Friday, October 26th, 2007
It’s About Time
Posted by Bossip Staff
Via CNN:
The Georgia Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison, ruling 4-3 that his sentence for a teen sex conviction was cruel and unusual punishment. Wilson, 21, was convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17. He has served more than two years in prison.
It’s a shame that over two years of his life went down the drain just from a little fellatio fun on New Year’s Eve.
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G60d for him…
Yeah, but he fought the good fight for a good cause. Because of Genarlow’s struggle, that ridiculous law was struck down. He’s a civil rights hero in my eyes.
Thanks for the story.
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get a job….
That is so trifling of the Georgia Court System to have him go to jail for that petty conviction, even more so that the court obviously was still split w/ a 4-3 verdict. I’m so glad he didn’t take a plea deal.
A few words of advice Genarlow; stay away from My*****e and any award show where there is more security than celebrities.
If sex amongst teens is a crime, most of use would be locked up right now
Justice came late, but a young man can get back on the road to getting his life back. I live in Atlanta, am embarr*****ed by my state’s legislative and judiciary branches. I think that Genarlow should sue!! As usual, Georgia remains an embarr*****ment to all.
hope we don’t have to trade him for Mychal Bell
Let’s just all stand up and walk out now…who’s coming with me..Jan!
That’s wonderful, I’m glad to hear this.
I hope that he can use this experience for greater purposes and that he does great things with his life.
Now while I agree that the 10 year sentence was severe I support Statutory Rape laws very much so… Hopefully he’s learned a lesson. Maybe he needs to stop sticking his dyck down 15 year olds girls throats..
I smell a lawsuit
@ the truth:
He would have no grounds to sue.. He was sentenced within the guidelines of the sentencing that he could receive at that time… At that time there wasa mandaroty 10 year sentence for statutory rapists…
DAAAYUUUMMM! YOU CAN’T GIVE OR GET “SKULL” IN THE ATL!?
He should sue! He was a good student and sports player with scholarships on the table. Trust that those opportunities are gone. He can still go to school, but those things that he worked hard for were taken away because of this injustice. We aren’t going to even talk about the mess he had to deal with in jail. No amount of money and / or therapy is going to fix the damage that was done.
I do agree that statutory rape statutes should remain, but both of them were minors at the time of the offense. Where is the statutory rape in this case? Now, R. Kelly and all the minors that he had sex with, that is statutory rape. He hasn’t served a day! He is going on tour and people are paying to see him. Where is the justice in that?
I don’t know the whole story but, they should’ve repremanded the 15 year old who allowed this guy to “sing in her choir” as well. Some of these teenage girls need to be punished as well…..they too hot in crotch these days. She should’ve marinated in a juevenille detention for 2 years just like ol’ boy did.
I hope someone sets up a scholarship fund for this guy.
I would donate to it.
If every 17 year old who had sex with a 15 year old were to be prosecuted, the jails would be overflowing right now.
michelle
I don’t know the whole story but, they should’ve repremanded the 15 year old who allowed this guy to “sing in her choir” as well. Some of these teenage girls need to be punished as well…..they too hot in crotch these days. She should’ve marinated in a juevenille detention for 2 years just like ol’ boy did.
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The 15 year old girl was WHITE!!!
Thank God. Now he can move on with is life. I hope this doesn’t ***** him up and I hope he can move past this tragedy and find peace. I credit him for standing up for himself and refusing to accept a plea.
Georgia is a *****in’ ***** backwards state. Trust.
I hope he makes some money off this *****, too.
http://www.theblackactor.com
Yes, it is good that he was released from jail! I guess that they were mad because one of their PURE(smh) white *****s got in in the mouth by a brother! That just goes to show you that racism is still live, and kicking!
This is good news!!!! Now let Free TI!!!!
I think that in theory the law makes sense….in the sense that it was designed to prevent underage children from parti*****ting in sexual acts (consenting or non consenting) with adults…however when you consider consensual sex between a 15 and 17 year old…come on …the fact that he was convicted and sentenced to jail like he was some 40 year old man with a 15 year old girl was absolutely ridiculous….my hope is that he will learn how to function outside of jail after this travesty…my understanding is that he was a fairly good kid…athlete…and now he has to start all over as an adult and try and figure out how he fits into the outside world….I wish him much success
^^^^^^lets
AMEN AND GOD BLESS THIS BORTHA BECAUSE HE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO..
^^^you know no bruthaz want black chicks nowadays. White women are the most beautiful. No one wants to bang black chicks unless they have to
I’m glad he’s OUT of jail, but he never should have been IN a hotel room from the beginning!
Prom night, he and his friends were in a hotel room prom with several girls, including the 15 year old. They taped themselves having sex and, of course, showed the tape to other people.
I lay the blame squarely on his parents. We’ve got to learn to parent our children BEFORE they find themselves in trouble!
I think another factor for the sentencing is that the fellatio was video taped and because the girl was underage the court considered the tape kiddie *****, so that was also part of it.
I find it ridiculous that he was in jail for 2 years for getting some head. I realize the girl was 15, but he didn’t rape her and being that he was 17 at the time doesn’t matter to me. This situation to me has nothing to do with statutory rape, it has to do with racism…period. I’m glad that he is out of jail though finally. And hopefully that young white girl will keep her mouth off the brothers’
TT Slick sez,
I do agree that statutory rape statutes should remain, but both of them were minors at the time of the offense. Where is the statutory rape in this case? Now, R. Kelly and all the minors that he had sex with, that is statutory rape. He hasn’t served a day! He is going on tour and people are paying to see him. Where is the justice in that?
But, if R. Kelly had sex with a “WHITE GIRL” who was a minor, he would be doing mega time touring the jail circuit.
And, if R. Kelly had sex with a “ugly dog”, he would be doing time.
