Georgia scientist pleads guilty to punching girl on ski slopes (41yr old man punches 14yr girl)

A Decatur man accused of punching a 14-year-old girl in the face for running into his son on the slopes in Colorado has pleaded guilty to third-degree assault.

The Vail Daily reported Tuesday that the plea from 41-year-old Scott Filler, a renowned malaria expert, was for a misdemeanor stemming from the December incident at Beaver Creek Ski Resort.

Police reports say Filler thought the teen was skiing carelessly when she bumped into his 4-year-old son. Eagle County sheriff's deputies say that's when he jumped on the girl and hit her with his fist. The girl said she was swerving to avoid another skier.

District Attorney Mark Hurlbert says Filler was sentenced to anger management classes and restitution, the amount of which would be determined by the girl.

Prosecutors also sought community service, but Hurlbert says the judge fined Filler $500 instead.

Three witnesses told deputies they observed Filler punch girl between two and four times.

The ski instructor who pulled the Decatur man off the girl told deputies Filler punched her "at least four times, using a closed fist," sheriff's Lt. Mike McWilliam told the AJC. Two other witnesses said they observed Filler yell at the girl before landing two or three punches, the sheriff's office spokesman said.

Filler, charged with misdemeanor child abuse, told deputies he thought the girl was skiing carelessly and had seriously injured his son. The boy was not hurt, however, and Filler apologized. The girl was treated for minor injuries at a local medical center.

Her father requested charges be filed against Filler, who was banned for life from Vail's six ski resorts.

An (highly likely) illegal alien girl taking ski classes, looses control trying to avoid a downed skier and knocks down a four year old.

Any Mexican illegals in Vail would likely be found in food or custodial service or hospitality, not taking ski classes. Vail is expensive, and illegals are poor! LOL!

On the other hand, Vail is a favorite vacation spot for well-heeled Mexican tourists. According to the local rag, Latin American visitors account for ten or twelve percent of Vail's ski trade, and Mexicans make up the majority of the category.

A number of other people had the same reaction. Tell me sage, please provide your proof that a Lefty family didn't bring along family friends on their vacation. People do this sort of thing you know.

I would say it's about 90/10%, that you are correct, but you don't know for sure. Until you do, I'm likely wrong here, but not proven so.

My comments along these lines were not meant to focus on the illegal immigrant 'problem' per se, but mearly to address the reason why the child requested the adult not be given jail time. Why would the child take a pass on seeing the adult who jumped on top of her and hit her on her face with his fists, want to see him get off? If you have an explanation for that other than the one I came up with, I'd love to hear it.

Then she says she doesn’t want him arrested.

And why wouldn’t she want him arrested? Because she would have to testify in court, which would require her being identified for the court as an illegal immigrant, possibly causing her whole family grief.

Wrong again. According to this report, "Her father requested charges be filed against Filler, who was banned for life from Vail's six ski resorts."

No, I am not even wrong here once, until it can be proven conclusively that this girls family was definitely there on vacation. Here is a report from UPI located here: LINK

In that report it states...

The victim did not want Filler to be sent to jail, Eagle Country District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said, which is why his office pursued community service, anger-management classes and restitution as punishment.

Perhaps the father was promised their legal status would not be used against them. Perhaps that's why there are conflicting reports concerning the desire to see the book thrown at the perp. Perhaps the family was a Mexican tourist family. The FACT still remains that the 14 year old girl did not want the perp to get jail time. That simply doesn't compute for me. Something caused her to take a pass on seeing him get sent to jail. Until someone offers up a better explanation than mine, I'm still at a loss for why the girl didn't want this guy to get jail time. And frankly, so are you.

You need to acquaint yourself with the teachings of Father William of Ockham (1285-1349). It's a great antidote to spinning wildly unfounded conspiracy theories like a birfer.

Tell me sage, please provide your proof that a Lefty family didn't bring along family friends on their vacation. People do this sort of thing you know.

What if they did? It's quite possible the Kennedys or the Kerrys or the Edwards's have some Mexican friends. But it's also quite unlikely said friends are not rich enough to vacation in Vail on their own dime. Not all Mexicans are as rich as Carlos Slim, but quite a few have enough to throw around excess pesos in places like Vail. And rich American liberals certainly know the difference between pals and servants. When they're after the sheeple's vote, rich libtards like to yammer about two Americas and all that, but we don't call them limousine liberals because they actually hang out with the little people, do we?

The FACT still remains that the 14 year old girl did not want the perp to get jail time. That simply doesn't compute for me.

And the fact remains the father did want the perp charged. And that blows out of the water any illegal immigrant theory.

As to why the girl wanted mercy for her assailant, who knows? Filler did apologize when he realized the true situation. Maybe she wasn't hurt as badly as reports suggest. Maybe she felt guilty about hitting Filler's four-year-old. Maybe it's that several months have passed, and she now feels he's been punished enough. Who knows? But it's 100% clear immigration law is not a factor!

IMHO, she made a correct and judicious decision. May she grow up to be President of Mexico!

You need to acquaint yourself with the teachings of Father William of Ockham (1285-1349). It's a great antidote to spinning wildly unfounded conspiracy theories like a birfer.

Wow, you've hear of Ockham's razor. Geez, can I have your autograph?

You give the word dumb ass a whole new flavor.

