very difficult to prove him having sex with a teenager five years ago. If he isn't convicted by law, I believe him innocent unless he confesses himself.
I am from China. And no, having sex with a person younger than 14 years is rape in Chinese law as well.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
It's not that difficult, especially when there's evidence. Which can range from emails to Polaroids to all sorts of things.
If it goes to trial I wonder if Court TV will carry it?
Then back to the beginning. I will see the court's decision. Not you guy's spittle.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 12:51 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
Oh my, I'm going to post this as nicely as I can. Please, people, don't post in a thread unless you have read the entire thread.
Sueleen, don't waste your time looking for an LA Times article. I would be amazed if any aspects of the investigation were leaked to the media this soon. People who do their job as professionally as possible don't operate like that, especially in sex cases involving juveniles. I doubt more details will be available until the first court appearence in NYC, and even then those details will be meager.
Call me crazy, but I suspect they have more than just the girl's words. Do you think the prosecution would go forward with a case without some type of additional evidence? I don't. Will it be difficult to prove? Possibly, but I wouldn't discount the existence of a blue dress, medical records, Myspace/computer entries, or ability to describe physical specifics.
I'm not passing any judgements but I certainly don't think anyone can proclaim that he'll be fine. Regardless the outcome there's a stigma that will follow.
since everything is still in doubt and there are already a lot of people here discussed the case as if he's guilty already, I don't think I am particularly guilty for what I "proclaim".
As said before but deleated in between all of Namos attacks. The La times article was in Fridays paper. THE PAPER. Not the LA times calendar live internet edition which is a entire different entity. What was reported was very similar to what was in the NY post. It also did say a long and meticulous investigation was done before the arrest. That's all. Everything else that has been insinuated here was Namo trying to take something and turning it into a attack on me. Basically him calling me a liar which I am not. That is it. Why anyone spends so much time trying to ridicule a total strangers on a thread is beyond me. I have suggested to Namo he gets help. These public boards are not the place for his desperate attempts to reach out.
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