Melissa Gilbert speaks out on Good Morning America regarding husband Tim Busfield’s past sexual assault allegations

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this case.

But Melissa seems 1000% convinced of her husband’s innocence.
Hopefully time will tell & the truth will be revealed.

My question though is this - - how did Melissa Gilbert go from Rob Lowe to Timothy Busfirld…..?????!!!

Busfield.

Rob Lowe had a sex tape. I think with a teenager (I am not googling that). He was no choir boy

He was 24 and the girls (yes, there were two) he met at a 21 and over nightclub were 22 and 16. He had no reason at the time to think she'd be under 21 since he met her at a nightclub. If you had asked pretty much any 16 yr old girl in 1988, they were likely wondering what the outrage was.

It's not exactly in the same league as Busfield and 6 yr old boys.

You are sickening. So your argument is since the child is older, it’s ok? It is in the same league as Busfield. Under 18 is a child period. Busfield has allegations with 16 year olds as well.

Are you people all dim or just reading what you want to? Nobody said it was ok. Please do highlight exactly where it says that.

If you think a 50 yr old Busfield with a six yr old is the same as a 24 yr old Lowe with a 16 yr, you're the one who is sick.

How about you stop defending creeps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this case.

But Melissa seems 1000% convinced of her husband’s innocence.
Hopefully time will tell & the truth will be revealed.

My question though is this - - how did Melissa Gilbert go from Rob Lowe to Timothy Busfirld…..?????!!!

Busfield.

Rob Lowe had a sex tape. I think with a teenager (I am not googling that). He was no choir boy

He was 24 and the girls (yes, there were two) he met at a 21 and over nightclub were 22 and 16. He had no reason at the time to think she'd be under 21 since he met her at a nightclub. If you had asked pretty much any 16 yr old girl in 1988, they were likely wondering what the outrage was.

It's not exactly in the same league as Busfield and 6 yr old boys.

You are sickening. So your argument is since the child is older, it’s ok? It is in the same league as Busfield. Under 18 is a child period. Busfield has allegations with 16 year olds as well.

Are you people all dim or just reading what you want to? Nobody said it was ok. Please do highlight exactly where it says that.

If you think a 50 yr old Busfield with a six yr old is the same as a 24 yr old Lowe with a 16 yr, you're the one who is sick.

The implication is that since 16 year olds are older it’s ok. And since they aren’t outraged it’s ok. Get a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this case.

But Melissa seems 1000% convinced of her husband’s innocence.
Hopefully time will tell & the truth will be revealed.

My question though is this - - how did Melissa Gilbert go from Rob Lowe to Timothy Busfirld…..?????!!!

Busfield.

Rob Lowe had a sex tape. I think with a teenager (I am not googling that). He was no choir boy

He was 24 and the girls (yes, there were two) he met at a 21 and over nightclub were 22 and 16. He had no reason at the time to think she'd be under 21 since he met her at a nightclub. If you had asked pretty much any 16 yr old girl in 1988, they were likely wondering what the outrage was.

It's not exactly in the same league as Busfield and 6 yr old boys.

This is rich. Everyone knows underage girls sneak into clubs all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this case.

But Melissa seems 1000% convinced of her husband’s innocence.
Hopefully time will tell & the truth will be revealed.

My question though is this - - how did Melissa Gilbert go from Rob Lowe to Timothy Busfirld…..?????!!!

Busfield.

Rob Lowe had a sex tape. I think with a teenager (I am not googling that). He was no choir boy

He was 24 and the girls (yes, there were two) he met at a 21 and over nightclub were 22 and 16. He had no reason at the time to think she'd be under 21 since he met her at a nightclub. If you had asked pretty much any 16 yr old girl in 1988, they were likely wondering what the outrage was.

It's not exactly in the same league as Busfield and 6 yr old boys.

You are sickening. So your argument is since the child is older, it’s ok? It is in the same league as Busfield. Under 18 is a child period. Busfield has allegations with 16 year olds as well.

Are you people all dim or just reading what you want to? Nobody said it was ok. Please do highlight exactly where it says that.

If you think a 50 yr old Busfield with a six yr old is the same as a 24 yr old Lowe with a 16 yr, you're the one who is sick.

