I guess if a child pervert trolled the net looking for 10 and 16-year-old boys (using toys, money, etc as bait) and then set up a rendevouz with one who turned out to be a cop from a sting--you'd defend him, too! This actually happened here in N. Calfornia. The police also found that the guy was going to torture the poor kid--it was detailed on his computer!The pervert's scumbag lawyer got him off, claiming it was just a "harmless fantasy." Playacting. Yeah, right.
I'm not saying that Ritter was going to pysically harm the girl he thought was waiting for him at Burger King. Who knows? Either way, a married, forty-year-old man has no business with a sixteen-year-old girl. I'm just glad that he got caught in this sting before he found a real, willing victim to use. The "play acting online fantasy" stopped when Ritter turned off his computer, got into a car and headed to Burger King with more than just a whopper and fries on his mind...
"In June of 2001, Ritter was accused of engaging in a sexual discussion, on the Internet with a person who he thought, was a 14 year old girl. It was actually an undercover investigator who agreed to meet with Ritter. When Ritter arrived at the location, expecting to meet the girl, police warned him that he had been set up. Three months later Ritter allegedly fell into the same trap, only this time he was arrested."