Robert Hughes, choose your words carefully. - Hey Dad..! (1987) Discussion

[–] 14 years ago

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That now on the end got my attention too and I read it as meaning "why now, so many years after I did the molesting, not at the time?" An innocent man would be puzzled as to why this was being said at all, not now.

I can't wait to see this mongrel brought to justice. Not being as big as OJ and Robert Blake, and this not being in Hollywood, he might not get away with it.

i love my cats!

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[–] veggiepatch 14 years ago

Time decays the evidence, both pyschologically and most definitely, physically.

When angst brews up in someone that "experienced" a trauma many years ago, the self perception of culpability disappears and one of blame replaces it.

"Scepticism is the highest of duties, and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.” Thomas Huxley

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[–] kcdl 14 years ago

"Time decays the evidence, both pyschologically and most definitely, physically.

When angst brews up in someone that "experienced" a trauma many years ago, the self perception of culpability disappears and one of blame replaces it."

So Sarah was culpable for being touched up as a nine year old?

I really am beginning to think you are a child molester. Sticking up for due process is one thing, but you are totally gunning for Sarah in a way a TRUE sceptic wouldn't.

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[–] Fiddling 14 years ago

"I am absolutely puzzled as to why this is being said now".

Translation:

Yes, you might say that I acted inappropriately, but I had convinced everyone that I was in the right. It’s been many years and nobody has said anything, so why is it being brought up at this time?

Some of you people are idiots. First make no mistake, he could be very well guilty of these accusations but then again maybe not. Let us look at what has happened from people being interviewed:

Sarah: Had time to prepare herself and answer questions in a calm and comfortable environment

Simone: As above

Ben: As above

Robert: Sitting in his car at a set of traffic lights getting interrogated by the media. They kept cutting him off not allowing him to speak. I don't care if you are guilty or innocent you are never going to come off looking innocent when the media pull a dirty trick like that. None of you idiots could pull off a perfect, articulate and well structured answer regardless of innocence or not. You are being treated like a criminal, a pedophile, you are going to be scared to death. No one wants that tag.

ITT: Idiots who treat tabloid media as gospel.

Anyone remember the Ben Oxenbould interview, on at least two occasions he said this or words to that effect "Sorry, just let me think about my answer and choose my words carefully". That was a planned interview, never gave Robert that chance did they?

Some of you are pathetic.

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[–] eyebrowmorroco 14 years ago

First make no mistake, he could be very well guilty of these accusations but then again maybe not.

Leave it at that. I see no point in discussing anything with someone that is not convinced in this particular situation.

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[–] Fiddling 14 years ago

Leave it at that. I see no point in discussing anything with someone that is not convinced in this particular situation.

Thank you for proving my entire post. Idiot.

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[–] eyebrowmorroco 14 years ago

Thank you for proving my entire post. Idiot.

I have no time for paedophile protecting parrots like Veggie Patch and you. I’ve been following your posts and you are a deadest lughead. ‘Psychologist would have a term for it’? Matey, if anything, kids don’t lie about this sort of thing. She told several adults all those years ago, unless we are to believe that all of them have it in for Hughes and are lying when they corroborate her statement today. There’s a picture with his hands down her pants FFS. Wake up, you titwillow!

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[–] veggiepatch 14 years ago

Eyebrowmorroco

Enjoy your self defeating feminist mantra.

WAIT FOR THE EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENTED IN A COURT OF LAW!!

For you and some others to call me a paedophile and other derrogatory terms are grounds for me to press legal action against those said persons.

Hiding behind a computer screen no longer offers anominity. I have already had a five figure payout from an ex-girlfriend who posted my personal details on Yahoo Messenger. It took a long time and $230,000 but it was worth it. That was two years ago....sadly for you, technology has advanced a long way.

Enjoy your ISP scan and be VERY VERY careful.

"Scepticism is the highest of duties, and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.” Thomas Huxley

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[–] Fiddling 14 years ago

I have no time for paedophile protecting parrots like Veggie Patch and you.

You know it is almost a religious debate with you. I'm going to assume you're religious as you have obviously practiced your ignorance time and time again. You keep forgetting you are the only one "guaranteeing" Robert Hughes's guilt.

Matey, if anything, kids don’t lie about this sort of thing.

No child has ever lied about this sort of stuff ever. And eyebrowmorroco's comment proves it.

Here is some light reading for your thick skull:

http://www.criminalattorney.com/news/child-molestation/

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1085028467017.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/16/2007-09-16_custodian_falsely_accused_of_child_rape_.html

http://truthinjustice.org/paul-parks.htm

http://truthinjustice.org/swain.htm

That is just a small amount of adults and kids lying.