He look like his manhood was taken…If so it was a shame….
a 15yr old girl or a 15yr old boy? *givin Genarlow the side eye*
i understand someone gave head but i wanna know who. did he eat her cooch or did she do the fellatio???? i’m surprised it was a girl cos this dude has some real *****-suckin-lips
thanks for the comments about my new video! i’m making it rain on these hoes
all my love
Mary x
Hope he gets his life back on track and can move beyond this…
The girl was actually black, her mom was interviewed and stated that the DA forced the charges in the first place similar to Jena 6 DA, he threatened the mom with child protection charges against her if she did not file criminal charges against him. The mother of the “victim” and the “victim” herself never wanted this case.
Thank you Jesus ……you have answer one of many prayers.
Free Mycal Bell
K.ola said:
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get a job….
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Kiss my *****.
I wish some of you would read up on Genarlow’s story, because it is obvious many of you know nothing about it. As much as I read on the case I still don’t know the race of the 15 and 17-year old girls. How do you know she is white? Secondly, the 15 year old gave head around the room to mulitple boys. She literally walked up to them and pulled their stuff out and put it in her mouth. This was not statutory rape unless you are charging the girl. The party was wrong from a parents standpoint, but it definately was not criminal.
This is the best news I’ve heard all week. I am so happy for him and his family. Like some of the others have said, he still has an opportunity to go to school and move on with his life. I wish him well!
Now you’re legal, you can have all the sex you want…with other people who are legal.
Can he get some fellatio from that same chick now the out? He really needs it now LOL
lmao @Al Anon. You right though.
Yes, it is 2007 instead of 1867, but many things have not changed in the South. It is in*****bent upon us to recognize and remember that.
This should be another lesson to the brothas… STOP FOOLING WITH THEM WHITE WOMEN!
Bird the girls were white, and I agree with you she willing did her business and was happy with it. Even the Mother of girl in question felt this was blown (No Pun) out of proportion.
Wonder if the DA will still insist he register as a sex offender after this, the other boys took pleas from what they said, did they have to register as well, if so, then they are all still screwed, as far as employment goes.
Here’s one for everybody the DA in this case is a Black man married to a ………White woman. SMH
The girls involved in this case were BLACK!!!
we need to get that fact clear right now.
I thank God everyday I don’t live in the south. The south has a tradition of the destruction of young black men, “by any means necessary” I would have locked my boys (20 & 25) in the house until they were legal.
YEAH BIRD PEOPLE ARE JUST IGNORANT TO THE FACTS!! I TELL YOU WHAT WE AS A PEOPLE BETTER WAKE UP AND STOP BEING SO NEGITIVEAND GET WITH HOW OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED. I WAS RAISED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE WHITE MAN,WE USE TO THINK MY POPS WAS BUGGIN ,EVEYTHING HE HAS SAIS FOR THE PAST 35 YRS. IS TRUE. THEY DON’T LOVE US AND THIS MEANS YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF AND STAY FOCUSED ON OUR PEOPLE!!I am not prejudice,but I know white folks can turn on you like the devil himself. If they don’t like the way you walk they will fire you. They try so hard to keep us in jail, look at all the men that is getting out of jail because of DNA. They only love us if we have money and they can benefit from us!!People like Michael Jordan and Oprah is not black to them!!This man was wrongfully jail because they want to stop our young black men who are trying to become something in life,besides a bum!
Does anyone else feel that this DA, the Duke DA, the Jena 6 DA are waayyy over prosecuting minor cases? This seems to be an established pattern all over these states, why doesn’t the feds take a good look at these cases?
Serious Sister I heard the girl was white?
Jack M Off
Bird the girls were white.
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I have never read that in a news story on this case. Some bloggers say the girls were black others say they were white. I chose to believe that none of you really knows their race and its not important anyway. Whatever they were they had horribly low self-esteem. I hope that situation has improved.
FIDDY,
I can truly relate with what your Pops said! Being the mother of 2 black men has not been easy, especially since I wanted better for our family. My husband and I both work 80 hours a week to live in the ‘burbs, living in what is called by the media “The Whitest City in America” by CNN, I didn’t believe it but the census proves it, you live on your toes every day of the week, racial profiling sucks to hell and back everyday.
Serious Sister
The Feds haven’t done anything because this Administration (Bush) have made Terrorism it’s #1 priority. There by taking valuable resources away from these types of cases. SMH
And can the conscious people of the world say
Amen.
It’s about time, and I know who ain’t getting my vote during the next state elections in GA
Some of you have no idea what you’re talking about. Read people! The girl that Genarlow had oral sex with was white and her mother is white. The DA is white. The Georgia Attorney General is black.
I saw the girl with her mohter on the news, along with snippets of the video that was made the kids (damn camcorders)
Court TV did a live interview with the mom her face was blurred on the screen, but you could see her hands and arm, she was black.
Jessica
Take it easy *L* regardless of her race this case is just bad for all.
I hope the young people learned from this experience and go on to live happy, productive lives. A few minutes of fun turned their lives into 2 years of hell.
Everybody has done something stupid when they were a teenager. Damn….He was just 17 and the girl was 15 and they probably went to the same school or were in high school at the same time. Now this girl is scandalous they need to probe her butt to find out when did these oral fixations start. Because if she was giving oral sex to boys in the room you can better believe this isn’t her first encounter with oral sex.
***Yawn***
Who cares?
Report: Mother of minor in teen sex case changed statement after visit from prosecutors
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a then-15-year-old girl in a highly publicized teen sex case told a newspaper that the boy involved should not have been criminally charged, but she changed her statement a day later after a visit from prosecutors, the newspaper said Thursday.
Lawyer B.J. Bernstein, who represents the young man, Genarlow Wilson, called the prosecution’s visit “pure intimidation.”
