It makes me really sad that she even for a second considered the race of her rapist as a factor in whether or not she reported it. Scum is scum. Regardless of color.

Sometimes they are part of the problem.

I was surprised by how the article didn’t question Oliveira’s motives at all. While he was very up front about asking for and accepting money he did also write a book and a play about Simmons. There’s a chance that he was cut off for being a leech and now he wants back in. Though it is odd that Simmons is being so…

Thanks. He and his little brother, both. But I don’t know if he’d be this “awesome” if he bumped into, say, Drumpf.

He always seems so genuine and compassionate. You can tell it was a labor of love for him, and that he really wanted to help people change their lives.

This! I don’t understand why his team outside of his brother and housekeeper haven’t done just that. Unless they have and we don’t know it.

He seemed so caring toward people. I remember there was a show on MTV that let people meet their favorite star. A woman wanted to meet him. He was so sweet and kind to her.

Yeah, this concerns me. I’ve always admired him an respected him, and I hope that he is not being taken advantage of or abused. Doesn’t he have a lawyer or an agent or an accountant who could show up and insist that Simmons come out for lunch with him? They don’t have to go to some exposed Hollywood restaurant. They…

Your son sounds awesome. Mind if I asked how did you raise him? I hope my son is this awesome that he accidentally takes a pic with a celebrity.

My son, then 16, was in Europe with his history class 3 years ago. They were in Paris, just hanging, when someone approached them, saying in a sing-song voice, “I love Par-ee!” Aidan, who had no idea at the time who Richard Simmons was, thought this was just some homeless guy approaching them, so (because he fully…

Adult protective services in this country are a joke. We have policies and practices built on the expectations that people over the age of 18 are independent and capable of caring for themselves, they should know better than to let someone con them or harm them. So unless their case get to the courts and their rights…

I have ID channel on in the background and I’m pretty sure there were at least 3 versions of this story while I’ve been sitting here.

A welfare check would probably just involve the police coming in and saying “are you being held against your will” and if Richard says no it would essentially be over. It’s unlikely his living conditions would be deemed dangerous and unless there is a recommendation by a doctor there isn’t much the police could do.…

I think they did a welfare check last year and decided that Richard was just depressed about his dead dog and was laying low at home—-TMZ was writing about this story a lot back then.

According to the article (which I shamelessly devoured, last night), the police did conduct a welfare check, and pronounced him fine.

That’s just her face. But yes, she’s talented.

This Daily News piece was disturbing and sad :(. I had no idea Simmons had such a rough childhood and it’s so admirable how he devoted his life to helping others. I don’t buy the black magic thing, but as I was reading the mental illness angle stood out to me far more than any situation of being held hostage,…

Is it possible for police to make a welfare check on him? I know involving police isn’t always the best idea but it doesn’t seem like anyone else in his inner circle is really doing anything for him. I also don’t know anything about social work so I could be totally off base here.

She licked the donut of enlightenment.

They did the same skit with Bruno Mars @Pandora. Wow, SNL, just Wow.