So many people have tried.
He is beyond help and I’d be surprised if he makes it to the next decade.
It’s very very sad to watch.
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[Football] Gazza charged with sexual assault...
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So many people have tried.
He is beyond help and I’d be surprised if he makes it to the next decade.
It’s very very sad to watch.
theboybilly
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My parents hometown...take away the local council's efforts to make it look like any other city centre in the country, you have the most beautiful city in England and the nicest of people. In my opinion of course. My overnight stop of choice for Newcastle away
GT49er
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Sad. The lad seems to have lost it. No sexual assault should be taken lightly, but 'touching'? - yes, distressing if unwelcome, but it does sound like the lower end of sexual assaults. Just because he is famous, I hope whatever punishment is handed out (if he is found guilty) isn't over the top for the crime.
Klaas
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- Nov 1, 2017
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Not long I wouldn't have thought. Not long at all.
darkwolf666
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Sorry, got to disagree strongly with that. He’s not been charged just because he’s famous, instead you have only read about it because he is famous!
I am not even sure I would recognise PG now such has his appearance changed, so not sure the victim would even know who he was!
It’s an all to familiar sad spiral of inevitability, played out in front of the media, that just isn’t going to end well...
As for the sentencing, judges can’t go over the top because he’s famous, their are statutes and pre-determined maximum length of sentence for each offence, taking into account all aggravating factors, of which being famous isn’t one of them!
GT49er
Well-known member
Of course he hasn't been charged because he's famous, and I never said that. You seem to have misread my post.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
It seems that when God (or whoever/whatever) dishes out phenomenal talent of the type the rest of us can only dream about, He (She/It) counter-balances this by also dishing out more than a fair share of human frailty. George Best was another example. This is not to say that all superbly gifted sportsmen/women are like this, obviously they're not, it's just that Gazza was too weak to handle the success and further weakened himself by shipping vast amounts of alcohol. We're witnessing a very sad human story being played out in the full glare of the media. Tragic for all concerned including of course the woman concerned in an incident she never expected nor invited.
I agree with all of that. I wish I could be more sympathetic towards him, but the way he's treated his family and involved other innocents (such as this woman) has been inexcusable.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Absolutely. As you say, it's not just Gazza, it's all the people he drags down with him you've got to feel sorry for. Many of them have tried to help him only to be let down time and again.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
There's more to it than just the alcohol. From what I've read and seen in documentaries about him I gather that he's had issues since he was a kid. The alcohol and drug abuse (painkillers, anti depressants etc) is an escape from the real problems rather than the cause. The fact he was talented and became famous was just like tipping petrol on an already burning fire.
Yes, he was bulimic as a kid, for example.
The 1990s at the height of his fame was a time when footballers became instant millionaires and the infrastructure just wasn't there in football to support people with money and time on their hands.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
That's a good point. I suppose we'll never really know the underlying cause - perhaps Gazza himself is unable to pin it down.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
He's got Bi-Polar Disorder with a concurrent alcohol problem. I'm not condoning what he's done, and he's done a lot of things, but he's a very vulnerable adult and his erratic behaviour is an unfortunate consequence.
If he really did just give her a peck on the cheek then I'm not sure I'd class that as 'tragic' for the woman concerned.
I'd imagine there's probably more to this story though.
Well I can't imagine anyone would press charges of sexual assault based on one unsolicited peck on the cheek, surely?
I'm 100% sure that there are people out there that would.
That's not to say this is the case here though, obviously.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Chooo chooo. Maybe we should check her underwear before we decide? #Satire