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mushroom25
/// Not sure why there's so much fuss being made of this - it's a sad case to be sure, but the relationship between the teenager and the "celebrity" was perfectly legal. ////
There was enough fuss made over the Michael Barrymore case, which cost this very talented person future fame.
*** The inquest into the death of Lubbock commenced in September 2002 and the true extent of Barrymore's lifestyle, including drug taking and alcoholism was revealed. ***
/// Gay men are not generally unprincipled hedonistic monsters - had he been seeing a female celeb, the word grooming would never have been
mentioned. ///
Well of course not one doesn't hear of women grooming men, although there are some who will 'entice' men.
*** DC Gadsby said Ben had told the nurse about a private party at a separate address. ‘At some point during this party a group of men got Ben to strip and began playing with him. Another guest told them to stop.’ ***
*** Another nurse told how Ben claimed to have been raped. But once he had used the word he never returned to the subject. ***
All this sounds pretty monstrous to me.