First time I was molested, my dad was less than 2 feet behind me. The taxi driver fingered me as I sat up front with him...my father and siblings were in back. I just froze. I was 12 or so. I knew if I said anything my father would attack the guy. We were in a foreign country and I remember thinking he’d be out in a…

“Please focus on me as I read War and Peace aloud and pay no mind to Father #3 who is totally not sneaking up behind Larry Nassar right now.”

My only regret is that I forgot to incorporate the fact that he was right in front of the judge’s table.

“Yes they deserved to die and I hope they burn in Hell!”

Just a guess, but I wager the people laughing were people who had been in the court room constantly, possibly even other parents of victims. There’s a certain macabre desensitization that takes place over the course of violent cases.

I can tell you where Margraves’ head is: Every day he is going over and over and over in his mind about the dozens of clues he missed, and if he had just paid a little more attention he might have saved one of his daughters, if not all three. It’s torture. I had a family member victimized by a sexual predator over…

As follow up I am very glad my dad didn’t go to jail, but my view of him wasn’t hurt by his actions. In fact it felt good to have someone care that much about me. I don’t know the history of the dad in this case. In my father’s it was a reaction not his character all the time. He did have temper, but was not a…

He’ll need counseling as much as anyonr else in his family. I can’t imagine not feeling like I failed my family. I hope he gets the help he and his family needs.

I am not looking to victim blame when I ask this but what was the process? These girls were like 12? 14? at the time of abuse did they every say anything? Most sex abusers really groom their kids so they don’t talk about what happens but it doesn’t seem that Nassar did this. Did the girls ever come home and say “man…

The sheriff on top near his head, whispering anything he can to help console this poor father. He likely wishes he could let him loose. Just doing everything he can to try to help this guy get through it.

I thought the bailiffs did a great job there. They controlled him, but talked to him in soothing tones to calm him down. Honestly, it looked like they fully understood his reaction.

Hurt to watch. Reminded me of my dad: a union guy who probably poured every minute and every cent into his daughters so they could what they loved. I can’t fathom the pain he feels to have had his trust betrayed.

Aggravated assault? No. At most he’ll get some sort of disorderly conduct charge, which will be held in abeyance and then dismissed upon some sort of completion of community service or anger management or something. Woe to the prosecutor who would be willing to bring serious charges against this guy to a jury.

My father did something similar to this. I was molested by a pastor in the 80s (Pentecostal not Catholic, otherwise 100% same pattern of moving churches and covering up so lots and lots of victims) and when it came out he left the police station and went to the guy’s house. The police suspected he might by his…

Maybe a bit like Gary Plauche, who shot and killed his son’s abductor/molester in the airport after he was captured and only got 5 years probation and 300 hrs community service.

I think it would probably be hard to find a jury that would convict him of anything that would result in jail time. I’d guess they either let it slide, or he pleads to some charge with only minor consequences.

Next victim’s father...

He had a great opening, he made a fantastic, smooth transition, but he just couldn’t stick the landing.

Margraves: “Your Honor, can you grant me 5 minutes alone in a locked room with this...demon?” 

Why are MSU administrators moonlighting as bailiffs?