She told several adults all those years ago,

She allegedly told them.

unless we are to believe that all of them have it in for Hughes and are lying when they corroborate her statement today.

Which is what the police and if it goes to trial, lawyers will be checking. Without checking that path you can easily put an innocent man behind jail, which if you read the above links, does happen. Hence why we have a legal system otherwise innocent people could and would be attacked by the media who publicly slanders/defames a person and idiots like you believe it at face value.

There’s a picture with his hands down her pants FFS.

You don't like the truth do you? There is no picture of his hands down her pants. There is a picture of his hand on her lap under a script. But you obviously need to re-word the occurrence to suit your argument. Here's a thought for you, why would Robert Hughes have a photo taken of him having his hands down this girls pants for the world to see?

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[–] veggiepatch 14 years ago

Well said Fiddling...

Numerous people who post here, accusing Robert Hughes of heinous crimes before a fair hearing is accomplished, have taken on an erroneous role of Judge, Jury and Executioner.

As you said, those people have invested in their self proclaimed religion, aptly named "Monahanism". Like the clowns who adopted global warming and other conspiracy theories as their misguided belief, they are doomed to utter failure.

"Scepticism is the highest of duties, and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.” Thomas Huxley

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[–] casxx 14 years ago

I honestly can't believe the stupidity of the people here who are screaming "guilty" without there being a proper investigation or trial.

I honestly can't believe how stupid you are. Of course people are gonna chit-chat, gossip and form their own opinions. It's in our nature and we've been doing it since adam & eve!!
stop acting surprised and wake up to yourself for heavens sake!!!

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[–] casxx 14 years ago

You can scream "guilty" if you want, but I'm quite entitled to think you are stupid, and that you lack knowledge about the justice system.

What on earth has my previous comment got to do with the above. Stop shifting the goalposts!!

Chit-chat is fine, but when people are labelling someone as guilty when they haven't heard any actual facts are just reacting in a knee-jerk and judgemental way.

blimey, your either playing silly buggers with me, or you still can't grasp it..
Our every day joe and jane don't need to hear facts to form an opinion/label someone.
Is it really that hard for you to comprehend!!
All they need to hear is a faint whisper, and in this case they have heard loud whispers from the mouths of many.. plenty of ammo for their imaginations to run loose.
Like it or LUMP IT, that's the way we came off the production line! no money back!

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[–] casxx 14 years ago

I’m not shifting any goalposts honey. My comment totally relates to what you said.

BS..my comments had nothing to do with whether i'm screaming guily or not(which in fact i'm not, but for some reason it won't stop you thinking so)!

I'm entitled to have my opinions too, and I am never going to agree with people who make snap judgements about a person based purely on something they see on TV.

And that's precisely why i said "like it or LUMP IT"

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[–] casxx 14 years ago

Ohhh my lord,.. it's like flogging a dead horse!
I give up... i'm done spoon-feeding you!

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[–] lsevenl 14 years ago

it all points to guilty. at first i thought no way, having watched the series growing up.. i thought maybe sarah just wanted her name back in lights. but when ben spoke i knew it was true and is true.

Firstly, ben contacted aca after hearing sarahs interview... not aca contacted ben.
he was choosing his words carefully because he didnt want a law suit against him. everything he said though was clear and well spoken.
also if you hear gary reilys interview he changes his position. for the first three quarters of the interview he flatley denies ever having any knowledge of this occuring or anyone coming to him about it, saying they were just "rumours... then at the end he completely backtraks and is for sarah once he knew tracy was hinting it was robert hughes... saying it was a linch pin of the program.
Besides you say they cut off robert hughes when they dont at all... he repeatedly says, its in the hands of his lawyers. Also why has robert hughes been living in singapore all these years, it all seems very guilty too me.

If these allegations arent true then tell me how would defaming "hey dad" like this do for sarahs career? not too mention ben. also i find it interesting that people contact all the cast members of hey dad to talk about it and yet when theyve tried to contact robert hughes he is never replied.
for example, they had a where are they now episode with every main cast member of hey dad, besides robert hughes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7nvP5oWws
also they did a radio thing not long back where they tried to get all the cast memebers together to do a reunion episode on air and when they got nudge they were saying it took a while to get onto him and he made a remarke saying, yeh but i bet you couldnt get hughes and they all seemed to know something that indicated about this and this was late last year before any of this... so people knew about it before all this. i had a link to it on youtube but its been deleted...

