kutv.com said:
Prosecutors have since dropped the charges against the boy, but his mother is still concerned.
What parent wouldn't be. The mear fact the charges were filed in the first place scares me and makes me want to go slap a prosecutor
kutv.com said:
The sexual conduct occurred during a game of “truth or dare” while the boy was being watched by the babysitter.
And, the reason she was watching him? He wasn't old enough to be responsible for his actions. Had the mother left him without a babysitter, she'd be in jail. She leaves him with one, and the babysitter does wrong, now he is put into trouble with the law. Something not right about this picture.
kutv.com said:
Prosecutors say that, while the babysitter initiated the contact, the young boy was a willing participant.
We have trouble keeping teenagers, and sadly even adults from this sexual behavior with a 14-year-old. Wonder how hard the prosecutor of Salt Lake City goes after two teenagers doing this, before going after a 8-year-old who for 1)doesn't have the mentality to be held criminally liable in this situation 2)was under the influence of an older kid acting as an authority 3)doesn't even have a grasp of his own sexuality 4)...and on and on...
The boy's mother said:
“She dared my son to touch her breasts.”
Wonder if she is now locked-up in a juvenile facility awaiting trail.
The boy's mother said:
“He just came right out as if nothing was awry, and just started talking about what had happened.”
To him, nothing was wrong. Goes back to the mental culpability of an 8-year-old who doesn't even understand the concepts of his own sexuality.
kutv.com said:
Grosbeck went to police and child protection workers, and the case went to the district attorney, after which her son, age eight, had been charged with an act of lewdness with a minor.
Nothing is said about rather the police played a role in the decisions made. Odds are they just turned over info, never thinking the boy would be charged (ie: They did their job.). But, the so-called "child protection workers" (Utah Department of Child and Family Services) definately did not hold up to the term "child protection", and the D.A.'s office needs to understand the common US legal term "judicial discretion" would make any judge laugh in their faces for trying to charge this boy.
kutv.com said:
Grosbeck says the Salt Lake County District Attorney told her both the child and teenager were equal participants. But Mrs. Grosbeck didn’t believe that.“My son is eight, he’s a little boy. He does not have the ability to participate on the same level as a fourteen-year-old,” she said.
Who here believes that? So, when a 28-year old man has sex with a "willing" 14 year old girl, let's charge her with violating the laws related to age-of-consent - same logic.
kutv.com said:
Although the charges against her son were dropped, she is concerned that the same thing could happen to other victims of sexual abuse.
This is what concerns me too. The D.A. unlocked a very dangerous door, that despite closing it, another D.A. may decide to walk through in another case. Scary, IMHO.
The boy's mother said:
“I don’t want parents to be afraid to go to the state agencies that are supposed to be protecting our children when things like this happen, out of fear that their children are going to be charged."
This is the scariest part of all. How many molesters hope this very thing happens now?
kutv.com said:
The district attorney’s office confirmed the charges had been made, and that they had been dropped. Other than that, they wouldn’t comment. The Division of Child and Family Services also declined to comment.
No Comment? It's OK, their stupidity speaks for itself in volumes.