She said the mother’s interview had made clear that the New Year’s Eve party encounter between Wilson, then 17, and the 15-year-old girl “was definitely a consensual act.”
Wilson was convicted of aggravated child molestation and — based on a law that has since been changed — was sentenced to a mandatory 10 years in prison. That sentence drew widespread criticism as grossly disproportionate to the crime, and a judge on Monday, calling it a “grave miscarriage of justice,” ordered Wilson released. But Wilson, now 21, is still behind bars because the state attorney general is appealing the decision.
In an interview Tuesday, the girl’s mother told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that her daughter had told her the videotaped sex acts were consensual. The mother also said she regretted that she didn’t ask prosecutors not to charge Wilson and four other boys at the party.”She did not want any of this to happen,” the mother said. “I felt like Douglas County was trying to make an example out of these boys.”
The day after that interview, the mother spoke to the Journal-Constitution again, saying she was worried that she might be misquoted. She said Douglas County *****istant District Attorney Eddie Barker was at her home with an audio recorder to discuss what she had said.
Douglas County District Attorney David McDade later disclosed that his office had taped the woman’s second conversation, the newspaper reported.
“We were actually at her home when you were talking to her (Wednesday) morning,” McDade said, according to the paper. “We were recording the conversation and so we have a tape of her telling you that you were twisting her words.”
Bernstein said Thursday, “It was something that almost reminds us of what happens in a Communist country, that when you speak out about something to the media, you get a visit from the government.”
Messages left Thursday with McDade’s office seeking further comment were not immediately returned.
Barker, the *****istant district attorney, told the paper: “Never once did she ever ask us not to prosecute this case.”
In the initial interview on Tuesday, the mother told the newspaper that before Wilson’s trial, Barker had told her that if she didn’t *****ist the prosecution, she could face legal trouble for “neglect” as a parent. Barker denied that *****ertion, the newspaper said.
On Wednesday, the mother said that Barker had not been “threatening” her but rather giving her advice.
The AP is not naming the mother to protect the identity of the girl, who is considered a sex crime victim.
The girl, now 18, declined a request for an interview. The mother said the young woman had since joined the military to pursue a career in nursing.
“She is trying to put it all behind her,” the mother said. “She does not want to come back to Douglasville because it is still a touchy subject. She still deals with it every day.”
I just skimmed through this, so maybe i’m missing something, but if he was 17, how was this statutory rape? Isn’t 17 still considered the age of a minor?
Finally some good news I have been following this case from the begining and I thought it was a lost time for a little bit but god is good and I hope and pray that you really get your life back on track and don’t let us down like the fool from the jena six.
I thought it was, but the DA coming there with advice is what caught my attention, and the statement about neglect charges for the mom caught my attention.
How the hell did they even get away with this? She consented and he wasn’t 18. Can someone fill me in?
he’s being released now live on cnn
He already spent two years out of how many?Does anyone know how long his sentence was for?
oops now they say later. sorry
Serious Sister
Thank you for the article,
The DA decided to charge him as an adult instead of a juvenile like the other boys involved. The way the case went, the families of the other boys took the lower charge to get it over with, but he with this family, decided to fight charges period. After the mom said she didnt want to charge this, the DA went ahead anyway, then upped the charge to an adult charge effectively putting it to him and his family.
The DA knew ultimately he could keep him there that long because the law was on the books, then the law changed, and he had to back down.
The only thing he can do to hurt him now is to demand that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, which I for one would not put past him.
his original sentence was 10 years and sex offender registration.
I heard the girl was black:s
I can’t understand how this even could take place
IF y’all (you know who I’m referring to) are in here, COME GET ME…I BROKE IN FOR A MINUTE…get me before something go wrong and I can’t come back! lol
@ Serious Sister
So let me get this right. There is a law in Georgia saying that 17 is there legal age and while this guy was in jail they changed it? I’m confused.
Harlem guy
You are more than welcome. I hope it was of some *****istance. Here are some others.
Court TV Morning with Vinnie Politan … Monday, October 29, 2007. THE CASE OF GENARLOW WILSON An update on the case
of Genarlow Wilson. Wilson was a 17-year old star athlete …
http://www.courttv.com/Sirius/
Jami Floyd: Best Defense: Student, Athlete, Sex Offender on Court … … Genarlow_wilsonGenarlow Wilson is a former honor student and former star athlete.
He is also serving a ten year sentence for having sex with a cl*****mate. …
blog.courttv.com/jami_floyd/2007/02/genarlow_wilson.html
Report: Mother of minor in teen sex case changed statement after … … Thursday. Lawyer BJ Bernstein, who represents the young man, Genarlow Wilson,
called the prosecution’s visit “pure intimidation.”. She …
http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/0614/wilson_ap.html
Jami Floyd: Best Defense: The Law on Court TV … Genarlow_wilsonGenarlow Wilson is a former honor student and former star athlete.
He is also serving a ten year sentence for having sex with a cl*****mate. …
blog.courttv.com/jami_floyd/the_law/
to: And…
His sentence was for 10 years.
From a legal standpoint, I don’t understand how they could charge him either unless their age of consent in the state is 16 or 17.
Who was his attorney…was it a public defender.??
Talk about being railroaded.
Oh and a big fat “thx” to bossip queens for posting something w/ a little depth! That’s all I’ve been asking for other than “who’s more bangin” !!!
Now we get to have actual discussions w/ this topic.
danke
The girl should have went to jail too. It it wasnt like he forced her to commit the act. It takes 2 to tango
No the law states 18 and older, but the DA bent the law and charged him as an adult, thats where the “cruel and unusual punishment ruling” came from.
In other cases in the same county, they were handled as juveniles, given 6 mos probation, and no sex offender registration.
