| Just my three cents, as I couldn't care less about the guy, but I think we can put much of the blame on the parents. Outside of his mother giving him drugs so his voice wouldn't change at puberty, I think the parents saw a cash cow and not a son, and didn't give him a chance to grow up. He was manipulated by his parents and probably managers as well.
As far as child molestation goes, I'm leaning towards innocent. I think mentally he's a child with no sexual drive at all. His "Wife" Lisa Marie Presley said they even slept in seperate bedrooms. I don't base this on the TV's obcessive coverage, but instead on observation. He called Tommy Mottols a "bad bad man", like a six year old would say, to the press and built an amusement park in his backyard. So he hung his "son" out the window in Germany. How many 10 year olds have done childish crap like that to their 4 year old brothers just to give them a scare?
Some tabloid ran a story about how wierd he was (or something) and he wrote a rebuttal in his own writing, which looked like a childs letter to grandma. Also (I wasn't watching it but it was on TV) he was taped in some toy store or something with a bunch of what looked like 6 year olds and he was having more fun playing with the toys then THEY were.
It's only my opinion, but I don't believe any molestation charges (after all, he's not a Catholic priest) against him. I see him as a poor f***ed up little boy who'se adulthood was denied him, and sees other kids as his pals, or even equals.
And if I'm wrong, he wouldn't do day one of jail time anyway. If he looks guilty his lawyers will trot out the "he's a retarded kid who doesn't know better" defense, or his celeberity will save his bleached ass. Look at that cold blooded killer O.J.Simpson. Even some of the JURORS said they woul have voted guilty if more evidence was allowed by that idiot, Lance Ito.
Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots. |