James Barbour Sentenced!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 12:46pm

NEW YORK - A Broadway actor who played the beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail and three years' probation for sexual encounters with a 15-year-old drama student.


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Updated On: 3/1/08 at 12:46 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 12:51pm

He wasn't really "convicted" but sentenced. He struck a plea agreement.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 1:15pm

I guess there was something there that wasn't there before.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 1:15pm

I guess there was something there that wasn't there before.

[Poppy]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 4:11pm

This girl knew exactly what she was doing. Read the story.
Yes, he should have known better and sent the young lady away.
Hopefully, James has learned his lesson.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 4:12pm

So I guess this means he won't be playing Daddy Warbucks in the revival of Annie then.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 5:32pm

I hear he's up for the title role in the new musical "Polanski!"

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 5:32pm

I heard he'll be Rooster.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 6:08pm

Didn't that last article on this say he was sentenced to 60 days? This seems like old news.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 6:15pm

Old news, same arguments.

Moral of the story: Don't have sex with minors. Duh.

Case closed.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 6:52pm

Where is he serving and how many of those 60 days will he actually serve?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 8:53pm

He's at Rikers.

And the only reason I know this? We have a family friend who just got out (8 months for tax evasion) and he mentioned that they were expecting "the Beauty and the Beast guy who raped the teenager" to come into that building soon (soon being yesterday).

Our friend was one of the few white people, and "nobody there looks kindly on pedofiles", so Barbour better not be racist, as well.
Updated On: 3/2/08 at 08:53 PM

[lakezurich]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 8:53pm

yeah, maybe he'll pull a Paris Hilton!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 9:33pm

For those who care:

James Barbour # 0553435Z
Eric M Taylor Center
10-10 Hazen Street
E Elmshurst, NY 11370

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 9:41pm

You think he'll sign autographs?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/1/08 at 10:19pm

Only if they take the cuffs off!

[DAME]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:16am

How long do you think he will actually serve?

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 2:08am

Yeah, I wouldn't slap him away.
Not that I'm trying to be socially unacceptable.
And with a voice like that?
Psh.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 2:18am

Even if the girl "knew what she was doing," he is a grown up man that should have had the sense and balls to reject her and not commit an illegal act.

[winston89]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:24pm

What I find interesting is that if these events took place one birthday over and on her 16th birthday then this wouldn't have been an issue. I think only because the age of consent in NY state is 16.


I still feel that it was the girl who took things too far and is trying to play the card of " How much can I get away with here."

Even though I though I do think that this is VERY wrong. I am still wondering how much at fault he is. I think that you can say that he is the adult in this situation so he should have known better but it is not like the girl wasn't at an age that she didn't know what it was she was doing. I do think that people in these situations have to always stop staring at the adult and look at the age of the other person involved.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:28pm

I am still wondering how much at fault he is.

This answer is unequivocal: He is 100% at fault. 100%. 100, not 99 or 99.99. He is 100% at fault.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:32pm

As a high school teacher whose female students are mostly all strumpets, I know how aggressive these gals can be. It also seems that in Barbour's case, the female had a touch of Eve Harrington in her. Still, what he did is wrong and, although I sincerely wish him well, he's got to pay his bebt to society.

The next two months are not going to be easy for the guy.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:39pm

"I am still wondering how much at fault he is.

This answer is unequivocal: He is 100% at fault. 100%. 100, not 99 or 99.99. He is 100% at fault."

Exactly. He was a 35 year old man who knew that she was 15, and he knew he was breaking a law. Cut and dry.

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 1:57pm

I think it is 100$ his responsibility also!!! Though the 15 year old girl knew exactly what she was doing probably..... He should have been the one to not take it to that level....

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 2:05pm

"What I find interesting is that if these events took place one birthday over and on her 16th birthday then this wouldn't have been an issue. I think only because the age of consent in NY state is 16."

What's interesting? It is what it is, and it is for a reason.