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=19395666

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[–] casxx 14 years ago

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Firstly, ben contacted aca after hearing sarahs interview... not aca contacted ben.
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It was Gary Reilly's interview that spurred him to go on.
Gary said he knew nothing about Sarah's claim, but Ben claimed he went to Gary after confronting Robert Hughes who had brushed him off.
According to Ben, Gary basically told him to shut the f*&% up.. before finally saying "Let that be a lesson in professionalism"

and Simone claims she also went to Gary, and ended being threatened by him?

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[–] Fiddling 14 years ago

he was choosing his words carefully because he didnt want a law suit against him.

Yes that is obvious, you miss the point though. This whole thread is a "look at the word slip from Robert Hughes....that means he is soooooo guilty". The point is that Robert was never given that chance.

for the first three quarters of the interview he flatley denies ever having any knowledge of this occuring or anyone coming to him about it, saying they were just "rumours... then at the end he completely backtraks and is for sarah once he knew tracy was hinting it was robert hughes.

Wrong. Gary denied knowing of any so called rumours in reference to Sarah. He admits hearing of rumours and acting on them somewhat in reference of another child actor after Sarah had left.

Besides you say they cut off robert hughes when they dont at all... he repeatedly says, its in the hands of his lawyers.

Watch it again before you make up stuff. He was cut off and went to his "it is in the hands of defamation lawyers" after he'd been cut off. Do you want the link:

http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/hey-dad-alleged-abuser-revealed/x9g2m6f

Now ignorance is no excuse.

If these allegations arent true then tell me how would defaming "hey dad" like this do for sarahs career? not too mention ben.

So your logic is because if they were caught lying they'd never do it. If they are lying, which I seriously hope they are not, the main motive would obviously be money. Why did the family with the balloon boy hoax do it? Ended up costing them more money in law suits. Basically means people are excepting and willing to take the risks otherwise why would anyone do any crime.

also i find it interesting that people contact all the cast members of hey dad to talk about it and yet when theyve tried to contact robert hughes he is never replied.
for example, they had a where are they now episode with every main cast member of hey dad, besides robert hughes:

First, Robert Hughes wasn't the only cast member not available for this. Second, it was known that Robert Hughes had left angry with the show and even had a law suit at the time against another cast member. If someone doesn't show up to a school/family reunion is there immediately a conspiracy?

also they did a radio thing not long back where they tried to get all the cast memebers together to do a reunion episode on air and when they got nudge they were saying it took a while to get onto him and he made a remarke saying, yeh but i bet you couldnt get hughes and they all seemed to know something that indicated about this and this was late last year before any of this... so people knew about it before all this. i had a link to it on youtube but its been deleted...

See above comment.

Now let us make this clear which some of you are not understanding. People will probably think I am defending RH and calling Sarah a liar but that is far from the truth. What myself and many others are doing is defending the legal process, innocence before proven guilty, which many have forgotten.

We have the legal process there for a reason and I sincerely hope those here claiming guilt all because of ACA's biased reports never are falsely accused of such a disgusting tag like Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Wife Beater etc.

Those tags never leave even if you are found not guilty or the other party retracts statements. Peoples families are destroyed and lose friendships because of accusations hence why this should be left to the police and finally the courts to decide on guilt or not.

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[–] lsevenl 14 years ago

ok so its been a while since ive seen all the interviews so i admit my post may be a little off in some parts... however the bottom line for me is that when it was just sarah that came with these allegations i thought, hmmm maybe shes just trying to get back in the spotlight. however when people, like ben and simone came forward to support these allegations i was convinced. also the two girls whos parents were friends of robert hughes, it makes no sense for them to come forward and put themselves at risk for being sued by gary reily and robert hughes. also the fact that robert hughes allready had "his" defermation lawers on standby made me think that hes been through this before. i mean just the way he said it made it seem like he was so prepared like he was expecting it to come back to him eventauly, hence maybe why hes been such a recluse living in singapore. we were also told of how he left the show after he was approached about the "rumours". also reily contiouly said he "angrly" denied the allegations (the interview was on youtube but since alot of them have been removed or delelted)... in my experience most people who are quick and angry to deny something they are often guilty...

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=19395666

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[–] d_henderson1810 10 years ago

Well, it is April 8, 2014, and "Hey Dad" star Robert Hughes was found guilty in a court of law of 11 charges relating to sexual abuse against young girls.

So, all you people wanting to defend Robert Hughes, what have you got to defend him now? He was found guilty in court!

The guy who said that he isn't defending Robert Hughes, but that notion of "innocent until proven guilty", well, he was proven guilty. Twelve jurors came to the decision that he committed these unspeakable crimes.

I would like to hear how you get around this now. Will you claim that the jurors were paid off too, that the courts got it wrong? What now do you have to defend your beloved Robert Hughes?

You people should apologize about the awful things you said about Sarah Monahan, since she and ten other girls have been vindicated.

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