I know we touched about this in the Sylvia Browne thread, but that thread is more about crackpot fake psychics than about this particular case so I thought I'd start a new one.I'm reading the coverage of this case, and it's getting to me. First of all, it sucks that the family is under such intense scrutiny because their son apparently had lots of opportunities to report his own abduction but didn't.
But the parents' statements to the media strike me as incredibly inappropriate.
Check this out:
quote:
The Akerses told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Thursday that they believe Devlin sexually assaulted their son, but on Friday they said they haven't yet asked Shawn to reveal details about his abduction. The parents said they plan to ask him "when the time is right." (Watch parents say why they believe boy was abused )When asked if they thought their son had been sexually abused, Pam Akers said, "I don't want everybody to think that he had this perfect life with this guy. There's no way he had a perfect life with this guy."
Okay. They haven't asked their son yet whether he was sexually abused. They want to wait until the time is right. So what do they do? They announce their unconfirmed SUSPICIONS of it on national television! Because I'm sure this kid has no way of finding out what his parents are saying about him on NATIONAL TELEVISION.
Except, oh wait, he is quite internet savvy (considering that he was communicating anonymously with his parents online), and he's 15 years old, so it's not like he's some 3 year-old that they can shield.
Why on earth would they DO that?
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posted 20 January 2007 08:07 PM
