I vaguely remember the race — I was 14 but lived in LA at the time. I do remember being mystified why everyone was made at Budd, but had absolutely no sense of the context.

Farah ran a fantastic race, and did have much more time to recover, but still. Zola Budd was in the lead; it’s not like Decker lead and Budd intentionally gave her a flat.

I remember watching this live.

“They’re homely, they’re simple, and they’re about to reproduce!”

Sexual assault didn't do that girl any good but who's counting.

Do these people think prison does ANYONE any good? Are they seriously under the impression other people get rehabilitated through it?

Our prison system is so fucked. How often do people gleefully crow when someone like Jared Fogle is convicted that they will be raped in prison? It’s a tacit acknowledgement that prison is a violent place, not a site for rehabilitation. Which then makes judges reluctant to sentence young, white,…

So glad the judicial system seems much more concerned with not ruining the lives of rapist / athletes than with protecting victims of sexual assault./s

“Prison would not do this kid any good.” Holy shit.

Holly Madison’s new baby’s name is “Rafael Michelangelo Leonardo Donatello”. There, I saved you guys a click through.

That documentary was heart breaking. They managed to track him down in like a day...there are so many women who escaped him and knew exactly what was up.

The saddest thing about this whole tragedy is that the LADP didn't bother investigating and the LA Times couldn't be bothered to report on a single case until recently. This case has shown me that America is more than willing to consume black women in media but their lives, be they taken by the state or private…

The linked article states that her youngest kids are calling him ‘dad’.

I agree, I think if they were 65 and 49 I wouldn’t care or see any reason for the law to get involved. His very young age makes me sad as does her two little kids. A person who says it is worth losing contact with her 9 and 12 year olds for love doesn’t strike me as a great parent.

Would you have felt the same way if it were a father having sex with his adult daughter? I’m guessing that you would be all for his younger kids being taken from his custody in that scenario.

I’m afraid I judge any relationship which inspires “my kids were taken away, but it’s worth it."

Seems like he’s just love starved.

When she said she didn’t care if she never saw her younger kids again as long as she got to keep [fucking] her teenage son, that made it pretty clear this is a very sick relationship no matter how open-minded you try to be. No. This is monumentally messed up.

Judge this. It’s wrong. The mother is the one at fault.

It makes me really uncomfortable that nobody seems to be saying much about the fact that he’s so much younger and how that makes him extra vulnerable. Nineteen is technically an adult, but you’re still young an easy to take advantage of. Not you, but the conversation in general. I feel like people get blinded by the…