That’s where the fight between the DA and the family began.
@M-DADDY OAKLANDS FINEST
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The girl should have went to jail too. It it wasnt like he forced her to commit the act. It takes 2 to tango
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That’s what the hell I’m saying. How is it that two minors both want to do something sexual but only the male is charged with doing something wrong? DAMN THIS IS *****ED UP. Neither one should have been charged with anything but if they charged him they should have charged her too. What made it illegal? The act? Well both were involved.
@Serious Sister
Thanks for the info. I can but I can’t believe stuff like this is going on in the “greatest country in the world.”
My question was answered up top I see.
STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS… DO THE RIGHTTHING AND MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANY OTHERBLACK PERSON.. WANT TO KNOW HOW.. SUE THEIR *****ES FOR SO MUCHTHEY WILLTHINK TWICE ABOUT PRESSING BOGUS CHARGES AGAINST BLACKS.
THAT IS OUR PROBLEM.. WE SIT BACK ANND DON’T DO***** AND THE SYSTEM GETS AWAY WITH FLAGRANT RACIAL TREATMENT. MAKE A STAND. HIS JOURNEY ISNOTOVER IF HE WANTS TO DO SOME GOOD FOR HIS RACE AND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SUE THE RED OUT THOSE NECKS BOY!!!!!! OH YEAH STAY AWAY FROM PIGS!!!
Thx Serious Sister
Georgia Supreme Ct. is basically saying that he was indeed a minor and for the DA to charge him as an adult when the law clearly states the penalty is for an “adult” (18 years and over) was on its face cruel and unusual, and that the charge never should have gone forward like this, the original sentencing judge could have ordered the case refiled correctly, but did not due to media exposure, and other factors.
txshawty is that you?
PP YES!!
Is it me or does it seem like these white prosecutors around America especially the south are trying to by p***** the laws of this country in an attempt to throw decent young black men in jail. Things as of lately that have been going on like this ordeal and Jena 6 just makes me wonder. I think we as a people better start getting educated on the laws of the land. If any black attorneys read this post please start trying to have some type of seminars or meetings with black youths in your community in an attempt to at least forewarn them about prejudices that exist in the judical system.
Technically, the DA threatened the mom with a child protective service charge, but the girl could have been charged as well for “prostitution by a minor”
black people have to keep their noses extra clean. remember that.
1st Black Miss USA 6
PP COME BACK HERE AND RESCUE ME, MAN!
PP: Thanks boo! Don’t tell *****ody I’m here PLEASE!
I WAS TYPING TO FAST.. MY BAG.. ALSO THE GIRL IS BLACK
The girl involved was in fact white. They did an interview with Oprah where the girl stated, “My daddy isn’t racist. He loves coloreds!” I remember this vividly. Coloreds!!!
@Serious Sister
in response to:
Georgia Supreme Ct. is basically saying that he was indeed a minor and for the DA to charge him as an adult when the law clearly states the penalty is for an “adult” (18 years and over) was on its face cruel and unusual, and that the charge never should have gone forward like this, the original sentencing judge could have ordered the case refiled correctly, but did not due to media exposure, and other factors.
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So b/c of “media and other factors” the original sentencing judge broke the law. I hope this guy sues the hell out of them. We need support. No wonder I have to many friends who won’t *****ociate with white people especially the police. What is our world coming to????
Mahogany
Oh and a big fat “thx” to bossip queens for posting something w/ a little depth! That’s all I’ve been asking for other than “who’s more bangin” !!!
Now we get to have actual discussions w/ this topic.
danke
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I’m not trying to take credit for it, but when I heard the news about Genarlow’s release and saw it wasn’t on Bossip after a few minutes, I just sent them a message. A few minutes later they posted the story.
Maybe if you see something newsworthy and you bring it to their attention they will run it. Of course, first and foremost Bossip is an entertainment site.
For those of you who don’t know all the details, please read this article from About.com:
http://uspolitics.about.com/b/a/207995.htm
It doesn’t state the girl’s race, but it gives what happened and some insight into why this young man was treated so harshly.
Here’s an excerpt:
Plea Deal Declined
Wilson chose not to plea bargain because first, he wasn’t guilty of either rape or molestation, and second, he did not want to spend his entire adult life on a registry of sexual offenders. He was the only teen involved whose case went to trial. The others suc*****bed to pressure from the DA’s office; most also had prior records. Wilson did not.
The small-town (Douglasville estimated population in 2005: 27,568) district attorney and prosecutor — Eddie Barker — made Wilson pay for the effrontery of insisting on his innocence. [Also, Douglasville is predominantly white; Wilson is black.]
Why do I say they “made him pay”? First, the DA’s office agreed that the young woman initiated the act. (So did she.) So why prosecute? Wilson was an honors student, had no tangles with the law, and there was no crime, ie, no one was harmed.
Nevertheless, McDade and Barker chose to prosecute the case. Moreover, as ESPN writes:
Barker is quick to point out that he offered Wilson a plea after he’d been found guilty — the first time he has ever done that. Of course, the plea was the same five years he’d offered before the trial — not taking into account the rape acquittal. Barker thinks five years is fair for receiving oral sex from a schoolmate. None of the other defendants insisted on a jury trial. Wilson did. He rolled the dice, and he lost. The others, he says, “took their medicine.”
This quote makes no sense to me. I don’t see how Barker could offer a plea post-conviction if the mandatory sentence is 10 years. Before trial, sure.
Atlanta Magazine quotes District Attorney McDade:
“We don’t believe that a 10-year sentence is an appropriate punishment [in this case], but he made that decision to put himself in that predicament,” explains McDade, of Genarlow’s refusal to cop a plea. “He has decided to become a martyr because people have been whispering in his ear, ‘We’ll make you famous like Marcus Dixon.’” …
McDade says he further supported the judge’s decision to treat Genarlow—the only one who had not had any run-ins with the law prior to this case—the same as the other [five] boys because he does not believe in offering First Offender status in sex crime cases.
