Al Porter Scandal

paleoperson

The SJW-nazis claim another.

At least it's one of their own this time.

The Talking Bread

For Forks Sake wrote: »

drink, feck, grope, balls

ThisRegard

Vladimir Poontang wrote: »

Two prominent media personalities.

One said something that some people didn't like. Cue mass hysteria in the media

The other has likely committed criminal offences of a sexual nature. Suddenly the moral outrage brigade have lost their voices.

That is what we are talking about.

Gotta love people falling over themselves to claim some sort of leftie liberal media conspiracy without actually understanding the media cycle.

Started breaking proper Friday evening, between then and now the usual talking heads have been off air and there's been no daily columns or opinion pieces published.

maudgonner

Today FM may have taken the show listing down but they haven't completed the de-Al-ing yet :pac:

Rubberchikken

That's the lamest most pathetic excuse for an excuse I've read in a long time.
If he truly thinks that people loves others to just shove their hand down their pants or whatever without as much as a by your leave then he needs his head examined.
And 'decades in the industry is really stretching things.

PowerToWait

punisher5112 wrote: »

It seems to me here on this island if you are white you are fooked unless you are gay or a traveller

So a gay traveller has hit the jackpot.

Royale with Cheese

Rubberchikken wrote: »

That's the lamest most pathetic excuse for an excuse I've read in a long time.
If he truly thinks that people loves others to just shove their hand down their pants or whatever without as much as a by your leave then he needs his head examined.
And 'decades in the industry is really stretching things.

He obviously doesn't have anyone doing PR for him, can't see anybody signing off on publishing that excuse. Whatever I thought of him before, I think he's 10 times the bigger twat after trying to play the flamboyant gay card.

cloudatlas

This has been a great month for homophobes.

Fellas why did you sexually abuse those men.

Kevin Spacey 'I was drunk and by the way I'm gay'.

Al Porter 'It's because I'm flamboyant'.

Please shut up and feck off.

Strazdas

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Anyone who has any sympathy for him after that apology needs their head examined.

Shoving his hands down someone's pants and grabbing their dick was just in keeping with his "flamboyant and outrageous public persona", in what he had regarded as "light hearted and good natured circumstances". Fúck off you complete twat.

Also, there are quite a few gay men working in the Irish entertainment / showbiz industry these days and we don't seem to be hearing anything about them, so it definitely sounds he was way out of order with his behaviour.

The Talking Bread

I think I am going to identify as a "flamboyant and outrageous" persona, henceforth ! It may just get me out of a few holes (excuse the pun....)

Venom

PowerToWait wrote: »

So a gay traveller has hit the jackpot.

A non white, non Irish, disabled transgender female traveller

paleoperson

Call me old-fashioned... or I suppose at this stage it would be a monstrous, homophobic, sexist, pig, chauvanistic, literally hitler, narrow-minded, sex assault-sympathizing, racist.... but shouldn't a person who has a complaint make one at or around the time of the incident and make it at the place of work and/or at a police station? If you don't make a complaint close to the time, then you shouldn't be able to come out years later and say you were bothered by it. Then when one says it before the person has a chance to correct their behaviour it's like this horde of people who have gripes with them all come out saying stuff, it strikes me as very odd.

Coming from someone who doesn't like Al Porter at all - it's not that I have any reason to dislike him, just he's not to my taste.

The Talking Bread

paleoperson wrote: »

.. but shouldn't a person who has a complaint make one at or around the time of the incident and make it at the place of work and/or at a police station? If you don't make a complaint close to the time, then you shouldn't be able to come out years later and say you were bothered by it. T.

Honestly?

Is this really your mindset when it comes to sexual assault crimes ???????????

Weepsie

paleoperson wrote: »

Call me old-fashioned... or I suppose at this stage it would be a monstrous, homophobic, sexist, pig, chauvanistic, literally hitler, narrow-minded, sex assault-sympathizing, racist.... but shouldn't a person who has a complaint make one at or around the time of the incident and make it at the place of work and/or at a police station? If you don't make a complaint close to the time, then you shouldn't be able to come out years later and say you were bothered by it. Then when one says it before the person has a chance to correct their behaviour it's like this horde of people who have gripes with them all come out saying stuff, it strikes me as very odd.

