I'd love to know their source and how much they got paid. This is infuriating.
He's toast
@ChelseaBrentzel
In a new motion to deny bail, U.S. attorney Jack Smith claims
"Defendant admitted to law enforcement, as well as other witnesses, that he engaged in multiple sex acts with the victim in numerous
locations over the thirty-eight day period
My God. We knew this in theory but it's a whole other level of horror to read those words as they were relayed in court today. "Multiple sex acts". I think I'm going to cry all over again.
Respectfully, technically TC isn't a pedophile.
I don't mean to bring this up to defend this horrible mans actions but to make sure that true pedophiles propensities aren't watered down.
A pedophile is attracted to prepubescent children.
I think it's important to be precise because if we start to veer from the actual disorder/term it lessens the culpability in SOME's eyes. I don't know I could be wrong.
I know none of you are going to like this but I regularly listen to CNN, a reputable reporter from there was saying he is very surprised how Daily mail manages to get their stories as most of the time the stories are accurate.
My God. We knew this in theory but it's a whole other level of horror to read those words as they were relayed in court today. "Multiple sex acts". I think I'm going to cry all over again.
It's the Daily Mail, the UK's National Enquirer. Take it with a grain (or a box) of salt.
ETA: I should have said IMHO. But seriously. Don't believe this sensationalist garbage wholesale. There may be a grain of truth here and there. Or not.
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I actually do not doubt that ET may THINK she is in love with TC. I also don't doubt she blames her dad for "breaking them up" (gag).
But these are the possible thoughts of an abused, bullied, groomed teenager (even the best of whom make terrible choices).
I am not saying that ET thinks or said any of this, but if she did, it would make perfect sense. Her brain has been manipulated to the nth degree and I believe it may take months if not longer before she sees her rapist for what he really is.
I wish I could hug her until the scales fall from her eyes.
I also wish I could smack the daylights out of TC.
Wait.
You just used CNN and reputable in the same sentence:lol:
Yes. A boy. Not a 50 year old predator.
This has nothing to do with "teenage stubbornness" IMO. This child was emotionally abused, manipulated and exploited so that a predator could get his nasty hands on her.
And I doubt the article as well. Is she conflicted and confused? No doubt. Is she making such definitive proclamations and demands? I don't know and a DM article doesn't convince me.
It should not matter anyhow and nothing of the sort should be reported. Nothing more than simple statements about how she is receiving care and progressing.
I compare this case to how Jaycee and her daughters and Elizabeth Smart were carefully protected and guarded after their rescues. This is terrible. I don't think I've ever seen a child more exploited other than child *advertiser censored* victims.
At a certain point this child's privacy needs to be protected. When is that going to be? Poor kid. At this point, who can she trust?
And? Even if everything in that sleazy article is true it is irrelevant. No one with any common sense would be shocked that the victim may feel like she is in love. Predators like Tad Cummins don't operate by some sudden show of violence.They don't drag you off into the bushes for a few seconds of their own gratification. Predators like this search for young victims like MCET who have already had their hearts broken by life. They weasel their way into those cracks promising to heal your pain and when all is said and done you find that their love didn't heal you, it shattered those already broken pieces. Why? Because you weren't someone they loved, you were a victim they preyed upon for their own gratification.
I don't care if a mysterious insider announces the victim has a Tad Cummins collage on her wall. I don't care if she wants an I Heart Tad tattoo. I don't care if there is a surprise news conference tonight where Obama,Trump,and Clinton announce that they are in equal agreement that the Daily Fail story is 100% true. None of that matters because it doesn't change the fact that Tad Cummins is a predator and MCET is his victim.
It's funny how views change from one case to the next. IMO
It's funny how views change from one case to the next. IMO
oh no doubt, my 15yo self LOVED a boy fiercely !!! No one else lived anyone like I loved him in the history of love. I still question the article.
What does this mean?
Respectfully, it doesn't really matter. Okay, he's not technically a pedophile by medical standards, he's an ephebophile but in the common vernacular, he's a pedophile.
I feel the opposite in regards to your last statement. I think that if we want people to be outraged at him, we shouldn't be nit-picking little things like this, it gives people an out to say "well, he's not really a pedophile so it isn't that bad." You have to think like the lowest common denominator, IMO.
Also, just because he's only acted on older girls does not mean he is not a pedophile.
What does this mean?