Ex-Team USA Gymnastics doctor is jailed for 60 years for possessing more than 37,000 child porn images
Ex-Team USA Gymnastics doctor who ‘molested Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney’ is jailed for 60 years for possessing more than 37,000 child porn images
- Larry Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in prison for child pornography
- The 54-year-old was a long-serving doctor for the USA Gymnastics team
- He pleaded guilty in July to three counts of possessing child pornography
- He is also facing sentencing for sexually assaulting members of the USA women’s Olympic gymnastics team
- Gold medalists McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas were among the gymnasts who claim they were assaulted by Nassar
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday for child pornography.
Nassar, 54, who is also facing sentencing for sexually assaulting members of the women’s Olympics gymnastics team, pleaded guilty in July to three counts of possessing child pornography.
The pornography, which included more than 37,000 of images and videos depicting children as young as infants, was discovered last year while Nassar was under investigation for assault.
He was given 20 years in prison on each count by a judge at a court hearing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
‘This is very difficult, as you can imagine, standing here,’ Nassar said in court on Thursday.
‘I’ve been battling with this, obviously for a considerable period of time. It’s something, your honor, I’m very ashamed of… I’ve lost everything because of this… You wonder how I got down this path to begin with.’
At least 2 people injured, ‘shooter down’ after shooting at New Mexico school, reports say
At least two people were injured after a gunman opened fire at a northern New Mexico high school Thursday morning. Law enforcement said the shooter is down.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office confirmed reports of an active shooter around 9 a.m. local time, saying Aztec High School in Aztec, N.M. was on lockdown.
“There are at least a dozen reported injuries at this time,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s department told Fox News.
The school is located in the Four Corners region and is near the Navajo Nation, about 180 miles north of Albuquerque.
A spokesman with the sheriff’s office told reporters that the unidentified shooter was “down,” but did not provide additional information.
No additional information was provided on the condition of those injured, KOB reported.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the shooting happened inside the school, who was suspected of firing the shots and what condition the wounded were in.
On Facebook, law enforcement asked people to “avoid the area” while they secured the scene.
Families and friends of students of Aztec High School are gathered outside city hall, following a shooting at the school@KOB4
“Aztec High School is locked down and being evacuated. Please avoid the area. Parents can stage at 516 and Mesa Verde near the church to pick up their kids. We will update this as we learn more,” the post said.
Farmington Municipal Schools wrote on Facebook all schools in the district went into preventive lockdown due to the incident.
“We have no reason to think there is any threat in Farmington at this time, but we are taking this advance action in order to secure all of our schools. Your students’ safety is our primary concern,” the statement said.
In nearby Bloomfield, police said local schools were also lockdown as a precaution.
Article here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/07/several-wounded-after-shooting-at-new-mexico-school-reports-say.html
Peter Gunz Says Childhood Molestation Affected His Relationships
Reality star Peter Gunz shared with Marriage Bootcamp fans that he was molested as a child. The revelation came out during an exercise where her and his estranged wife Amina shared trauma from childhood.
Peter says:
“I was six, seven, or eight years old. There was an older woman who used to watch us. She used to do some really inappropriate things to me, she would put her mouth in inappropriate places.”
Peter says that the abuse cause him to mistreat his own companions later in life.
“She made me scared to tell. When I got older, like 14, the girlfriends I had, I would pressure them…,” he said. “So I feel the abuse that I got, I put it on other people, and I will always regret that. I was abused and I abused other people.”
We hope that Gunz gets the counseling he needs.
Article via: https://bossip.com/1607110/deep-rooted-issues-monogamy-averse-peter-gunz-reveals-he-was-child-molested/
Audio found of Corey Feldman naming alleged sexual predators
California cops just found an audio recording of the 1993 interview in which Corey Feldman has said he identified alleged sexual predators — after police previously claimed the former child actor never named names, according to a report.
The revelation by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office comes a month after the Los Angeles Police Department ended its probe into the “Stand By Me” star’s allegations of sexual abuse.
Feldman claimed in October that he had provided names of sexual predators in Hollywood to Santa Barbara County police in 1993 during their probe into Michael Jackson’s molestation charges.
The Sheriff’s Office at the time denied having any records of Feldman revealing such information — but now says it has unearthed recordings of the interview.
“In a container which included the original reports from the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office located some detective working copies of audio recordings made during the investigation,” spokeswoman Kelly Hoover told Fox News in a statement.
“A copy of Mr. Feldman’s interview was located. The recording is being turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to the fact that this case involves the alleged sexual abuse of a child, we are unable to comment further and any documentation or evidence related to this case is exempt from release.”
Feldman, 46, had claimed in a “Today” show interview that he “sat down and I gave them names. They’re on record. They have all this information.”
The actor has launched a campaign to raise $10 million in order to make a movie about sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry.
Feldman’s reps and the LAPD did not immediately respond to calls by Fox News for comment.
