There have been a number of new comments recently to various articles here on Falsely Accused Dad. While I really love getting comments, I beg you to please not leave any personal information in your comments, this can include:

• Your full first name
• Your phone number
• Your email
• Your address
• Full names of people involved in your case

Why not?  There are a number of reasons, but here’s just a few that immediately come to mind:

• If you have a legal case in progress, posting information about your case can seriously hurt your case and frankly you could be brought up on additional charges.  I can be subpoenaed by the court and anything you put on this site could be used against you.  BUT, this can only happen if you put personal information they can use to link the comment to you.
• This is the internet.  People from all over the world both good and bad read this site.  Leave your address, and some crazy person could show up at your door one night…not good.  Leave your name, and they can find your address…again, not good.
• False Accusations especially when it comes to child sexual offenses really get people’s fur up.  Some vigilantly just might decide to skip the “justice system” and serve justice themselves.
• This site is read by the press.  How do I know?  They’ve contacted me.  By putting your personal information out there, you’re opening up yourselves the press.  While in some cases this might be good, in general it’s not, especially if your case is pending.

There are of course many other very good reasons to not post your personal information here on Falsely Accused Dad.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I want you to comment, add your stories, share your feelings, etc.  Just exclude the personal details…if you must use a name, I’d suggest using a false name (and stating that you are)…I do, that’s why I go by Falsely Accused Dad (or fad in the forums).

Thanks everyone.  I sincerely appreciate your comments, your emails of prayer and concern, and most of all your encouragement.  Please keep the comments coming!  Thanks so much for reading Falsely Accused Dad and helping me spread the word!

With my mandatory 8 weeks of “anger management” counseling complete all I had to do to get most of this behind me was complete my probation, which was still a long way out.  Probation wasn’t too bad.  I had to meet with my probation officer once a month and pay my monthly fee of $170.  The one thing I didn’t like much is that the probation officer would just show up out of the blue.  We could be in the middle of dinner and she would just show up and walk in.  This was irritating, but tolerable, especially given everything else we had been through.

The big problem though wasn’t the probation, it was where we lived.  I seldom went out of house without having neighbors glare at me.  Most of our friends barely talked to us anymore and we often saw our neighbors bunched up together looking at us and talking.  I felt like every eye was on us all the time.  Some neighbors were bold enough to even say things to us.  I could deal with it, what I couldn’t deal with was the impact it was having on our kids.

As surprising as this sounds, children and teachers at our kid’s schools knew about what happened.  Their parents and in some cases teachers had told the kids in the school about it.  As a result, my kids were getting harassed about it.  My oldest had actually gotten in a few fights because other kids called me names or asked my kids if they “liked little kids” because of their Dad.  How’s that for wrong?? I did nothing, yet my kids get verbally and physically harassed at school.  My kids even lost friends because their parents said they didn’t want their kids hanging around mind.  Geez and I wasn’t even guilty.

We decided to move

After a few weeks of this and given we really had no true friends we could trust in our neighborhood anyway, we decided it would be in the best interest of our family to move.  I was fortunate enough to have the ability to work from home full-time if I wanted, and I took advantage of that.

I spoke to my probation officer and she confirmed that I could move my probation and that I just let her know when and where.

We fixed some issues with our house, freshly painted everything and put it up for sale.  We started looking for homes in the area we wanted to live.  Unfortunately our home didn’t sell, so we ended up renting it.   We did find a really great home in the new town though and due to the declining real estate market, we got it for a steal.

Our new home

Now of course as things go with these types of cases, nothing could go perfectly smooth.  I called my probation officer and gave her the date to transfer my probation.  The date was the day we would be moving into our new home.  I’m not exactly sure what happened, but a few days before our scheduled move date, our real-estate agent called.   He said he had gone out to our new house to make sure everything was ready and all of the work by the previous owners was completed.   He said on the phone: “I’m not really sure how to say this, so I’ll just say it: There was  note on the door from the Department of Probation stating they had come by and that I should contact them immediately.”  Great! So much for trying to keep anyone from finding out!

I immediately called the probation officer and explained to him that we hadn’t moved yet and that he was more than welcome to come anytime after our move date.  I also asked him why he came early and explained that the note was found by my real estate agent.  He didn’t care. Fortunately I’m pretty confident our agent is the kind that wouldn’t talk, or at least I hoped he wouldn’t.  To this day, I am not aware of anyone outside of him even suspecting anything with me.