Tell me sage, please provide your proof that a Lefty family didn't bring along family friends on their vacation. People do this sort of thing you know.

What if they did?

Yeah, what if they did? Well, there is that... I mean if they did, it wouldn't have any impact on the validity of my premise would it. /s I'm dealing with a real brain trust here.

It's quite possible the Kennedys or the Kerrys or the Edwards's have some Mexican friends. But it's also quite unlikely said friends are not rich enough to vacation in Vail on their own dime.

Yeah, you're right. The Kennedy's and the Kerry's are the only Leftists who go to Vail. Of course none of the Lefties in California have hired help that might fit in this category do they.

Not all Mexicans are as rich as Carlos Slim, but quite a few have enough to throw around excess pesos in places like Vail. And rich American liberals certainly know the difference between pals and servants. When they're after the sheeple's vote, rich libtards like to yammer about two Americas and all that, but we don't call them limousine liberals because they actually hang out with the little people, do we?

For a person who doesn't like wild theories, it's kinda funny to watch you spin them yourself. I have posited a reason why I question the status of the girl and her family. I don't really have a burden on this, but it is interesting to see you come unglued on the subject. Why would I actually give a damn, other than to wonder why the girl didn't want the man to go to jail?

Since I'm going out of my way to defend her, why don't you explain what evil mindset I must have had here to posit the question in the first place, you dolt.

The FACT still remains that the 14 year old girl did not want the perp to get jail time. That simply doesn't compute for me.

And the fact remains the father did want the perp charged. And that blows out of the water any illegal immigrant theory.

No, it does not. And this actually calls to question your comprehension skills. I mentioned a scenario where the father could have been assured that his immigration status would not be used against him, if he wanted the full charges pushed. You evidently didn't have the tools to grasp that. Either that our you are so disengenous that you decided to ignore that point, and act as if it had never been made. Frankly, I don't blame you.

As to why the girl wanted mercy for her assailant, who knows?

Well, you sure as hell don't.

Filler did apologize when he realized the true situation.

Really? Wow, that's amazing. You seem to have read the same thing I did. Remarkable.

Maybe she wasn't hurt as badly as reports suggest.

And maybe you're an idiot. Whether she had serious injuries or not, the trauma of someone jumping on top of you and hitting you in the face with his fists, goes beyond mere physical injury. It is not reasonable to conclude that nothing other than her generous nature accounted for this. And yet, wild theories of your own design, are just fine to introduce here.

Maybe she felt guilty about hitting Filler's four-year-old.

Maybe. Yep, that's absolutely conclusive. Thanks.

Maybe it's that several months have passed, and she now feels he's been punished enough.

Another conclusive assumption. LMAO Thanks.

Who knows?

Actually none of us do. None the less you have come here to set me straight. And you even felt desperate enough to introduce the 'birther' label here.

How dare I ask the question, "Why?"

But it's 100% clear immigration law is not a factor!

Until you have proof that this was a vactationing family from Mexico, your certainty of the status on the clear immigration issue is pegged at 0%.

IMHO, she made a correct and judicious decision.

Who asked? Who cares? And with your logic, that's more a curse than support.

May she grow up to be President of Mexico!

Yes, if she ever returns there. At this point it isn't even conclusive she will.

If you'll look up thread here, you'll note that I told others that raised the issue of Mexican tourism being a possible factor, that they had raised a good point. I also told you that I thought you were likely 90 to 10%, right. I did also mention that until we know for sure, the issue is not mute. And that is the case.

So here you come back with another caustic response, looking like a bigger fool than you did in your post before this one.

Ockham's Razor? Wow. Really? Good grief.

It's proof of nothing here, and you should have known that.

While I don’t think that is an unreasonable take on it, I am still left with the reality that this man jumped on top of her, straddled her body between his legs, and wailed on her with his fists.

Would you have let some guy get by with this when you were 14?

Would your mother or dad have let you?

I can’t deny that’s a possibility, but it seems unlikely to me.

At the same time, people have raised the tourist factor, and I do think that your take is probably more sound than my own at this point in time.

Ultimately, I am still not convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt though.

Ultimately, I don’t have to be. I recognize what the likelihood is, and this can remain in limbo as far as I am concerned. It isn’t something that I have to be found right about, and if in the end my suggestion is wrong, it’s not that big a deal to me.

When I suggest a theory, it’s not meant to be the only possible answer. It’s merely meant to be a possible answer to help explain what took place.

You take care.

"I didn’t see any evidence the girl was in a ski school lesson."

From the December 20, 2010 Vail Daily-

"The 14-year-old girl from Mexico had been skiing on a beginner run, which Beaver Creek officials have identified as Haymaker trail, with a ski school class when she swerved to avoid a skier who had fallen in front of her, the statement said. The girl bumped into a 4-year-old boy who had been skiing with his father on the same run, McWilliam said. The boy and girl fell, the statement said.

The father of the 4-year-old boy said he thought his son had been seriously hurt and that the girl had been skiing carelessly, McWilliam said. Police said the man jumped on top of the girl and hit her in the face with his fist, McWilliam said in the statement. The skiing instructor intervened and stopped the father from further assaulting the girl, the statement said. The father then realized his son was not injured and apologized for his inappropriate behavior, McWilliam said.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101220/NEWS/101229973

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