Feldman has said he filed a report with the LAPD alleging he was sexually abused as a child in the industry, but the department last month said his allegations are too old to be prosecuted.
“Los Angeles Police Department detectives are committed to protecting victims of sexual assault and will thoroughly investigate any report of a sex-related crime,” police told the LA Times in a statement.
“In the case of Corey Feldman, unfortunately, according to California law, the alleged occurrence is out of statute and robbery-homicide detectives have no other avenues to pursue this case.”
In a 2013 memoir, “Coreyography,” Feldman recounted abuse that he and late actor Corey Haim allegedly suffered as young performers — but he did not provide names.
During a recent appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” he identified one man he alleged had sexually molested him as Alphy Hoffman, owner of an underage club that was popular among Hollywood’s top teen stars.
During a prior appearance on the show, he named another of his alleged abusers as Jon Grissom, who had bit roles in some Feldman-Haim films, including “License To Drive” and “Dream a Little Dream.”
Article here: https://pagesix.com/2017/12/06/audio-found-of-corey-feldman-naming-alleged-sexual-predators/
‘Zombiefied’ Angelina Jolie lookalike reveals her normal face
A teen who claimed she had undergone 50 surgeries to look like her idol Angelina Jolie has admitted she faked the whole thing to “amuse” herself. Looking back, I am not sure why we did not realize this was a bit of joke sooner, but she got us.
Sahar Tabar had been called a “zombie” by cruel commenters after her scary Instagram selfies of her gaunt face went viral.
But, as the Sun Online reported last week, many viewers had a hunch that the teenager was using Photoshop to tweak her pictures.
And now, 19-year-old Tabar has come clean and admitted that her shocking, emaciated look is not real.
Rather than a result of surgery or drastic weight loss, the Iranian teen’s look was created through a combination of makeup and computer wizardry.
Tabar told Russian news outlet Sputnik: “Now I can see that I have something in common with [Angelina Jolie], but I amuse myself, and to look like someone is not my goal.”
She added that her look, characterized by hollow cheeks, inflated and pouting lips, and bright blue eyes shouldn’t be taken at face value.
When I saw the picture a second time on social media I finally noted that she was wearing contacts. So I simply concluded this was a makeup look left over from Halloween, because no one would wear grey, ashen makeup on purpose, right? 🙂
Tabar added: “Every time I post a photo, I make my face more fun and funny, it is a form of self-expression, a kind of art.”
“My fans know that this is not my real face.”
Now, unretouched photos have emerged that allegedly show the Instagram star without her makeup and contacts.
Tabar looks startlingly normal in the pics, posted on her second Instagram account back in October.
Suspicion emerged around her photos after an eagle-eyed viewer claimed one of her more extreme selfies had been edited in Photoshop.
The warped background and odd lines in the shot suggest it had been tweaked using a computer.
Well, there you have it. Capitalize on your new found fame babe.
Article via: https://nypost.com/2017/12/06/zombiefied-angelina-jolie-look-a-like-reveals-shes-a-total-fraud/
Tomi Lahren Disses Beyoncé And Colin Kaepernick
Tomi Lahren is back. Why? I am not sure. How? Again, I am not sure. But she managed to find her way to twitter to hate on Beyonce and Kaepernick after Bey awarded Kaepernick with the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award (Congratulations Kaepernick!!!).
Wow indeed. I will start by addressing her belittling Kaepernick by pegging him ‘Kappy’ (insert side eye here).
I do not agree with Lahren’s politics antics, not only because they are not conducive to innovating change for all types of people, but it is the fact that she does not even use relevant examples to fuel her anger-ridden attempts at appeasing certain parts of White bigoted America. Instead she focuses on a successful business woman that puts out hits after hits that I am sure even Lahren’s mother bops to on occasion, and a social martyr that was protesting injustice-and got fired for it. These two are not exactly the best to try and drag through the mud, Lahren, as I am sure she figured out by the stings and the unrelenting roasting the Beehive and Black Twitter have served her.
But that is to be expected from Lahren, someone who got fired on her day off and tried to rally the support of the women she dissed to help her get her job back. Tsk tsk.
Melanie Martinez of “The Voice” responds to rape accusation
Are there any #Crybabies out there? Then you probably already heard the news.
If you are not familiar with Melanie you have probably heard her songs Pity Party (It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to…) and, of course, Crybaby (They call you crybaby, crybaby, but you don’t f@#*ing care, crybaby, crybaby, so you laugh through your tears).
Former “Voice” contestant Melanie Martinez has responded after singer Timothy Heller accused her of rape. The two women were friends, and Heller recounted two nights during which she claims Martinez sexually assaulted her, but Martinez said Heller “never said no to what we chose to do together.”
On Monday, Heller tweeted a statement and said, “When I wrote this story about my assault, I initially wasn’t going to make the abuser. But I think it’s important for you all to know this is about Melanie Martinez.”