Light at the end of the tunnel

We love our new home.  While I certainly wouldn’t have wished this whole situation on my worst enemy, there was some good coming out of it:

• My family was now closer together than we had ever been
• Our faith had grown significantly stronger.  We are attending church more, reading our Bibles more and praying together as a family.
• We now live in a beautiful home in a really great small town.  Had all of this not occurred, would have never moved here.
• Shortly after moving, we also found a church home that is the most wonderful church we’ve ever attended.  We feel loved and like part of a bigger family.

If you’ve been falsely accused and suffering the same type of persecution myself and my family were going through, I would strongly advise moving.  Looking back, moving really changed our lives and has let us move on.  The move gave all of us a new start and the ability to put things behind us as much as we can.

I just read on Examiner.com that a mother has been sentenced to 6 weekends in jail for alienating her children from their father and for falsely reporting sexual abuse by the father.  6 weekends in my opinion is a joke, frankly a false accusation should be felony charge with mandatory jail time, but at least it’s a start.

From the article on examiner.com:

“The crescendo of the plaintiff’s conduct involved accusations of sexual abuse. Plaintiff falsely accused defendant of sexual misconduct in June, 2008, shortly after defendant moved to Huntington and the children’s friends were enjoying play dates at defendant’s home. Plaintiff testified that D. shared that she was uncomfortable when the defendant tickles her, and conceded that she knew there was nothing “sexual” involved. Undaunted by the lack of any genuine concern for D.’s safety, plaintiff pursued a campaign to report the defendant to Child Protective Services. To facilitate this, she spoke with W. M, the psychologist at the school D. attended. Plaintiff also “encouraged” D. to advise Dr. C. (the chidren’s pediatrician) that defendant inappropriately touched her – – but he saw no signs of abuse. Plaintiff also advised Dr. A., Ms. M., Dr. R. (the children’s prior psychologist) and family friends of the allegations and, ultimately, the Suffolk County Department of Social Services opened a file on June 3, 2008, and began an investigation.”

“According to the Case Narrative contained in the New York State Case Registry, a complaint was made that “On a regular basis, father inappropriately fondles 13 year old D.’s breasts. This makes D. feel very uncomfortable. Last Sunday, Father hit D. on the breast for unknown reason… ” When the caseworker and Suffolk County detectives interviewed D. on June 3, 2008, she reported only that her father tickles her on her neck and under her arms, and she categorically denied her father ever fondled her breasts. She admitted that her father was not attempting to make her uncomfortable, but that he still regards her to be a tomboy. The detectives closed their investigation.”

“Thereafter, and significantly, when the CPS caseworker met with plaintiff on August 19, 2008, plaintiff was quick to state that her ex-husband “did it again.” Plaintiff claimed that the defendant hugged D. too hard. According to the caseworker’s notes, the caseworker repeatedly cautioned the plaintiff not to bring the children into her disputes with the defendant. This warning was contained in CPS records.”

“Although unfounded child abuse reports are required to be sealed (see, Social Services Law §422[5]), such reports may be introduced into evidence,”by the subject of the report where such subject… is a plaintiff or petitioner in a civil action or proceeding alleging the false reporting of child abuse or maltreatment” (Social Services Law §422[5][b][1]). Allegations that defendant had injured the child were found to be baseless and, by making such allegations, plaintiff needlessly subjected the child to an investigation by Child Protective Services, placing her own interests above those of the child. This report was not made in “good faith” – - rather, the investigating agency warned the mother not to re-utilize the allegations and her children in her custodial litigation with the defendant.”

Reading this literally makes me sick. What are your thoughts? Add a comment below letting us know what you think.

When I last left my story, I talked about how I was continuing my required anger management counseling. That article highlighted three sex offenders whose crimes really fell into the gray area.  I mentioned that the others however weren’t so gray.  I’d like you to meet Grandpa, Raymond, and Felix.

Grandpa – A grandfather who molested his Grand daughter

Grandpa was one of the most friendly of the bunch and the most emotional as well.  He oozed remorse.  If you’ll recall, Grandpa was accused of multiple counts of indecent liberties and attempted rape on his grand daughter.  He was also the only man in the group that carried an electronic tracking device making him a serious risk in the eyes of the state.