Coming from someone who doesn't like Al Porter at all - it's not that I have any reason to dislike him, just he's not to my taste.

The victim of any assault should be able to come forward whenever it is they are comfortable. Such is the way our world works, the majority of them feel embarrassed, shamed or fear nothing will be done all too often.

This was not an apology either. It was an admittance of the behaviour, but not an apology.

Atoms for Peace

Just hearing reports that an rte employee has been arrested in Leeds for soliciting underage sex.
The Al Porter scandal is fairly small fry compared to this if true. Expect inm to go to town on the story.

Harry Palmr

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Just hearing reports that an rte employee has been arrested in Leeds for soliciting underage sex.
The Al Porter scandal is fairly small fry compared to this if true.

And? Treat each case on its own merits.

Fr_Dougal

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Just hearing reports that an rte employee has been arrested in Leeds for soliciting underage sex.
The Al Porter scandal is fairly small fry compared to this if true. Expect img to go to town on the story.

Link?

Atoms for Peace

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Link?

Heard it on rte news.

Trebor176

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Link?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/rte-employee-charged-with-attempting-to-engage-in-sexual-activity-with-girl-13-36334309.html

Tommy Ferguson

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Link?

You have some hard on for links don’t you Father?

NTC

Trebor176 wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/rte-employee-charged-with-attempting-to-engage-in-sexual-activity-with-girl-13-36334309.html

On rte.ie also

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1119/921305-leeds-arrest/

fatknacker

Is this the same Al Porter from Yoker?

The Talking Bread

Harry Palmr wrote: »

And? Treat each case on its own merits.

I think what the poster means is that this story will be much much bigger than the Porter story.

Substitute the word scandal for story.

NIMAN

I'm guessing it'll be some unknown rte back office employee.

But jez, it's going to hit the fan if it's a well known person

PowerToWait

Weepsie wrote: »

The victim of any assault should be able to come forward whenever it is they are comfortable.

Or indeed whenever their assaulter becomes famous.

Tommy Ferguson

fatknacker wrote: »

Is this the same Al Porter from Yoker?

Is yoker a dj grinder?

maudgonner

NIMAN wrote: »

I'm guessing it'll be some unknown rte back office employee.

But jez, it's going to hit the fan if it's a well known person

He's been named in the Mirror and elsewhere as <SNIP> a horse racing producer.

WinnyThePoo

fatknacker wrote: »

Is this the same Al Porter from Yoker?

Aye

josip

maudgonner wrote: »

He's been named in the Mirror and elsewhere as <SNIP>, a horse racing producer.

Ok, back to Al Porter

Bananaleaf

Have I read the link right - he was contacted by a group of people (presumably online) claiming to be an underage girl. He Then flew to Leeds to meet this gir? Was that the reason for the trip? And the group then contacted the police to have him arrested?

Tommy Ferguson

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Have I read the link right - he was contacted by a group of people (presumably online) claiming to be an underage girl. He Then flew to Leeds to meet this gir? Was that the reason for the trip? And the group then contacted the police to have him arrested?

Al is it?

Roger Hassenforder

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Have I read the link right - he was contacted by a group of people (presumably online) claiming to be an underage girl. He proceeded to solicite sex and they then reported him?

might have been those Silent Justice chaps/ladies
they set up fake online profiles or something, and wait for a paedo to come sniffing

Guy:Incognito

NIMAN wrote: »

I'm guessing it'll be some unknown rte back office employee.

But jez, it's going to hit the fan if it's a well known person

If it had been someone famous it would be all over the place by now.

murpho999

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Just hearing reports that an rte employee has been arrested in Leeds for soliciting underage sex.
The Al Porter scandal is fairly small fry compared to this if true. Expect inm to go to town on the story.