Heller detailed a time in her life when she stayed at Martinez’s home. She wrote that Martinez, who she says was her best friend at the time, repeatedly grilled her about her sexual preferences, then asked her several times if she would have sex with her. Heller said she refused and said she had a boyfriend, but Martinez kept pressing the issue.
Heller said Martinez plied her with marijuana and continued to ask Heller for sex. Heller wrote that she said no several times, but finally “allowed it to happen.” Heller said the same thing happened the next night.
“It’s hard to say someone you loved raped you,” wrote Heller. “Someone you STILL love. The thought of writing this and having the world see it terrifies me. Especially because of who this person is.”
In response, Martinez, who was on Season 3 of “The Voice,” tweeted, “I am horrified and saddened by the statements and story told tonight by Timothy Heller. What she and I shared was a close friendship for a period of time.”
She added, “She never said no to what we chose to do together. And although we parted ways, I am sending her love and light always.”
I wish I could say that I am surprised but it is the age of #RevealAllSexualMiscreants, and no one is spared. With that being said it is always interesting to hear the accused person’s response, “she never said no”? More important than that Melanie: did she ever say yes?
Netflix Fires Danny Masterson Amid Rape Allegations
In a statement, Mr. Masterson denied the accusations, which he described as “outrageous.”
“Law enforcement investigated these claims more than 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit,” he said. “I have never been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of one. In this country, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, in the current climate, it seems as if you are presumed guilty the moment you are accused.”
At least three of the women claimed they were pressured to keep quiet by the Church of Scientology, to which they and Mr. Masterson belonged, according to Mr. Ortega, who wrote a book on Scientology.
The Church of Scientology “adamantly denied” that it had pressured victims. “What is being stated is utterly untrue,” it said in a statement. “This has nothing to do with religion. This story is being manipulated to push a bigoted agenda.”
In his statement, Mr. Masterson said he was “very disappointed” by Netflix’s decision. He thanked the cast, crew and fans of the show and said he wished it success.
Before the Tuesday announcement, a Netflix executive had reportedlyunwittingly told one of Mr. Masterson’s alleged victims that the company did not believe the accusations.
The exchange occurred at a children’s soccer game on Sunday when the victim approached the executive, Andy Yeatman, the director of global kids content for Netflix, HuffPost reported.
After Mr. Yeatman acknowledged to the woman that he worked at Netflix, she asked why the company had done nothing about Mr. Masterson, according to the report.
Mr. Yeatman reportedly said that the company generally takes such allegations seriously, but did not believe Mr. Masterson’s accusers.
“I’m one of them,” the woman, whom HuffPost did not name, told him.
Netflix said in a statement that Mr. Yeatman’s comments “were careless, uninformed and do not represent the views of the company.”
The news of Mr. Masterson’s firing comes one day after Netflix announced that the sixth and final season of “House of Cards” would star Robin Wright, who had shared the spotlight with Kevin Spacey until he was fired this fall following a slew of reports of sexual misconduct.
Article via: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/business/media/danny-masterson-fired-netflix.html
Bette Midler Says Geraldo Rivera Has ‘Yet to Apologize’ for Allegedly Groping Her in the 1970s
Bette Midler says Geraldo Rivera has “yet to apologize” for allegedly groping her in the 1970s.
The 71-year-old singer spoke out about the veteran journalist on Twitter on Thursday after a video of a 1991 interview Midler did with Barbara Walters — where she first recounted the incident — resurfaced online.
It had gained traction because Rivera defended TODAY show anchor Matt Lauer, who was fired for alleged sexually inappropriate behavior.
“Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me,” Midler wrote in a tweet that accompanied the video of her Walters interview. “Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this.”
She ended her message by using the popular “#MeToo” hashtag, used by victims of sexual harassment assault to express their own experiences.
In her interview with Walters, Midler recounted the alleged incident after Walters asked about Rivera’s claim that he and the stage star had a sexual encounter.
“Geraldo and his producer came to do an interview with me, in the ’70s, the early ’70s,” Midler said. “And this was when he was very, sort of, hot. And he and his producer left the crew in the other room, they pushed me into my bathroom, they broke two poppers and pushed them under my nose and proceeded to grope me.” (The word “poppers” is slang for the recreational drug alkyl nitrite.)
Walters cocked her head to the side and looked shocked as she asked, “Grope…?”
Midler nodded and said, “Groped me. I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera. He was … he was unseemly.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Midler’s and Rivera’s representatives for comment but has yet to receive a response.
Article via: http://people.com/tv/bette-midler-says-geraldo-rivera-never-apologized-for-groping-her/
Missing Florida girl spotted with soccer coach
Caitlyn Frisina, 17, has been missing since Sunday. Police say she is with her high school’s boys’ soccer coach, Rian Rodriquez, 27.
Caitlyn Frisina’s parents discovered their 17-year-old daughter was missing from their Florida home Sunday morning. Now, police are tracking Frisina and a 27-year-old soccer coach across multiple states.
Police said Frisina is with Rian Rodriguez, 27, the boys’ soccer coach at her high school.
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