Grandpa worked construction during the week and owned his own contracting business.  On the weekends, his granddaughter would spend the weekends at his house.  Often, his wife would have to work weekends and he would be left alone with his granddaughter, who was 5 at the time the abuse started.  I won’t go into the gory details, as frankly it’s a little too difficult to type/read, but suffice it to say it went from touching to rape over the course of 2 years.

One Sunday evening after returning home, the granddaughter complained to her mother of burning in her groin area.  The next day her mother took her to the doctor’s where a medical examination concluded she was being abused pretty severely.  When Grandpa was approached by his daughter about it, he confessed.  She called the police and pressed charges and he confused to everything to them and pleaded guilty on all accounts in exchange for reduced jail time.  He received a multi-year sentence and was required to register as a sex offender.

Had I not met this man and spent time with him, I would have frankly thought something horrible should be done to him.  What I learned though is that the emotional turmoil and agony this man has to live through on a daily basis is more than enough punishment.  He lost his wife, his daughter, and his granddaughter.  He weeps every time he talks about it.  He says he will never forgive himself and one night he even said that he would kill himself to end the pain, but doesn’t as he feels he needs to be punished.

As part of his sentence, he received significant counseling, where it was brought out that he was abused as a child.  This is a common trend with sex offenders.

Raymond  – The CEO and next door neighbor

Raymond was the CEO for a successful local company. He was well educated, made good money and lived a comfortable life.  He had two grown children and a wife of more than 25 years.  Next door lived a 7 year old girl that would often visit Raymond and his wife on the weekends.  One day Raymond’s wife was out when the 7 year old came over to visit.  Raymond had been drinking a few beers, one thing led to another, and he molested her.  That evening she told her mother who called the police.

Raymond plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced to jail time, registration as a sex offender, and counseling.  To this day he cannot explain why he did it, and swears he had never had the “urge” prior in his life.  It was a mistake he’ll never forgot.  His wife left him shortly after and his kids won’t speak to him.

While I attended the anger management portion of their counseling, Raymond told us that a little girl went missing in his neighborhood.  Within minutes, the local Sheriff’s department knocked on his door and arrested him.   Turns out the little girl had snuck to a friends house.  He also shared another story where he had been working on his car and was driving it around the neighborhood off and on to test the repairs he was doing.  A neighbor called the police and reported he was “trolling the neighborhood”.  Again, he was visited by the Sheriff who again almost arrested him.

Felix – The rapist

Felix was interesting.  On the surface he was quiet and very friendly, but there was something about him.  Something that scared me a bit.  Our counselor was very hesitant of him as well.  Felix rapped his wife.  They had been fighting.  He went out to bar, got drunk, came home and raped her multiple times.  He went to trial, pleading innocent and was found guilty on multiple charges of rape.  I can’t recall the amount of time he did, but it was close to 15 or 20 years.  He now admits he did it and that he tried to just get off my pleading not-guilty.

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These three were in sharp contrast to the previous three.  All guilty by admission of hard core sex offense crimes.  It was awkward being around these guys at first, but over time as I came to know them, especially Grandpa and Raymond I began to wonder how long these guys should be punished for their crimes.   Grandpa and Raymond were both sincerely remorseful for what they had done.  You could hear it in the their voices and see it in their eyes.  Because of their crimes though, these guys will be punished for the rest of their lives.

My sessions ended the week or Christmas.  That evening our counselor brought some food and soft drinks for a mini Christmas party.  It was bitter sweet.  I was so glad to be done, but at the same time would miss attending.  Ironically enough, these guys were the only people outside of family and very close friends that didn’t judge me.  They didn’t look at me the same way the rest of my neighbors did and I honestly felt like they believed I was innocent.  I shook their hands, wished them the best and walked out the door.  I never looked back and swore I would never drive by that place again.

Now, almost 2 years later, I haven’t yet.  I do wonder how those guys are doing at times though.

Many of you have been asking for a while if I had forums or if I intended to create any.  I finally decided to bite the bullet this morning.

I’m proud to announce the creation of the Falsely Accused Dad Forums.  The forums will be a place of community, where those of us that have false accusation stories to share can help and support each other.  The forums will also provide a great way those recently accused to ask questions and seek help.

Anyone can read the forums, but in order to make posts, you’ll need to register.  Don’t worry, it’s anonymous and only takes a minute or two.  Please spread the word, I’d love to build a supportive and helpful community for all of us.  Oh, please make sure you read the rules too.