Do you realise that not all RTE employees are presenters (most of which are self employed contractors not employees)?

It's almost like people are baying for blood.

Bananaleaf

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

might have been those Silent Justice chaps/ladies
they set up fake online profiles or something, and wait for a paedo to come sniffing

I realise this comes across as very pro-predator, but ... does this not fall into the category of entrapment?

Stheno

Bananaleaf wrote: »

I realise this comes across as very pro-predator, but ... does this not fall into the category of entrapment?

Not in the UK it seems there have been several successful prosecutions

tabby aspreme

Bananaleaf wrote: »

I realise this comes across as very pro-predator, but ... does this not fall into the category of entrapment?

If the adult instigates the sexual talk / contact then it's not , heard one of these groups being interviewed recently

Strazdas

Bananaleaf wrote: »

I realise this comes across as very pro-predator, but ... does this not fall into the category of entrapment?

It does in my book. If the so called victim doesn't even exist and the perv has been talking to a bunch of middle aged men, I'm not entirely sure what crime has been committed here (besides, what is to stop the entrapped man saying he knew full well he was talking to a group of vigilantes and came along to confront them?).

Strazdas

tabby aspreme wrote: »

If the adult instigates the sexual talk / contact then it's not , heard one of these groups being interviewed recently

There doesn't seem to have been a single such prosecution in Ireland and I have a feeling such 'stings' may be illegal in many European countries.

tabby aspreme

Strazdas wrote: »

There doesn't seem to have been a single such prosecution in Ireland and I have a feeling such 'stings' may be illegal in many European countries.

That's probably why this particular sting took place in the uk

Strazdas

tabby aspreme wrote: »

That's probably why this particular sting took place in the uk

Yeah, it strikes me as a very dodgy area legally.

I could have a conversation with you on Facebook and say I have €100 worth of drugs for sale and if you agree to meet me, I'll sell you them. Given that I'm not a drug dealer and the drugs don't even exist, it's very hard to see how this could stand up in a court of law if I tried to get you prosecuted or even arrested.

tonycascarino

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Just hearing reports that an rte employee has been arrested in Leeds for soliciting underage sex.
The Al Porter scandal is fairly small fry compared to this if true. Expect inm to go to town on the story.

That's true. It is supposed to be in the Times tomorrow. I wonder who it is...

PARlance

tabby aspreme wrote: »

That's probably why this particular sting took place in the uk

Was wondering how he got caught in Leeds until a quick glance of his Facebook page shows that he's a Leeds United fan. They were playing today at home so he had reason to be over there.

NIMAN

tonycascarino wrote: »

That's true. It is supposed to be in the Times tomorrow. I wonder who it is...

There's already a video of his arrest and entrapment on boards, have a look.

Fair play to them.

Deserves what he gets if true.

Neil Issagum

tonycascarino wrote: »

That's true. It is supposed to be in the Times tomorrow. I wonder who it is...

Don’t know if we’re allowed name him here? Probably not but I think someone else already did

He has 2 Facebook pages, one with his real name with his actual friends list, and another one with a fake name but his real picture, if you look at the friends list it’s literally every friend is a young teen girl

tabby aspreme

Strazdas wrote: »

Yeah, it strikes me as a very dodgy area legally.

I could have a conversation with you on Facebook and say I have €100 worth of drugs for sale and if you agree to meet me, I'll sell you them. Given that I'm not a drug dealer and the drugs don't even exist, it's very hard to see how this could stand up in a court of law if I tried to get you prosecuted or even arrested.

It may be covered by the crime of grooming or attempting to groom an underage child

Greenmachine

So he has apologised now, so seemingly everything is alright. Just wondering why the media has so gleeful using flattering photographs considering what he is admitting. (e.g. the photos included in his pre-release). Surely the papers have artistic licence to use any photo that has been published in his social media, could they not a have found an unflattering photo.

The video of him getting busted is on Facebook

NIMAN

RoboKlopp wrote: »

The video of him getting busted is on Facebook

The video of him getting busted is on Boards.