Mom and Dad Hamaty
Digital camera and a picture printer...lesson learned.
"Building socialism one family at a time" placemarker.
I am curious what the husband looked like. He must have been pretty sketchy to get slammed like he did.
Gosh that situation was one crazy nightmare.
Also I can't believe he spent six months in jail like that.
This doesn't bother me. If I saw photos like this I'd steer clear of this couple and keep any children under my care from them as well. It's creepy like Lewinky's lawyer Bill Ginsburg saying on a Sunday talk show he used to kiss the insides of her infant thighs. I still shudder at the idea.
To be fair, I guess people are in a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't predicament when they report crime. Should they report something that may or may not be wrong and risk being wrong?
I would have thought that any investigation would have taken 5 minutes to exonerate the couple. But in this world, it looks like everything constitutes child abuse. Sure, we want to protect our children from harm, but we either don't do enough or we go overboard.
My father used to rub the top of his head (he wore a crewcut) over my brother's and my bare tummies. It tickled and we used to squeal with delight. I guess today if Dad did that, he too would have been arrested for child abuse.
Was it really obvious the man was kissing the baby's navel and not a little lower? If so, this should have never even made it to court.
My sister had a nasty experience with CPS in Colorado. I've told the story before and it is too long to retell but you realize just how much power the government has over you when you see them walking out with your kids and dubbing you a sex offender or a child molester over some innocent behavior. You are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
I think I would go back to the Eckard store and wait until the guy that called the cops left work. 5 months more in jail for kicking his ass all over town would be worth it.
I've kissed my son's belly button, but not really kissed it. We were playing blowing on each others tummy's to make a tooting noise, LOL! My boys would just laugh and laugh when I did this to them. How sad some things like this are seen as sexual.
Mom and Dad Hamaty
From WRAL Web site - http://www.wral.com/news/4772296/detail.html#
Happy Ending For Raleigh Parents Accused Of Sex Offenses
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Imagine going to jail for showing playful affection toward your baby. Now cleared, Charbel and Teresa Hamaty say that is exactly what happened to them.
Police charged the Hamatys last August with child abuse, accusing Charbel Hamaty of sexual assault on the couple's newborn son. Teresa Hamaty was arrested for taking sexually explicit photos.
Police charged the Hamatys last August with child abuse, accusing Charbel Hamaty of sexual assault on the couple's newborn son. The charges were eventually dropped, but the legal nightmare lasted until Tuesday.
Speaking for the first time publicly about the accusations, the family says it is frustrated by the legal system, but thankful to be reunited.
Back home again, 16-month-old Kristoff Hamaty has no clue that his parents temporarily lost him and their freedom over what they considered innocent, loving pictures.
"I know and I believe it was a nightmare," Charbel Hamaty said. Last August, he was jailed on felony sex offenses for family photos he casually dropped off to be developed at a North Raleigh Eckerd.
In a batch of impromptu party pictures, a few showed a naked Kristoff, then an infant, being kissed by his half-sister, Victoria, and proud father Charbel.
In a batch of photos, a few showed a naked Kristoff, then an infant, being kissed by his half-sister, Victoria, and proud father Charbel.
"You see the back of the baby, and like if someone is kissing the baby's belly button," said Teresa Hamaty.
Instead, police saw the worst and also arrested Teresa Hamaty for taking sexually explicit photos.
At court appearances, dozens of Hamaty supporters showed up to argue that police overreacted.
Over time, family, friends and strangers from the United States, Canada, and Charbel Hamaty's home country of Lebanon raised $140,000 in legal and living expenses.
"(It) makes me feel, that's it -- that's why I have to be strong for -- to show everybody what the truth is," Charbel Hamaty said.
Teresa Hamaty was released on bond, but waited months to reunite with her children. Charbel Hamaty sat in jail six months before the district attorney dropped charges after an expert's report showed no criminal intent.
"I think this was one of those times that they got the wrong people," Teresa Hamaty said. "They were too quick to judge when they took one look at my husband."
Both police and the District Attorney's Office contend they reacted appropriately.
In hindsight, the Hamatys said they realize the photos could be misinterpreted at first glance. Now, they say they are just happy all of their legal troubles are behind them.
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NC ping!
It works like this: The cop the photo people told didn't laugh at them because he likes them ratting him and doesn't want to discourage that. Then his superiors couldn't admit that any of their flunkies had made a mistake, so they had to back him. Then the prosecuter doesn't want to make his cops look bad, it might bring their judgment into question in other cases. And after all, it's just one six months and he doesn't even have a government job, so what's the problem?
False cause
How about: "I hate intrusive busybody governments!"
This is just plain knutz.
So... I could have gone to jail for doing a raspberry on my kid's bellybutton when he was a baby? Have you ever SEEN how a baby laffs when you do this?
Message to Law Enforcement: Get a life of your own stay out of mine!
later pingout... maybe.