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Title: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: Shockeye on December 10, 2005, 01:55:08 PM Quote from: NCBuy Lawyer: Glitter Admits Having Girl in Bed (http://kevxml2a.infospace.com/info.ncbuy/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D8ECVO6O4&qcat=music&ran=12675&passqi=0&feed=ap&more=1) 12/09/2005 16:50:18 EST Former British rocker Gary Glitter admitted to police that an 11-year-old girl slept in his bed, but denied sexually abusing her, his attorney said Thursday. During interrogations by police, Glitter said he allowed the girl to sleep in his bed after she claimed she was afraid of ghosts, attorney Le Thanh Kinh told The Associated Press. Glitter, 61, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, is being held in Phuoc Co prison outside coastal Vung Tau city on suspicion of engaging in obscene acts with a child - a charge punishable by up to 12 years in prison. He is being held amid allegations of having sex with several underage girls, including an 11-year-old and 12-year-old, at his rented seaside home in Vung Tau. He has denied all allegations and has not been formally charged. Glitter won fame as a flamboyant "glam" rocker in the 1970s. He is perhaps best known for "Rock and Roll (Part 2)," still often played at sporting events to rev up crowds with its pulsing "Hey" chorus. He was convicted in Britain in 1999 of possessing child pornography and served half of a four-month jail term. He later went to Cambodia and was permanently expelled in 2002, but Cambodian officials did not specify any crime or file charges. He's been in custody since Nov. 19 when he was seized while trying to board a flight to Bangkok from Ho Chi Minh City. During questioning by police, Glitter "answered that when this girl (and her aunt) came to his house, he put them in the guest room. But in the middle of night, they said they were very afraid of ghosts and they cannot sleep. So they came to his room and slept there," Kinh said, adding that he was present during the interrogation. On another occasion, Glitter told them they could not sleep with him, but "the girls explained to him that in Vietnamese families, the father, the mother and the children sleep in one bed," Kinh told the AP. Glitter also told police he went swimming with several girls in his outdoor pool, but denied inappropriate behavior, his attorney said. "He said he thinks they are like his grandchildren," Kinh said. Police have interviewed six females, from 11 to 23 years of age, who alleged they had sex with Glitter. Vietnam's penalties for sexual contact with a juvenile vary depending on the charge. The maximum punishment for child rape is death by firing squad, and police have said sex with a child under 13 is considered rape. Once the investigation is concluded, police officials will recommend to prosecutors what to charge Glitter with in court. Title: Re: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: Strazos on December 10, 2005, 02:04:29 PM Noooo....he has one of THE greatest hockey songs in the history of music.
Title: Re: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: Evangolis on December 10, 2005, 04:13:50 PM Had. The shunning will probably begin at once.
I'm swayed in this by his prior conviction for child porn, as well as the relative weakness of his story. Title: Re: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: HaemishM on December 12, 2005, 08:36:47 AM Quote The maximum punishment for child rape is death by firing squad, and police have said sex with a child under 13 is considered rape. Now that's the kind of sentence I can support. Title: Re: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: Shockeye on December 28, 2005, 09:03:29 AM Quote from: NME Gary Glitter paid accusers' families (http://www.nme.com/news/gary-glitter/21843) His lawyer says the singer made payments for "lighter penalty" Gary Glitter paid the families of the Vietnamese girls he was accused of sexually abusing $2000 each, his lawyer has said. The singer was facing child rape allegations, but on December 26 police dropped both rape charges. It has now emerged that Glitter made payments to the families of both girls two weeks ago for their "co-operation" in the upcoming legal case. "If we pay the money for the two families, when this case goes to court, maybe Mr Gary will receive a lighter penalty," his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh told the AP news agency. "After receiving the money, they informed the investigation bureau that they don't want to go to court and they want to drop the case." Police decided not to bring the child rape allegations to court saying they had not produced enough evidence, however Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - is still believed to be facing charges of child molestation. If found guilty on these charges Glitter, 61, faces 12 years in prison, but not the death penalty which accompanies any child rape conviction. Glitter, who has lived in the resort of Vung Tau for the last six months, denies he molested the girls. Title: Re: It worked well enough for Michael Jackson... Post by: WayAbvPar on December 28, 2005, 09:23:13 AM So justice takes it in the Gary Glitter. Charming.
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