Is he already not guilty?

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:32pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100844.html

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:36pm

Are you referring to that teenage girl thing?

If so, when someone commits a crime, they're not blacklisted from working.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:37pm

He hasn't even gone to trial yet.

And one is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, at least that's the impression I was under....

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:38pm

Details on what he did, please.

I am drawing a blank.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:40pm

I think he supposedly had sex with an underage girl.

[Yero]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:42pm

I don't think it was sex... I thought she just claimed he sexually assaulted her in his dressing room. I could be wrong, though.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:43pm

"when someone commits a crime"

He has not been convicted of this, there has been no trial yet.

This is an old article but really one of the few on what happened.

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64112.htm

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:46pm

If so, when someone commits a crime, they're not blacklisted from working.
Up until about 20 years ago, they were. People's careers were ruined by lesser offenses and accusations than this.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:51pm

Well, I just thought that he would be too busy with the trial and everything to start a new project. I just don't know when the trial is or was set.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:53pm

"I just don't know when the trial is or was set."

Trials can take months, and in some cases years, before they are set.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:58pm

I really don't care what he may or may not have done, that man's voice is amazing. He could read the phone book and I would drool. I listened to the OBC of Jane Eyre for the first time yesterday and melted on the floor every time he sang.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:01pm

He is being accused of more than just trying to have sex with someone...he is accused of, among assault, sodomy.

[Patronus]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:08pm

Just to clarify, it wasn't an under aged girl either. She was 19 at the time of the alleged offense.

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:13pm

I thought she was now 19, but younger at the time. I could be wrong.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:13pm

No, she was 19 when she brought the accusation earlier this year. The incident happened nearly 5 years ago in 2001 when she was 15.

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64112.htm

Updated On: 7/13/06 at 01:13 PM

[Barihunk]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:14pm

Actually Patronus, according to the article in the Post, she is 19 now and was 15 or 16 at the time of the alleged offense. It allegedly happened in 2001.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:17pm

Well people, let's try to get our facts straight.

He did not rape her, or "assault" her. He simply had sex with her (including an act of sodomy, evidently), and it was consentual. However, because she was underage (15 at the time, although she is now several years older), this is technically statuatory rape even though she consented.

He was arrested, but, so it seems, released. Whether or not the charges have been dropped or a trial will occur remains unclear.

I'm glad he's still working. What he did was wrong, but I don't think this should be a career-ending mistake. That is if he even did it.
Updated On: 7/13/06 at 01:17 PM

[Patronus]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:21pm

I stand correct 4 times over. :)

Multi-tasking while posting doesn't suit me. Sorry about that.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:23pm

Thanks for clarifying the trial thing. I'm glad Barbour is working though, he has a lovely voice

[Magdalene]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:41pm

This may be a bit naive, but if it was consensual, why is she coming forward at all? Did she go to him and threaten to expose their affair (so to speak) if he didn't help her in her career?

Updated On: 7/13/06 at 01:41 PM

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:46pm

"Well people, let's try to get our facts straight. "

Whose facts? The facts will be presented by those involved in front of legal representation. Meantime, Barbour can work until the case proceeds. Anything posted here is public opinion, because those who know the facts are not permitted to comment.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:49pm

Magdalene: if she feels genuinely violated and abused by whatever happened, then it could have taken her all that time to come to terms with it, convince herself it wasn't her fault, confide in a friend who encouraged her to do something about it, believe that she would be taken seriously, whatever. Most people don't rise up and say "hey, I was abused, and I want justice!", certainly not right away, for a variety of reasons.

Of course, my cynical side is laughing at the sentence "It was not clear why the woman, now an aspiring actress, waited so long to come forward."

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:52pm

He has every right to go about his life until the charges come to court. Is he just supposed to sit around and wait for the trial? I am sure he posted some kind of bond and if there are no restrictions, allow him to do just about anything he wants inside the law. Why is it shocking that he is doing a show?

Updated On: 7/13/06 at 01:52 PM

[HughE2030]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:56pm

Look at how well R Kelly's life is going while he is waiting for trial.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 2:04pm

"Magdalene: if she feels genuinely violated and abused by whatever happened, then it could have taken her all that time to come to terms with it, convince herself it wasn't her fault, confide in a friend who encouraged her to do something about it, believe that she would be taken seriously, whatever. Most people don't rise up and say "hey, I was abused, and I want justice!", certainly not right away, for a variety of reasons."

True, to a point---but she went back for more, so I don't have a lot of sympathy or belief (that's MY cynical side coming through)