shannon2008
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The charges were dropped because there were no child *advertiser censored* found on his computer.
The reason he had to register on the list was because his credit card was charged for the site.
And I found the article I mentioned before:
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petetownshend/articles/story/5936782/pete_townshend_speaks_out
It's standard practice for them to be put on the SO list for a few years even if the charges are dropped. I think it's a precautionary measure just in case something else happens to prove they aren't innocent. In this case, nothing has happened. His name isn't even on the list because 5 years in 2003 would have been last year.
The reason he had to register on the list was because his credit card was charged for the site.
And I found the article I mentioned before:
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/petetownshend/articles/story/5936782/pete_townshend_speaks_out
In January, the fifty-eight-year-old Townshend admitted accessing illicit photos while doing research for a memoir that would document his own abuse as a child. After a searching his home and seizing his computer, British investigators found that he hadn't downloaded any images to his computer, and dropped the charges against him. Townshend's name will, however, be placed on the national Sex Offenders Register for five years.
From thewho.comI intend to work my way back to normality. As a result of all this ****, I've decided to greatly formalize the structure of my charity (Double-O) and the way I work with "survivors" -- so that in future my work is more well-known to everyone. I've kept my profile low in this area out of modesty I suppose, and it has worked against me. I am going to complete my autobiography, Pete Townshend (who he?). I put it down and did not plan to finish it until much later. But now I am going to push ahead until it is done. People need to read about my entire life to get a real picture of who I am. I hope to finish it by the end of the year. So it may come out next year sometime. I am also going to get up and play just as soon as I can.
Obviously we can agree to disagree here, but I believe him. A man as massively famous as he is wouldn't just go right out and look up kiddie *advertiser censored* with his personal credit card for nefarious purposes and say "Ah ha, I dare you to catch me!" Pete knows exactly how famous he is.Double O was started by The Who in 1976 to help Erin Pizzey fund her Chiswick Women's Refuges. It then became the first concert fundraiser for Nordoff-Robbins. In 1983 Pete Townshend took over Double O and performed concerts to support a large number of drug rehab charities, the Prince's Trust and Rock Against Racism, and a one-off show at London’s Dominion Theatre – The Snowball Revue – to further fund Pizzey’s work.
The Trust now runs as a private dispersal charity focussed more than ever on 'survival' of drug and alcohol damage, domestic violence, sexual abuse, music education, emergency relief for International disasters, and young people's prison reform. It has dispersed about £4,000,000 since inception, and been indirectly responsible for the dispersal of another similar amount through Double O Promotions, which channels a lot of Townshend- and Who-related activity.
It's standard practice for them to be put on the SO list for a few years even if the charges are dropped. I think it's a precautionary measure just in case something else happens to prove they aren't innocent. In this case, nothing has happened. His name isn't even on the list because 5 years in 2003 would have been last year.