I find the attitude reflected by the DA’s office to be small-minded, abhorrent and fully representative of too many middle-aged southern white men. (I know of what I speak: I am a middle-aged southern white woman, even if I no longer live in my native South.)
Consistency Is Not Douglas County’s Strong Suit
Atlanta Magazine points out the inconsistency when the Douglasville defendant is an adult white male:
But there are also other cases of adults—white adults—prosecuted by the Douglas County District Attorney’s office for sex crimes involving minors and received far lighter sentences than any of the teens in the Douglasville Six case.
Case in point: Jack Stewart, a 24-year-old volunteer coach at Heirway Christian Academy in Douglas County, who received 30 days in jail and 10 years probation for fondling the 15-year-old daughter of a couple whose house he was living at temporarily. McDade notes that he objected in court to the “inappropriately light” sentence.
In the case of 26-year-old George Tsimpides, First Offender status was extended in a sex crime. Tsimpides received 20 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to luring a 15-year-old girl he’d met on the Internet to Arbor Place Mall with the intention of engaging in sex with her. McDade says he publicly objected to that sentence.
One *****umes these cases occurred before Georgia’s mandatory 10 year prison term; Atlanta Magazine does not say.
What You Can Do
If you know someone in Georgia, have them contact their legislators (Senate, House) and urge their support for Senate Bill 37 (bill text, summary). The bill would untie the hands of the courts.
You should also have them contact the Governor, although there is no possibility of parole.
Of course, you can do this too, even if you are not a Georgia resident, but having a constituent write or call or even e-mail is more effective.
Oh, and if you know of a PR firm that wants to do some pro bono work …
See Also: Wilson Appeal.
loverofall
The girl involved was in fact white. They did an interview with Oprah where the girl stated, “My daddy isn’t racist. He loves coloreds!” I remember this vividly. Coloreds!!!
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I think you are mixing this up with the Marcus Dixon case. Marcus been out of prison and attends Hampton University on scholarship. Appartently all those white schools that were scouting him didn’t want him after he spent nearly 2 years wasting away in prison.
PP…I don’t even see that listed
loverofall
The girl involved was in fact white. They did an interview with Oprah where the girl stated, “My daddy isn’t racist. He loves coloreds!” I remember this vividly. Coloreds!!!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. COLOREDS??!?!?!?! So the girl is white!!! When were they on Oprah? I want to read the manuscript for that show.
@ Bird. No the girl was not white. She was black. They videotaped these sexual acts. An according to the video the girl was black. They all were.
I’ve been knowing about this case for a while now. Its so good to hear that he’s out. This was such a crazy thing to happen.
@AND…Yes, the judge could have corrected this long ago, it’s done all of the time, however, since the case was so high profile, they decided to make an example of him. The judge and the DA committed “prosecutorial misconduct”, which can be charged by the Georgia State Bar *****ociation, and the Trial Judge *****ociation, they can be fined and penalized.
I think that we as a people should each purchase some basic law material and start reading up, its going to keep happening everywhere.
2awake
thanks for the info
I wonder if he will now leave the white girls alone,
Serious Sister
@AND…Yes, the judge could have corrected this long ago, it’s done all of the time, however, since the case was so high profile, they decided to make an example of him. The judge and the DA committed “prosecutorial misconduct”, which can be charged by the Georgia State Bar *****ociation, and the Trial Judge *****ociation, they can be fined and penalized.
I think that we as a people should each purchase some basic law material and start reading up, its going to keep happening everywhere.
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You’re right. I would be damned if they sent my son to jail AND… I would tell him if she isn’t your age keep your ***** to yourself.
Serious Sister
Thanks for all the info girl!
LOL so many of our guys want to get with the white folks but look what happens when they do.
As to the color of the victim…
If this girl was white her mama would have been all over tv crying this n***** done raped my girl, she would have milked the media for all it was worth.
If the girl was white, the DA would never have “advised” the woman to press charges, she would have had every major white organization behind her and believe me, the charges would have stood.
If the girl was white, why didn’t anyone protest the changing of the story, news officials were there.
The snippet of the camera phone that has gotten out does not show a white person in the clip they are black.
Making the victim be white does not change the fact that these people were intimidated, and the boy was unfairly charged, maybe it helps some people sleep better at nite knowing she was white, I don’t know but read between then lines.
@Serious Sister
I agree. I don’t give a ***** if she was green. He was still unfairly prosecuted.
Not me, my woman is a BLACK BEAUTY!!!
@Bird
You are certainly welcome! Glad I could be of *****istance, thanks to all of you for an excellent discussion, looking forward to more.
Them racsist *****f*ckas always trying to hold a brotha down. Thats all this case is all about. Black brothas got to keep they nose 10 times cleaner than the white brothas out here. It’s a damn shame.
SQUAD UP!
Is everyone parti*****ting in the BLACKOUT NOV 2ND
its a protest being aimed at congress over the Jena 6, Genarlow, nooses, and some other matters. Radio is asking all blacks not to spend money for 24 hours to take 2 billion dollars out of the economy so they will know we are a serious force to be reconned with.
If it wasn’t for the revised law he would still be in jail.That’s why you should never plead your case out.LAWS CHANGE EVERYDAY THAT COULD SET YOU FREE.