How about you stop defending creeps.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She has had long term personality issues and her own chaotic life for a long time but she was also likeable and engaging so I think she could balance her longterm issues and poor judgment with that affability which was a real strength. Now....not so much. She probably has her own abuse/trauma history ( she was adopted and a child star during a much less evolved time so in that exquisite, sad and unconscious way she may have been drawn to a very ill man. Like Winona Judd with her two ex spouses...it's messy and very dark i think

I met her at an event years ago that she attended eith her wnd husband, the guy between Rob Lowe and this creep.

She wasn't very affable to put it mildly. The husband seemed really nice.

It's her Laura character that is so likeable and nice.

[Anonymous]

There is a common belief that people who perpetrate sexual abuse have a specific “type” of victim. For example, it is often assumed that someone who abuses children only targets children, that perpetrators abuse either boys or girls (but not both), or that abuse occurs only within or only outside the family, suggesting that perpetrators have stable victim preferences based on age, gender, or relationship to the victim. However, more recent research challenges this narrow view.

There is increased research showing that a significant proportion of individuals who perpetrate sexual abuse do not restrict themselves to a single victim category. Instead, they engage in what is referred to as polymorphic or crossover sexual offending – meaning that they have victims across multiple categories, such as:

Different age or developmental groups (prepubescent children, adolescents, and adults)
Different genders (male and female victims)
Different types of relationships (intra-familial and extra-familial victims)

If investigators, clinicians, and communities assume that perpetrators only target one kind of victim, they may fail to recognize risk to others. Victims may not be believed if their experience does not match what is expected based on a perpetrator’s known history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a common belief that people who perpetrate sexual abuse have a specific “type” of victim. For example, it is often assumed that someone who abuses children only targets children, that perpetrators abuse either boys or girls (but not both), or that abuse occurs only within or only outside the family, suggesting that perpetrators have stable victim preferences based on age, gender, or relationship to the victim. However, more recent research challenges this narrow view.

There is increased research showing that a significant proportion of individuals who perpetrate sexual abuse do not restrict themselves to a single victim category. Instead, they engage in what is referred to as polymorphic or crossover sexual offending – meaning that they have victims across multiple categories, such as:

Different age or developmental groups (prepubescent children, adolescents, and adults)
Different genders (male and female victims)
Different types of relationships (intra-familial and extra-familial victims)

If investigators, clinicians, and communities assume that perpetrators only target one kind of victim, they may fail to recognize risk to others. Victims may not be believed if their experience does not match what is expected based on a perpetrator’s known history.

This is a helpful post and well written.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a common belief that people who perpetrate sexual abuse have a specific “type” of victim. For example, it is often assumed that someone who abuses children only targets children, that perpetrators abuse either boys or girls (but not both), or that abuse occurs only within or only outside the family, suggesting that perpetrators have stable victim preferences based on age, gender, or relationship to the victim. However, more recent research challenges this narrow view.

There is increased research showing that a significant proportion of individuals who perpetrate sexual abuse do not restrict themselves to a single victim category. Instead, they engage in what is referred to as polymorphic or crossover sexual offending – meaning that they have victims across multiple categories, such as:

Different age or developmental groups (prepubescent children, adolescents, and adults)
Different genders (male and female victims)
Different types of relationships (intra-familial and extra-familial victims)

If investigators, clinicians, and communities assume that perpetrators only target one kind of victim, they may fail to recognize risk to others. Victims may not be believed if their experience does not match what is expected based on a perpetrator’s known history.

This is a helpful post and well written.

And that is why a history of past sexual assaults is very concerning in the Busfield case. It actually lends credence to the new charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a common belief that people who perpetrate sexual abuse have a specific “type” of victim. For example, it is often assumed that someone who abuses children only targets children, that perpetrators abuse either boys or girls (but not both), or that abuse occurs only within or only outside the family, suggesting that perpetrators have stable victim preferences based on age, gender, or relationship to the victim. However, more recent research challenges this narrow view.

There is increased research showing that a significant proportion of individuals who perpetrate sexual abuse do not restrict themselves to a single victim category. Instead, they engage in what is referred to as polymorphic or crossover sexual offending – meaning that they have victims across multiple categories, such as:

Different age or developmental groups (prepubescent children, adolescents, and adults)
Different genders (male and female victims)
Different types of relationships (intra-familial and extra-familial victims)

If investigators, clinicians, and communities assume that perpetrators only target one kind of victim, they may fail to recognize risk to others. Victims may not be believed if their experience does not match what is expected based on a perpetrator’s known history.

A crime of opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Can’t wait for trial! It’s set for next May. Who wants to bet he will settle before trial?