Pete Townshend: 'Cops can come and get me'

The Sun ^ | January 13, 2002 | Dominic Mohan

[Clint N. Suhks]

More info

[WaveThatFlag]

Um Clint, I wasn't referring to NAMBLA, so much as "NAMGLA."
I am somewhat concerned about Female Pedophiles, but much more concerned about the males ones, because they make up the OVERWHELMING majority of a sexual predators. As another poster pointed out, if homosexuals were less likely to be pedophiles, little girls would be the much more frequent vicitms. In fact, the opposite is true.

[lainie]

Pete says "come and get me?" Okay.

Police arrive at Pete Townshend's home

"Townshend said he was appalled by the growth of pornographic images of children on the Internet and 'the millions of dollars being made by American banks and credit card companies for the pornography industry.'" (he had to get in a dig at America somehow)

[MassExodus]

See Me .... Feel Me .... Touch Me .....

As a rabid WHO fan, I can only pray this isn't true about Pete.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Cops can come and get me

Yeah!

I just heard they did. :)

[Howlin]

Pete Townshend: 'Cops can come and get me'

MSNBC and Fox are now reporting that they did just that, that he is being "detained" or "arrested," depending on the source.

[Howlin]

What is the song?

[Fraulein]

He was outraged when he first came across them while surfing the Net with son Joseph, now 16, about six years ago.

They just happened to come across child porn while surfing? One can only wonder what they were doing searches for. I have never come across child porn while surfing on the internet.

[Fraulein]

Townshend last night told The Sun he wants cops to come into his home and check his computer for child porn.

In the meantime he gets rid of his old computer and exchanges it for a new one...

[Chemnitz]

History of whatever, part 2. He is the guy. He insisted on wearing his mullet wig in prison. When he was let out he looked very tortured and did not want to discuss matters. He should have applied for a job in Jesse Jackson's enterprises. They value that kind of history.

[facedown]

What is the song?

Rock & Roll, pt. 2

You can hear a sample of it here. Its #18.

The Ultimate Gary Glitter

[Howlin]

Oh, thanks. I know that song, just didn't know the name. It's not just football, I can tell you that. All the ACC basketball teams play that, too! It kind of sticks with you, doesn't it?

Girl in London now saying he has been arrested.

[Howlin]

Fox saying he has been charged with three things:

Possession of the pornography (hard copies)

Second charge: reproducing it.

Third: the judge said he actually brought in equipment to produce porn and distribute it (can that possibly be true???)

[MassExodus]

Possession of the pornography (hard copies) Second charge: reproducing it. Third: the judge said he actually brought in equipment to produce porn and distribute it (can that possibly be true???)

*Head down, shaking in disgust .... Oh Pete, Nooooooooooooo

[GraniteStateConservative]

Yeah, and R. Kelly is the guy who's written some good R&B songs like Space Jam's "I Believe I Can Fly," which will probably be played at Michael Jordan's funeral one day.

You can't base your listening habits on the failings of the artists. You'd have nothing to listen to.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Don't give them any ideas, RWP.

[Howlin]

Pete Townshend Arrested on Suspicion of Possessing Child Porn

Monday, January 13, 2003



LONDON — Rock star Pete Townshend of The Who has been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, police said Monday.

Scotland Yard announced that a 57-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of making and possessing indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute indecent images of children.

Police, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the suspect was Townshend. He has not been charged with a crime. Under British law, suspects are not charged immediately upon arrest, and some people are eventually released without charge.

Townshend, 57, said Saturday he had used an Internet Web site advertising child pornography.

He made the admission after a newspaper reported detectives were investigating an unidentified British rock star for downloading child pornography.

Police said they arrested Townshend under the Protection of Children Act after executing two searches at a business and a home in Richmond, Surrey, the town outside London where he lives. They said they took computers from the home and were examining them.

Townshend was being held at a southwest London police station.

Townshend said in his Saturday statement that he was not a pedophile and only used the porn site once while doing research for an autobiography dealing with his own suspected childhood sexual abuse.

Townshend helped form The Who in London in the early 1960s and wrote most of the band's hits. The title character in Townshend's 1969 rock opera Tommy -- a deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard -- is sexually abused by an uncle.

Their parade of hits included "I Can See For Miles," "Pinball Wizard," and "Won't Get Fooled Again."

Earlier Monday, a group of police officers arrived at Townshend's Richmond home, one carrying a plastic crate containing packaging to store potential evidence.

Townshend's arrest came as part of Operation Ore, a crackdown on people who view child pornography on the Internet.

British police have arrested 1,300 suspects as part of the sweep, including a judge, magistrates, dentists, doctors and a deputy school headmaster. Fifty police officers also have been arrested, and eight of them have been charged with offenses.

Operation Ore is the British arm of an FBI-led operation that traced 250,000 suspected pedophiles around the world through credit card details they used to pay for downloading child pornography. The names of British suspects were passed on to police in Britain by U.S. investigators.

Townshend's friend, the model Jerry Hall, said Sunday he was an "avid supporter" of child welfare charities and had spoken at length about the dangers of child pornography on the Internet.

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[GraniteStateConservative]

I did a search on "bears" once and discovered that it's a euphemism for gay hairy men. However, I don't see how in the hell you accidentally go to a child porn site.

[MassExodus]

Soda spitting guffa !!

Yeah, that happened to me too. Damn !

[lainie]

I'd like to agree but, remember when Hugh Grant was popped for his ..indiscretion with a Hollywood hooker? After it blew over, Jay Leno asked him, "What were you thinking?" and it got big laughs. That won't happen with Pete -- even IF he's on the level and his only crime was being dumb enough to use his own credit card while doing research. Kiddie porn is different. IMO, he's tainted and it's not just a matter of getting past the bad press.