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Originally Posted by liverbird:
Originally Posted by Videostar:
Originally Posted by liverbird:

i can't believe it Still don't think it's true....

It probably isn't,  we are in the middle of a witch hunt here.

I agree....

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by liverbird:
Originally Posted by Videostar:
Originally Posted by liverbird:

i can't believe it Still don't think it's true....

It probably isn't,  we are in the middle of a witch hunt here.

I agree....

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

FM
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
 

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

 

^^^^^^^ This 

 

Not one of us knows what people are like in real life, JS was a odious creep and was there for all to see, some abusers and sexual predictors are just normal people who you wouldn't give a second glance to. 

Dame_Ann_Average
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
 

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

 

^^^^^^^ This 

 

Not one of us knows what people are like in real life, JS was a odious creep and was there for all to see, some abusers and sexual predictors are just normal people who you wouldn't give a second glance to. 

agree with both these statements 

FM
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
 

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

 

^^^^^^^ This 

 

Not one of us knows what people are like in real life, JS was a odious creep and was there for all to see, some abusers and sexual predictors are just normal people who you wouldn't give a second glance to. 

agree with both these statements 

Me four. 

Blizz'ard
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
 

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

 

^^^^^^^ This 

 

Not one of us knows what people are like in real life, JS was a odious creep and was there for all to see, some abusers and sexual predictors are just normal people who you wouldn't give a second glance to. 

agree with both these statements 

Me four. 

Me five. The Saville exposÃĐ has, without a doubt imo, given a lot of victims of historical abuse the confidence to come forward and trust that they that they will be listened to and taken seriously. 

FM
Originally Posted by Supes:
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
 

If there is a real allegation made against RH, then it is right and proper that he be investigated. Is this really a witch hunt or are people only now feeling confident enough to come out and speak of what has been done to them. You have to remember that the 60's, 70's and 80's were different times. these people like Saville, Harris etc had high profiles and a lot more "power" than they do these days. Also we live in a different world from 30/40 years ago.

 

^^^^^^^ This 

 

Not one of us knows what people are like in real life, JS was a odious creep and was there for all to see, some abusers and sexual predictors are just normal people who you wouldn't give a second glance to. 

agree with both these statements 

Me four. 

Me five. The Saville exposÃĐ has, without a doubt imo, given a lot of victims of historical abuse the confidence to come forward and trust that they that they will be listened to and taken seriously. 

 to all of the above

Cinds
Originally Posted by cologne 1:

Surely if he offended as recently as last year, he should be in police custody.

Not necessarily Cologne, the police could be "building the case" behind the scenes (a lot of work goes on that the public don't get to see) Making sure that they have all the information and that its accurate and demonstrable in court.

 

He may have had his passport taken if he was a flight risk.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities

From BBC News:

 

TV presenter Rolf Harris has been charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of children, police have said.

Mr Harris was first arrested in March by officers investigating historical allegations of child sexual abuse.

Six offences relate to the indecent assault of a girl aged 15-16 between 1980 and 1981 and three relate to a girl aged 14 in 1986.

The indecent images of children were alleged to have been made last year.

Mr Harris, 83, of Bray, Berkshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 23 September. Mr Harris' lawyers have not publicly responded to the charges.

 

Operation Yewtree

Alison Saunders, chief Crown prosecutor for London, said: "Having completed our review, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of a child.

"The alleged indecent assaults date from 1980 to 1986 and 

relate to two complainants aged 14 and 15 at the time of the alleged offending."

Mr Harris was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, which was set up in the wake of allegations against the former BBC Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile.

Operation Yewtree has three strands - one is looking specifically at the actions of Savile, while the second strand concerns allegations against "Savile and others".

Mr Harris was arrested as part of the third strand, which relates to alleged complaints against other people unconnected to the Savile investigation - who the police term "others".

Mr Harris has been a fixture on British TV screens for more than 40 years, having arrived in the UK from his native Australia in 1952.

He has been honoured in the UK three times, first as a Member of the British Empire in 1968 (MBE), then an OBE in 1977 and in 2006 he was advanced to a CBE.

In June 2012 he was awarded one of Australia's highest honours when he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's birthday list

Cosmopolitan

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