Severus Snape
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Re: Did Jordan Chandler admit that MJ did not mlest him
I agree, they ought to come out and confess their piece. They were minors back then, but not kids. They were old enough to know what they were doing, and to realize what their parents were attempting to do. If we were talking about a 5 or 6 year old child, I'd take the whole, "oh, they were kids" excuse as being reasonable. However, both were teenagers at the time of the alleged molestation and subsequent trials (or settlement in Chandler's case), therefore, they realized what was happening in full scope. The money was probably just as appealing to them [at least in Arvizo's case] as it was to their parents.
Jordan Chandler's family life was pretty fucked up, with his parents using him for money and just being general lowlifes, so I could entertain the argument that he was heavily influenced by his parental units. His father pressured him to say what he said, and drugged him to obtain the "confession." He gets a bit more sympathy from me in that he was under the influence of drugs when he said his piece, and he refused to testify once he regained his senses. He would be the one accuser I could see being tormented by guilt over the entire affair. However, he is no longer that broken little child, so he should speak up and tell the truth. We would probably think better of him if he did. Now that he's an adult, however, he's probably set in the sorry way of the world, and remembers the money with more fondness than he does his old friend.
Arvizo was already a deviant and budding criminal, of the same stock as his mother. That entire family was heading down a criminal route, which is why they all cooperated with the allegations, the JCPenney shoplifting, etc. Crime was already their one true business, as they are nothing but no-good leeches and parasites upon society no one except that idiot George Lopez would look upon with even the slightest bit of sympathy. They all knew what they were doing from the start, and although the mother is obviously the principal bearer of the blame, her children must have also realized where all her schemes were headed towards, and yet they collaborated with her willingly. They had the chance to denounce her after the JCPenney incident, and get CPS involved in looking at what was going on in that family, however, they chose not to do that, in order to continue their criminal lifestyle.
I don't expect Arvizo to ever confess to lying about the allegations. He went into the entire process rather gleefully, it seems, and appears to be enjoying himself far too much. Michael could be very naiive at times, underestimating the cruelty some children are indeed capable of, like this Arvizo kid. I do not believe for a single moment that it "wasn't in his heart to do this." That one is going to be trouble later on, you just watch.
I agree, they ought to come out and confess their piece. They were minors back then, but not kids. They were old enough to know what they were doing, and to realize what their parents were attempting to do. If we were talking about a 5 or 6 year old child, I'd take the whole, "oh, they were kids" excuse as being reasonable. However, both were teenagers at the time of the alleged molestation and subsequent trials (or settlement in Chandler's case), therefore, they realized what was happening in full scope. The money was probably just as appealing to them [at least in Arvizo's case] as it was to their parents.
Jordan Chandler's family life was pretty fucked up, with his parents using him for money and just being general lowlifes, so I could entertain the argument that he was heavily influenced by his parental units. His father pressured him to say what he said, and drugged him to obtain the "confession." He gets a bit more sympathy from me in that he was under the influence of drugs when he said his piece, and he refused to testify once he regained his senses. He would be the one accuser I could see being tormented by guilt over the entire affair. However, he is no longer that broken little child, so he should speak up and tell the truth. We would probably think better of him if he did. Now that he's an adult, however, he's probably set in the sorry way of the world, and remembers the money with more fondness than he does his old friend.
Arvizo was already a deviant and budding criminal, of the same stock as his mother. That entire family was heading down a criminal route, which is why they all cooperated with the allegations, the JCPenney shoplifting, etc. Crime was already their one true business, as they are nothing but no-good leeches and parasites upon society no one except that idiot George Lopez would look upon with even the slightest bit of sympathy. They all knew what they were doing from the start, and although the mother is obviously the principal bearer of the blame, her children must have also realized where all her schemes were headed towards, and yet they collaborated with her willingly. They had the chance to denounce her after the JCPenney incident, and get CPS involved in looking at what was going on in that family, however, they chose not to do that, in order to continue their criminal lifestyle.
I don't expect Arvizo to ever confess to lying about the allegations. He went into the entire process rather gleefully, it seems, and appears to be enjoying himself far too much. Michael could be very naiive at times, underestimating the cruelty some children are indeed capable of, like this Arvizo kid. I do not believe for a single moment that it "wasn't in his heart to do this." That one is going to be trouble later on, you just watch.