I think dudes should stop f’n every chick they see. stop to atleast find out her age, even a chicks name before they have sex with them.. maybe if they take the time out 2 not think they gotta screw every chick that smile @ them.thy’d be ok. Not saying like it’s this dudes, fault. but half of it is though. not like he innocent in this. but hey he’s out. we’ll see if he ends up on my*****e flashing his support $ & bragging like the jena 6 idiots
He was charged because back in the day the law was to prevent teenagers from having oral sex. It was not about raping of anyone. It was to prevent anyone under 16 from giving or receiving oral pleasures. That is how he was able to be charged with RAPE… The girl giving the oral sex was indeed white, not black… WHY DO YOU THINK THEY MADE A BIG DEAL OF THIS???
Why he look like that???
@ TT Slick
“I do agree that statutory rape statutes should remain, but both of them were minors at the time of the offense. Where is the statutory rape in this case? Now, R. Kelly and all the minors that he had sex with, that is statutory rape. He hasn’t served a day! He is going on tour and people are paying to see him. Where is the justice in that?”
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I am happy to see that I am not the only person upset about this
Remember statutory rape laws are tricky. Some of them have a minimum age requirement so even if the law says the age of consent is 14 that is only if the other partner was within 3 years of the younger individual. Most people don’t realize that no where in the United Sates are two people under the age of consent allowed to have sex. So even 2 sixteen year olds can’t even have sex together if the age of consent is 18, but most people don’t press the issue unless the parents are *****ed off or the DA is trying to make an example of someone. There was a case with a 13 year old girl who got pregnant by her 12 year old boyfriend and she was charged with statutory rape, but they later dropped the charges.
@ Michelle
SHUT THE HELL UP! before you know it you going be asking for us to lynch rape victims like they do in the middle east
I’m sorry but he was 17 and she was 15. That’s not a huge age difference. I can understand if he was 17 and she was 12. But come on? And he went to prison at 17; that’s crazy and must have been a scary experience. I don’t want to make it about race, but let’s be real, it’s always about race. They took a 17 year old BOY and sentenced to jail for 10 years. If it was a Timmy that had done this; the case would have been dismissed or he would have gone to juvenile. Now, is that him in the pic, hate to say it but it looks like prison turned him ‘out.’ You can defintely see it in the pic, when I first saw the pic, I thought this story was about some gay dude.
That meakes me disgusted; I feel bad for him. You can tell prison changed him, he’s prbably gay now. And I;m being serious, just look at the pic. So sad. And at 17-21, he should have been enjoying his life. When you take a boy and put him in a population full of sharks; they will take advantage of that boy. That must have been terrifying experience for him. And this to me was an injustice, this case wall all about race baby. White girl. Black Boy. In the South. Do the math. I hope he can come blessed and stronger from this unfortunate event in his life.
if the act was video tapped, does child *****ography come into play?
@ Bird
I agree and I know I’m reaching but I would like to see bossip run more relavant stories because SO many people hit this site.
The discussions are so good and meaty when it’s any kind of “news” related subject….something real life. The intelligence spews on the screen when we finally get a good subject and I love that ish!
Some teen could come on here and read something life-changing and enlightening for their own betterment…they’re not going to Mom, Dad etc.
Not that I don’t want all my superficial gossip and banter to stop, just mix it up a little, bossip.
Bird
K.ola said:
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Kiss my *****.
I wish some of you would read up on Genarlow’s story, because it is obvious many of you know nothing about it. As much as I read on the case I still don’t know the race of the 15 and 17-year old girls. How do you know she is white? Secondly, the 15 year old gave head around the room to mulitple boys. She literally walked up to them and pulled their stuff out and put it in her mouth. This was not statutory rape unless you are charging the girl. The party was wrong from a parents standpoint, but it definately was not criminal.
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the girl was white, it in the paper a while back
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@Kiks “even more so that the court obviously was still split w/ a 4-3 verdict. I’m so glad he didn’t take a plea deal.”
You are SOOOOOOOOOOO RIGHT!! I’m still stuck on the 3 azzholes who thought the original sentencing was just. All I can say is… All y’all AfroAmerican guys who think it’s cool to fool w/a clear girl… you best to start thinking again. Master Lyncher still exists and he’s headed for that azz if you don’t start thinking twice.
And before I get a response about me being “racist”, check the message. It’s not about ME being racist, it’s about the racist court systems and those who rule from them!!!
I think a couple of posts read the story wrong, it shouldn’t have been statutory(sp) rape because he was 17 and she was 15 both were minors.
To all those who are interested this was on ABC Primetime’s website:
“Genarlow Wilson and a group of friends had the kind of bash no parent would want their teenager to attend. Crime scene investigators combing the room in a Days Inn in the small town of Douglasville, Ga., found evidence of drinking, as well as condoms and wrappers littered all over. Plus, there was a video camera.
In a portion of a tape obtained by “Primetime,” Wilson, then 17 and an honor student and star athlete who was homecoming king, is seen having intercourse with a 17-year-old girl, who was seen earlier on the bathroom floor. During the sex act, she appears to be sleepy or intoxicated but never asks Wilson to stop. Later on in the tape, she is seen being pulled off the bed.
Other portions of the tape show a second girl, who was 15 and later said she did not drink that night. She was recorded having oral sex with several boys in succession, including Wilson.”
If you want to read more about the story and want to see an “edited” portion of the video of the events that occurred that night as well as the interview Genarlow did with ABC go to http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LegalCenter/Story?id=1693362&page=1
The court split pretty much the same as the Marcus Dixon case, which was the black guy & white girl case, it also happened in Georgia, they really don’t want to let the guys off, yet the girls can be charged with prostitution
He looks like he’ll suck the sapp outta’ tree !!
He got some big pink greeezy ***** lips.