Since these are brand new, I’m open to any suggestions you might have, so please drop me a private message on the forums with any suggestions you might have.  See you in the forums!

I’ve been debating this for a while and I finally decided it was worth the risk: I joined Twitter.  I was hesitant as I wasn’t sure how people would react and frankly I’m expecting to take a little heat, but we’ll see how it goes.

My whole intent and purpose with this site was to share my story with you: others that have been falsely accused, friends and family of those falsely accused, and you the general public.  I want Falsely Accused Dad to be a place where others that have been falsely accused can visit and not feel alone.  I also want to share my story in order to educate the general public on the truth behind child sex offense accusations and on how messed up our current legal system really is.

So, if you’re on Twitter, follow me.  I’ll be posting my article updates, news events, and even asking some tough questions.  Now, off to put on my extra thinck skin and armor

Breaking News: I just read on CNN.com that the supreme court ruled that sex offenders can be held in jail past their sentencing for an indefinite period of time.  This concerns me on two fronts:

1. What about the falsely accused?
2. Who determines how long these people are kept?  what good is initial sentencing if it can just be overridden.  Certainly opens up a can of worms if you ask me.

Now, with that said, I am all for protecting people against legitimate offenders, especially our children.  This is even more so in repeat offender cases.  I just pray the supreme court puts some guidelines on this.  It scares me to death to think that falsely accused offenders end up in jail, which is bad enough, but then can be held even longer based on what?

What are your thoughts on this?  Is this over he edge, or the right thing to protect the true sex offender victims.  What about the offenders that have psychological issues?  There are some arguments that sex offense is a disorder, just like any other mental disorder.  Will these people be helped? Add a comment!

I will never forgot the day I was arrested for child molestation.  I had seen people arrested many times before, but to be arrested yourself…well, that’s a totally different experience.   Being arrested for child molestation is frightening, humiliating, and degrading.  Fortunately, I was allowed to turn myself in, but more often than not the Police love to arrest you at work.  They love to humiliate you.  I was still hand-cuffed, put in a police car, and forced to change into prison clothing until my bail was made.  I was treated like a criminal and did nothing.  I was innocent.

Perhaps you’ve been arrested for child molestation or think you might be, what do you do?  Regardless of whether you molested a child or not, the things that you need to do right now are the same.

DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE

There is a very good reason the police have to read you the follow “You have the right the remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law”.  Just like it says, they will use anything you say, most likely against you.  The only information you should provide is your name, your address, the name of a family member, and your employer.  This information is often needed for bail.  If you are asked any other questions, say “I want to speak to a lawyer”.  No matter what they say, only ask for lawyer.

The police are allowed to lie and will lie to get you to say things, confess, make you trust them, etc.  They will make you promises of “helping” if you help them.  Don’t believe it, their job is the arrest you, not help you.  Am I the only one that finds it ironic, that the agency that is supposed to be there to protect us and serve as role models for our children intentionally lie?

Call a criminal defense attorney as soon as possible

In many cases, like mine, you might be questioned or investigated prior to being arrested.  I was asked to come to the station and talk  to them.  Stupidly, I agreed.  Since I didn’t do the crime they accused me of once I got there, I believed it would be alright to tell them my version of the story.  I believed they would believe me.  Wrong.  They twisted my words around to make it look like I confessed when I didn’t.  The written statement submitted to the DA re-arranged and even changed what I said, so that it looked like I admitted to possibly “touching [her] by accident”.  Their statement did not accurately convey what I had said.  But who will people believe, an accused child molester or the Police?  They’re real good at lying and tricking you by the way.  Remember, they’ve had lots of training and experience.  A few weeks after my “interview”, I was arrested and charged with child molestation (indecent liberties with a minor), a felony.

The most important thing you can do before or after being arrested for child molestation is to have an attorney present.  An attorney will keep the police from trampling all over your rights.  As soon a as you find out you’ve been accused of child molestation, retain an attorney.  Do not talk to anyone, including the police until you do.  If you’ve been arrested, do not talk to the police without your attorney present.  Who should you call using your one phone call?  Your attorney.

Finding an attorney, especially one with experience in child molestation cases can be tough.  Due to the stigma, many attorneys don’t want to handle child molestation cases.  But stay the course, and you will find a few attorneys that will.

