Friday, November 17, 2006
So a nice juicy story for today and something I (1) witnessed in person and also (2) dealt with angry parents...
The
background---Definite A lister who was on a tv show from late 80's to
early 90's..now in mid to late 30's... teen hearthrob when on the show..
So
this guy's favorite game was to go to Las Vegas and hang out by the
pool and wait for the girls to come up and get his autograph and take
pics, etc..Most stars in Vegas do not sit right out in the middle
of the crowd especially when they were as popular as he was, but this
was all part of his plan..When girls would want to take a pic with him,
he would oblige, but what he would always do was offer to take a
Polaroid of them and then autograph it for them..He also always took two
pics if the girl was at all attractive and keep one for himself..He
would generally do this for an hour and it was most often done in the
early afternoon right after lunch..
The girls he found most
attractive were usually between 14-16, with the majority of his
"conquests" 15 or 16..The first time I ever noticed his interest in
younger girls was by accident.. I was in Vegas with some friends and it
was like 3pm or so and the casino was pretty empty and even more so in
the VIP area, but there he was playing blackjack and he had two girls
with him who were just sitting there, because they were to young to
gamble..He had one on each side of him and I thought they must be
related to him or something because they looked REALLY young..He knew
one of the people I was with and introductions were made and he
identified them as his friends..I mean this guy was like mid 20's at the
time and these girls looked their age..
Anyway, I did not think
anymore about it except for the fact I related it to a couple of people
whenever his name would pop up in conversation..Two years later, another
attorney referred him to me because some girl had gotten pregnant and
she told the parents who she got pregnant by and the circumstances and
they were at the time pissed and looking for blood and so he came to
me..
So...back to the pool..After he had identified 3 or 4
potentials he would spend the next hour or so trying to chat them up and
just kind of get an idea if they would be into an older guy like
himself..If they sounded like they were into him, he would get more info
from them and get their schedule for the next day or so...If her
parents were at the pool, he preferred that and would actually chat them
up and spend time with them..buying them drinks, etc..I guess he had
learned prior to this that making the parents like you means the chances
of you going to jail for statutory rape were much less..
The
parents were often just as enthralled with this guy as their
daughter..here was this A list guy spending time with them and weren't
they just special?...Because they felt comfortable with him, they would
let their guard down and did not think anything of him taking their
daughter out to ride rollercoasters or to the mall, etc..It left them
more time to be with each other and he is on tv so he could not be a bad
person..Well there was rarely a rollercoaster or a mall in the girl's
future, just a whole bunch of time in his suite..always with his
Polaroid, often with a video camera, and sometimes with another young
girl as well..
He had this game going on for a few years, and
only in Vegas as far as I know..I only know what he told me and from
what he shared, the parents only found out the real truth a few times
and usually nothing happened because they were embarrassed and also they
did not think anything could be done or just wanted to go back to Iowa
or wherever they came from and forget all about it....He bought off a
few parents and paid off some gambling debts for dad but basically just
skated away onto the next victim..
Well the girl who got pregnant
told her parents who the father was..she was 15 at the time..they were
pissed and wanted to press charges..My client was lucky in that regard
because the father wanted to talk to my client man to man before
pressing charges and had a phone number to one of the producers of the
show (I do not know how he got it or if the producer was also involved;
at the time it seemed to me, the producer had maybe given the girl his
card and maybe he had been part of this game, but he and my client and
the girl said no; but I have always wondered where the phone number had
come from)..well the producer got the call and found out the guy had not
pressed charges yet and managed to sweet talk him enough to have him
hold off until the actor could get contacted, and then after a few more
calls I became involved..
There was just no way this could become
public because this show was VERY highly rated and if there was a
criminal investigation, the police would find out about the other girls
and the show would collapse and people would lose their jobs, etc...
This
was the kind of case where you just felt dirty every second you were
involved...$$$ exchanged hands and a lot of ass kissing went on and
promises were made and the parties signed an agreement with VERY strict
confidentiality clauses..The girl/parents got money every year for 7
years as long as the story was kept quiet and no one admitted any
wrongdoing..I believe at the time 7 years was also the statute of
limitations for statutory rape in NV, but I do not know what it is
now..I do not know if the girl had the baby or not..My client stayed
away from Vegas and girls.....for about a year, and then I heard he
started again, and then stopped because something else happened, but I
did not want any part of it..as far as I know, after that last incident,
he stopped doing what he had been doing...
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