Furthermore, the reason why he was charged with statutory rape is because the girl who gave him oral sex was 15 y/o at the time and the statutory age for sexual consent in Georgia is 16. So had the girl been just year older then there wouldn’t have been any criminal charges. Technically, even though both Genarlow and the 15 y/o girl are considered minors in the sense that they cannot vote or buy cigarettes in the state of Georgia a 17 y/o is considered an ADULT for purposes of consenting to engage in oral sex. I know that sounds backwards but what can you expect from good ol’ Georgia. Nine years ago (‘98) it was still illegal for a husband and his wife to peform oral sex on each other – with a possible 20 year sentence.
Wouldn’t live there with my sons if they gave me a house.
Sorry to post so much but……the funny thing is that if Genarlow had vaginal intercoure with her he would not have been charged with a crime and he wouldn’t have wasted 2 years of his life behind bars. Somehow the idiot legislatures in Georgia found a distinction between two minors having intercourse and two minors having oral sex.
@Legal Justice
Not a problem, I think I wore out my keyboard on this story today, I’m just happy it’s resolved, and it got a lot of our people thinking about it.
@ Serious Sister
Yeah I’m happy that it got resolved too. Genarlow and Marcus Dixon need to make sure that they stay clear from trouble with the law – even a traffic ticket.
OT: I actually interned for a DA’s office in a city that shall remain nameless (LOL) and a Black friend of mine that I went to college with thought I was selling out for doing so. I explained to him that there were too many Brothers and Sisters going to jail over BS and too often the people who are prosecuting them have never set foot inside their communities or give two cents about the obstacles and adversity that they have had to overcome. Thus, while we need good Black defense attorneys who can empathize with them and give them a good defense we also need good Black prosecutors working for the “system” to educate those other non-Black prosecutors (b/c some of the Asian ones are as bad as the white ones) about the struggles of being Black in America and to give them a different perspective on certain cases.
Sorry Black guys if you dates us White girls you know you can go to jail very easily. That’s the price you have to pay for dating us.I’m really happy he’s being released from prison.
I really like dating black men but sometimes I think its not worth it because our cultures are so different.
Most black men that I’ve date want to be white men they say they can get further in life if they act white. I always tell them to never put there own race down for another.
My black boyfriend is always telling me he loves my blonde hair and blue eyes and my white skin I think he so obsessed with me because I’m white and sometimes that bothers me.
I always asked him why he only dates white women he said because back in the slavery days white men loved the black women especially the light skinned black women while the the white women thought black me were dirty and black and they wouldn’t even look at black men.
Now black men feel it’s time to get back a the white men. He said that most of his friends feel the same way if they have a white girlfriend they get further in life.
After he told me that I felt like he was just using me to get back at black women so I broke up with him. I’m now dating white men only.
@WhiteGirl-Get the Fuc outta here! Your right he played you; you were easy and just a convience. NEXT. And good you stick with your kind. NEXT!
not saying that this makes a difference morally, but i believe that the girl was white and in the south there are still tons of bigots. i might be wrong on that, but i remember hearing of a similar story where even the white girls parents were in support of the guy, but the legal system down south still gave him the max time. i’m from cali so we don’t have a problem with interracial relationships, but the south still has that racist mentality. i’m happy that he’s out, and feel sorry that he had to sacrifice two years of his life for some bs. hopefully he will sue them…
Good for him. I hope he can rebound from this. I still can’t believe that it was a 4-3 ruling. What the hell is the matter with those damn Jesus freaks Down South?
oh, just read the comment from “white girl”… brothers when you decide to diss us when you become wealthy and basically sell out on your sisters, please remember that at the end of the day that you are still just a n/ black man to them. watch your back…
@White Girl
Thanks. I appreciate your honesty and candor. And even though I (and I’m sure many other people on this board) are all too familiar with everything you said it’s still good to put out there that there is alot of “Self-Hating” and it isn’t all coming from Black women directed at Black men who date White women.
true that
To my brothers in the south stay the fugg away from them white chicks.
he will never want a blow job again.
@Legal Justice,
I did the same, many years ago, I am a business owner now, I try to give a little knowledge to every one of our people I speak to. It costs me nothing, just a moment of time, but it can save someone else’s life.
Like my mama said:
All I can give you is your dignity, self respect, and a good education, these 3 things no man can take away.
Peace
I can tell you all that White Girl is just liljim’s dumb *****kin ***** being typical!!!
SOOoo, it sounds as if many of you really believe something in AmeriKKKA has changed and you’re shocked when this continues to be status quo in 2007 USA of the KKK!!!! WTF!!! What part are you missing, the reversal of civil rights laws, lack of equal education, legal injustice system, ie 10yrs mandatory for selling street crack vs. no time served for the pure cocaine dealers!!!! Black folks can’t be this IGNORANT, CAN THEY!!!
He should’ve sued HER for rape! Didn’t she just walk over to him and pop the ***** in her mouth?
Hmm……
@ White Girl
And you said all of that to say what?
If you decide to date brotha again, please do us all a favor and keep your mouth closed and your legs open!
*****!
Prosecutor under fire in teen sex case
ATLANTA (AP) — District Attorney David McDade has handed out some 35 copies of a video of teenagers having sex at a party.
McDade says Georgia’s open-records law leaves him no choice but to release the footage because it was evidence in one of the state’s most turbulent cases — that of Genarlow Wilson, a young man serving 10 years in prison for having oral sex with a girl when they were teenagers.
McDade’s actions have opened him up to accusations that he is vindictively misusing his authority to keep Wilson behind bars — and worse, distributing child *****ography.
“This has been a ferocious, vindictive prosecution of Genarlow Wilson,” said state Sen. Vincent Fort, an Atlanta Democrat. “What is going on is a vendetta.”
McDade, who is district attorney in Douglas County, in suburban Atlanta, did not immediately return calls Thursday.
Georgia Supreme! Let http://www.richromances.com work for you! that is the very place for you celebrity guys and musicians! Good luck!