If you’re arrested and haven’t had time to find an attorney that specializes in child molestation cases, just get a criminal attorney to help you through the arrest process.  You can always switch attorney’s later, and most likely the attorney you’re working with now can refer you to someone that handles child molestation cases.

Stay Calm

Staying calm when arrested of child molestation is critical.  First and foremost, it may protect you from additional charges or from being physically harmed.  Don’t ever resist being arrested, even if you are innocent.  Resisting arrest is illegal, and may put the officers in a position where they feel endangered…not a good situation.  So just remain as calm as you can.  There is a process you have to go through, and willingly or not, you will go through the process.

Staying calm will also help you not only think through the situation so you can respond and act appropriately, it may also allow you to notice details that may be important to your case.   Stay calm and pay attention.  As soon as you can, write everything down that happened, including detail about the officers, how they acted, where you were taken, treated, etc.  This information will be critical for your attorney.

Do not consent to a search

If the police want to search your car, house or anything else do not consent to a search.  With that said, depending on where you are arrested, the location may give the police cause to search your car or house, but not always.  Just state that you “do not consent to a search.”  If they search anyway, do not resist.  Let your attorney and a judge determine if the search was illegal.  Most likely, if you’re being arrested of child molestation, the police will have a search warrant for you home and will confiscate your computer, pictures, and video that you have.  You have the right to see it.  They’ll be looking for child pornography as patterns show true offenders often have child pornography at their homes and on their computers.  They took 3 of our computers for 2 years…they found nothing.

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If you’ve been arrested for child molestation, remember: stay calm, keep your mouth shut, and contact an attorney as soon as you.  Did I mention to not talk to the Police??  DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE!

As I attended each weekly counseling session, I grew less and less angry about being there.  To be honest, it was a little strange, at some level I enjoyed attending.  I enjoyed talking with some of the offenders and to my disbelief was learning a few things.  I wasn’t learning about how to manage my anger, but learning how to avoid putting myself in dangerous situations with children where I could be falsely accused again.  I was also learning about the real truth behind sex offenders through the stories of the members.  It was also about this time I started this site and began sharing my story with you.

Each week as we met, we all shared a little more about our stories and situations.  I thought it would be interesting to share a few of them with you, as I think it will enlighten you into who some of our “registered sex offenders” really are.

Spike

I’ll start with the guy I previously mentioned was gay.  Since he has spiked hair, we’ll call him Spike.  Spike was a school teacher.  He was an openly gay male, living with his boyfriend and had been doing so for a few years.  Spike was a very well respected teacher who received great compliments from parents and was well liked by his students.  He had wanted to be a teacher all of his life and loved working with kids and teaching them.  Spike was in his late twenties at the time.

One evening, while sitting at home grading papers, there was a knock on the door.  Spike answered the door and was greeted by a few police offers.  They stated they had a search warrant.  He was shocked.  He of course allowed them in and read the warrant.  Based on what he could tell, an undercover officer had received requests for child pornography from a person using a computer located in his home.  Him and his boyfriend only had one computer.  After reading the warrant as the other police searched the house and took the computer, he was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.  He was informed that his boyfriend was already at the station.

I won’t go into all of the details, but the computer did in fact contain child pornography.  Spike said it wasn’t his, and that he was a lot of things, but not a pedophile.  His boyfriend would not admit it was his, and thus they were both charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.  Based on recommendations from their counsel, both plead guilty in order to receive reduced jail time.  Spike spent 6-months in jail, had to register as a sex offender, was on long term probation and had to complete a full sex offender counseling program.

Did he play a part in it?  Only he and God really know, but it sure does make you think huh?  Do you really know what your room-mate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse has on their computer?  Don’t think it can impact you?  What they have on their computer, since it’s in your house can make you a sex offender.

Richie

Next up is the young guy I thought was wealthy.  Since I thought he was rich, I’ll refer to him as Richie.  Seems Richie was hanging out with some friends in the city one night and met up with this really nice looking girl.  Together with a bunch of friends they went out bar hopping and the two of them ended up back at her parents place where she lived.  They had sex a few times then passed out drunk together in her bed.  He was awoken the next morning by the girls father who was extremely upset, especially since neither of them were dressed.  Richie left, grateful to not have been killed by the father.

