Dear individual,

This was your before;

“The girls just led him on until they realised money could be made by stitching a bloke up.”

And this is your after;

“My point & it is a point you don't want to get, is that I believe Harris although obviously guilty is a scapegoat to prevent bigger names from popping up. I hope for the kids sake that it fails.”

As OUG so succinctly put it;

“BEFORE/OR\AFTER?

for titillation/or\rectification/guilt?\blame?/shame?
its clear to the/30 people witnessing your word/IT FEELS\LIKE THE LATTER”

Titillation to attempted rectification. Sums it up beautifully.

Mate if you can't or don't want to see how to properly address this then I can't help you. Swallow some pride and act like an adult.

I agree with Ludwig in his opening post where he says "it was just a bit of groping, which really amounts to somewhat risque activity, and nothing worse than that" and "it was nothing more than playful behavior" and "I think Rolf has copped a very raw deal here".

Rolf is the victim here. The victim of opportunistic female gold diggers. Rolf's a touchy feely person, so big deal if his hand slipped down too low. Girls like being touched up anyway. So Ludwig is right, and they should free Rolf immediately.

Swallow some pride and act like an adult.
SteeleRedux,
Nothing to do with pride whatsoever. When terms like 'assault' are used for a hand sliding to where it shouldn't then it is in my opinion way out of context.
Hence, my suspicion of Harris being a scapegoat for more serious offenders who more than likely actually did "assault".
Poirot still hasn't told us if she was "assaulted" or inappropriately touched.

Dear individual,

You wrote;

“Poirot still hasn't told us if she was "assaulted" or inappropriately touched.”

And why on god's earth should she have to tell you that?

Has OUG hit the nail on the head? Are you obsessing over under age sex or in his words “GIVING-IN/TO\THE DEMONS/FEEDING-just\ON/YA LUST”.

Then you come out with;

“Hence, my suspicion of Harris being a scapegoat for more serious offenders who more than likely actually did "assault".”

So spitting on his fingers and digitally penetrating two of the under age girls is not assault in your book? Just 'inappropriate touching' huh?

That's right, I forgot, they were just gagging for it weren't they. Look at what you are saying, it is disturbing, it is creepy, it is sick, it does lack empathy for the victims and most of all it is frightening that you feel no remorse about making these views public here.

Yup,...certainly a little weird stuff going on here with individual.

Here's individual...still attempting to mitigate convicted Rolf Harris's crimes against minor's. He's made a career out of it on this thread. The fault is anyone's but the perpetrator, Harris.

So now he's having a go at the 13 year-old insinuating that she possibly led him on...

He says...

"Also re 'an 8 Year-old..' you conveniently left out the 13 year old because there could more than likely be some truth to it at that age...."

individual refuses (apparently) to read the judge's sentencing remarks, and continues in the weirdo vein of trying to plant responsibility for these crimes on the 13-15 year-old victim.

Nice one, individual.

"Poirot still hasn't told us if she was "assaulted" or inappropriately touched."

Being inappropriately touched "is" being assaulted....that's why Harris was convicted of "indecent assault" not only on the more serious sexual charges with his daughter's friend, but also on the other charges of touching and groping inappropriately.

I love this...

"When terms like 'assault' are used for a hand sliding to where it shouldn't then it is in my opinion way out of context."

What would you call it then, individual? I can assure that a child being subject to a "hand sliding" anywhere private - and then staying there for some time - is a particularly unsettling, even horrifying experience.

Who gives any unbalanced adult the right to invade a child's (or anyone's) private places?

Of course it's assault.

And...to top it off, he's now mitigating the seriousness of Harris's crimes by claiming he's a "scapegoat" because other profile people are likely up to the same thing.

It doesn't seem to matter which tack he comes up with, he's determined to make non-stop excuses for the fact that Rolf Harris carried out these actions with free will, serially and over many years.

For someone who claims he's not defending Harris, you've gone way out of your way to excuses his actions, play them down or write them off altogether.

Of course it's assault.
Poirot,
if a crook Police officer wants to lay an assault charge he can do so by simply saying you assaulted him when you merely tapped him on the arm to get his attention.
I got the distinct feeling you & Steele are of the same calibre as such a copper.
as for your personal situation I can only say YOU brought that up, not I.
To quite honest I doubt your story of assault now that you've exposed your despicable mentality.