The girl involved in this case was white, not black. I saw it on Oprah.
For those of you who still think the girl in questions was white:
Wilson v. State was a Georgia court case brought about to appeal the aggravated child molestation conviction of Genarlow Wilson.
Wilson had been convicted of aggravated child molestation because, at the age of seventeen, he had engaged in oral sex with a consenting fifteen-year-old at a New Year’s Eve party. Wilson is African American, while the fifteen-year-old is white.[1]
Look it up in Wikipedia.
As far as the girl being on Oprah, are we sure she wasn’t the one from the Marcus Dixon case in GA? And I keep reading conflicting accounts of this girl’s race, the *****ociated Press says she’s Black but ABC News says she’s White. Does anyone have any information that might clear this up?
Traydayz, Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia. It is edited by anyone with an internet connection. Some of the posts are incorrect.
The girl in question was a black girl. The girl in the Marcus Dixon case was white. SHE was the one on Oprah’s show.
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200405/20040511/tows_slide_20040511_01.jhtml
The Douglas County DA said she was black. I will look for a link. His argument was that he is trying to support a black crime victim.
Mike Baller
Is it me or does it seem like these white prosecutors around America especially the south are trying to by p***** the laws of this country in an attempt to throw decent young black men in jail. Things as of lately that have been going on like this ordeal and Jena 6 just makes me wonder. I think we as a people better start getting educated on the laws of the land. If any black attorneys read this post please start trying to have some type of seminars or meetings with black youths in your community in an attempt to at least forewarn them about prejudices that exist in the judical system.
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It’s out to get us, however it’s more aimed at those that keep getting in trouble. Those are the ones that keep getting away with stuff thanks to those who give thme chance after chance. Because most of the stuff they do only seems to hurt the black community.
In this case you had a honor student getting in trouble and I *****ure you that being an honor student was one of the main factors that lead to outrage.
If this was some “thug” doing this, *****ody would care. Jena 6 maybe the exception, if certain ones would stop trying to act like superstars or had past incidents.
People (even white folks) want to save the good black kids no matter what.
And you can have those meetings and *****ody will attend. I’m in the school system and it’s hard enough to get parents to attend PTA or even meet with teachers. That’s including parents that don’t have jobs. THey rather yell racism and unfairness after the child is in trouble.
This should also teach our young black men to think twice before argeeing to doing anything sexual with a girl (NO MATTER THE RACE).
Because that girl (or her parents if they catch you) can yell rape in a second. There’s a guy in Colorado in jail now because a girl yelled rape after they had horrible sex. Oh yeah this happened a few weeks before Kobe’s famous trip there.
He should have went to jail for RApe
NOW that I thought about it
I am happy he was released for this crime, HOWEVER, he should have NOT been found not guilty of rape charges According to the media, one of the girls in the tape was intoxicated to the point she was almost p*****ed out and there is something called “inability to consent” if you are so drunk you can barely move, ANY man can see that and KNOWS he is takng full advantaged of someone who is unable to consent. I hope Gernalow understand he got away with rape in that sense.
As far as the race of the girl, she was white. I belive the girl he was acquitted of raping was Black (go figure), but the girl who consented to the oral sex was White, now the reality of the situation is this, Black people on here keep saying this only happened bc she was White, but lets not forget MANY Black girls are raped and molested every year by Black men and the Black community couldnt care less. So if you want to see more justice for Black women, you can start SUPPORTING Them and stop making excuses for Black men. We can start with R.Kelly
@ White Girl
If you think for a minute I do not know you are a Black woman or man trying to start some foolishness please stop. You sound so fake
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DITTO!! That sounded like a fake azz fairytale story he or she made up in their pea brain!!! LOL
Congrats man. I hope you can have a normal life after this. P.S. Get the hell out of Douglasville!!!
The girl was black!
Son welcome home..now go get some head/***** from a 17 yr old chik.
It does not matter if she was white or black. What matters is that she was 15, and cannot legally consent to sex, oral or otherwise. We as parents, need to know the various laws of our states, and make sure that we teach our children. Wilson was an honors student. Five minutes of online research could have prevented this whole tragedy. I’m sure that there was a School Resource Officer, or some other adult that could have told him about the consent laws for GA, if he had taken the time to ask. We have kids handing out oral sex like candy because they believe that “it is not really sex”, or that they can’t get STD’s. When I was a teen, both oral and group sex were taboo. For certain, no one was around with a video camera to record it. Times have changed, and parents need to change too. We must talk to our children about sex. They need to know that pregnancy and disease are not the only risks they face. They may very well lose their freedom.
@country girl-I agree with what you said except even though she was 15, was she forced to do it? She made her choice; Because she is so young I don’t think she understand the full consquences but she still made the decison, her decision.
i feel if u are over 12 or 13 u know wrong from right and u should allready know about sex. in junior high organizations go to schools and teach them about stds and sex. she knew better. her age is no excuse. i’m young to and by elementry school i already knew about sex and the positions combined. ***** u hear about them in the music and u see them in the mags and on tv, internet, etc. she knew what she was doing and she choose to do it. the promblem i have with the boy is he should have never took advantage of the opprotunity if he knew about the the law and what can happen to him. but anyways i’m happy he is out. I hope he trys to continue his education.
IT MUST’VE BEEN SOME WHITE *****.HE SHOULD’VE CHEWED THE LIPS OFF THAT *****.
damn..I never saw a pic of him before he was sentenced to jail..but by this picture..I agree with a comment below..He looks “changed”..Him being so young ..He really looks like they really gave it to him in prison..
This is a damn shame. What a waste of a young life, tax payers dollars, and I’m sure there was a REAL rape committed on the same day, that wasn’t solved.
i bet the ***** was white he would’ve gotten no time for some black cat.
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