Posted on 12/06/2004 2:59:36 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
Too bad. His reputation has been ruined by false charges and there's not much he can do about it.
Sounds like it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. FOUR FAMILIES? Denied the children their Mom's death benefits? Are you're worried about HIS reputation?
No evidence, no priors, no case. Any one can claim that they were abused 'x' years ago; but unless you can show evidence to substanciate it, I don't think it should stand.
Granted, he is not the ideal father, role model, nor can I find much to admire about him in any capacity. But being a cretin and being a child molester are two very different things.
He's reputation is deservedly ruined even assuming the molestation charges were totally bogus. What a cad, he's just reaping the results of his dishonesty, irresponsible lifestyle, and being too lazy to buy condoms or a vasectomy. Not a bit of sympathy for him from me.
Now if the daughters made up the molestation charges, then I'd like to see them in jail for extortion, though that'll never happen.
Having not been privy to all the evidence and testimony heard in court but rather based upon what I did see and hear reported on in the media I too must say that I had enough doubt that I'd have to find the way the jury did.
Too bad. His reputation has been ruined by false charges and there's not much he can do about it.
Yes, that's always the down side to the type of system used. (some) People will always look at him with a bit of doubt in their minds. He will never be able to reclaim his reputation no matter what he does.
But what does it say about a man who has that many children willing to do this to him...
He was the legal and rightful beneficiary of the policy. So you want to convict someone of child molestation for collecting perfectly a perfectly legal insurance settlement?
you're worried about HIS reputation?
Of course I am, and so should every other decent citizen. No man deserves to face false accusations of molesting his children. Even if he was a murderer, still these false allegations would be a terrible crime. Once we cease to care about protecting the reputations of our fellow citizens from false criminal charges, we will have forfeited all our legal rights.
Yet only one of those things is a crime Paula.
Looks to me like 5 women conspired to get some money out of this creep.
Though they might have had it coming to them , this is the wrong way to get it.
i know..he won't be nominated for the father of the year award by the boys and girls club of houston
A lot of people were surprised to find that Murphy had been so promiscuous, but he was a local sports legend and a very popular announcer for the Rockets.
That's all gone now. He's no role model, but nobody deserves to be charged with false sexual molestation charges.
volumes.
cad.
78 straight free throws and ten ackowledged daughters..boy..this lad could really find the hoop
Agreed. I am not a fan of Murphy. Never liked him in fact. but, when a Insurance company rules in his favor and the next thing you know they all start yelling child abuser.......well the jury didn't buy it either.
If Scott Peterson was an athlete, he would have been found not guily.
If Sadaam Hussein was an athlete, he would be found not guilty.
Stalin and Hitler should have been athletes.
Well he worked with a local childrens center here. If he were a child molester, do you really think it would just be these five money hungry women? You bet the HPD interrogated every kid that ever got near Murphy. Again I don't like him, but I don't like lynch mobs headed by greedy bitches.
What was he doing outside the Rockets media? Did he still run a gymnastic school?
I don't recall it being a gymnastic school, although gym may have been part of the activities. It was some sort of community outreach for kids.
I, too, have never liked Calvin Murphy, he is a loud mouth windbag with horrible diction.
However, he is not guilty of molesting his children when they were younger. If it had been true, we would have heard about it years ago.
It's speaks volumes about the mental state of his daughters that they would do all this for $52,000.
It was a marching group.
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