A few days later, Richie was arrested at work and charged with rape of a minor.  Turns out, the girl he thought was “of age”, was 15.  He was 18.  The father had called the police and the next thing you know, he was in jail.  Again Richie plead guilty in order to receive a reduced jail sentence.  Frankly, he didn’t have much of a case, as he was 18, she was 15 and she never lied to him, he just assumed based on her looks and based on who she was hanging out with that she was old enough.  He was convicted of felony rape of a minor.  He received a year in jail, had to register as a sex offender, 3 years of supervised probation, and mandatory sex offender counseling.

Richie’s story is one I’ve reminded by teenage boys about a few times.  Don’t ever ever assume a girl’s age.  Doing so could ruin your life.

Fred

The guy I described as “rather unkept”, we’ll call Fred.  Fred’s situation is similar to Richie’s story.  He was 16 and at a friend’s house.  His friend’s sister, a few years younger had a slumber party the night before, so there were lots of girls still at the house.  One in particular he thought was cute, but knew she was too young, as he assumed she was the same age as his friend’s sister.  She started flirting with him and told him she was 16 as well and was older than the other girls.  Unfortunately, he believed her.

They managed to go upstairs and engaged in oral sex in his friend’s bedroom.  The girls mother arrived a little early to pick her up, and found them in the upstairs room.  After surviving the mother, he left and went on about his life for the next few days even laughing with his friends about it.  While at work 4 days later, he was arrested and charged with indecent liberties with a minor and attempted rape of a minor.  He was shocked to learn the girl was 14.

He plead guilty as well in exchange for a reduced sentence.  He got 6-months in jail, registered as a sex offender, supervised probation, and mandatory counseling.  Stupid?  Yes, but I can see how a teenage boy could very easily get himself in a similar situation.

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Three different people, caught up in situations that completely changed their lives.  Guilty?  Yes, with the exception of maybe Spike, but all three cases really enter that gray area of the sex offender and child sex laws.  Both Fred and Richie received sentences equivalent of a 35 year old man that molests and rapes a 7 year old girl.

We all tend to think that molesters are 30 year old rapists who force themselves on women, or even worse perverted 35 year old men who molest or rape a young pre-teen girl.  While I am sure many of them are, many of them are people like Spike, Richie and Fred.

I’ll share the stories of the others in my next post, their cases aren’t so gray…in fact, they’re crystal clear.

Last night I was checking my traffic statistics for this site using Google Analytics, and noticed that I received a pretty decent spike on Sunday.   Generally this means that I was linked to by another large site, or more commonly mentioned in a forum somewhere.  I was right, someone posted a link to My Story page on The Student Room and there was a decent amount of discussion about My Story going on.

As normal, there were quit a bit of assumptions being made, along with some plain old false information being stated.  Additionally some were being very judgmental about my story without fulling reading it.  When this occurs, I like to register and respond.  I always do so in a respectful way, even when people attack me and call me names (pedo is the #1 on the list right now).  I also try to remember how I thought of accused child molesters before I was charged.  To be honest, I felt the same way most of these people did: burn them at the stake.  Ignorance is bliss right?

So I registered with The Student Room, and spent about 45 minutes typing up a response that addressed many of the main concerns people were raising and tried to clarify some confusion areas.  Again, I was not ugly, did not use bad language, and my response fully complied with their rules.  I pressed the post button and my reply went into moderation.  This didn’t surprise me as I had included a link to my site (again, not against the rules).

I came back a little later to find my response approved and up, along with a reply my wife had made as well.  Again, her response fully complied with the rules and was very nice and respectful.  I was anxious to see what the responses would be and hopefully assist with educating people on the realities of people being falsely accused.  I also noticed a number of other similar falsely accused discussions going on and was looking forward to participating.  I enjoy forums.

An hour later I checked the site again to see if I had any replies and found I was BANNED, and my wife as well.  Our posts were deleted and our accounts banned.  WHAT??  I immediately sent a message to their Contact Us link asking why, clearly stating why I had posted and that I had not violated a single site rule.

I doubt I’ll get a reply and thus will assume that censorship is still alive and well in the world.  The Student Room is a UK site, but there are many Americans posting.  Seems people don’t want to hear the truth, they just want to keep believing what they want.  If I receive a reply from The Student Room, I’ll be sure and post it out here for you.

If you care to read the thread and/or join in, you can read the thread here and join The Student Room here.

Be careful though, you might get BANNED!