Posted on 03/11/2003 8:27:04 PM PST by grundle
http://www.clickonsa.com/sh/news/texas/stories/news-texas-203273420030311-100326.html
Texas A&M Student Sentenced For Videotaping Girlfriend
Girlfriend Addresses Bice During Sentencing
Posted: 11:47 a.m. EST March 11, 2003
Updated: 11:57 a.m. EST March 11, 2003
BRYAN, Texas -- A former Texas A&M student who videotaped a sexual encounter with his girlfriend without her knowledge and showed the footage to his fraternity brothers must apologize to her in a half-page ad in the campus newspaper.
Brennan Bice, 21, was sentenced Monday to five years probation and a month in jail. He also was ordered to take out a half-page ad in the Texas A&M student newspaper, apologizing to his former girlfriend.
Bice was charged under a little-known law that makes it a felony to videotape or photograph someone without consent if the images are intended for arousal or sexual gratification.
Police said he videotaped consensual sex with his unsuspecting girlfriend, a freshman at Texas A&M, on Oct. 8 and showed the footage to as many as 15 members of his fraternity. When the woman found out, she notified authorities.
Bice was arrested and pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree felony charge, which is punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
The former girlfriend addressed him Monday during an emotional sentencing hearing at the Brazos County Courthouse, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported in its Tuesday editions.
"You violated me in ways I don't think you'll ever understand," she said. She was afraid to even be on campus the past five months because she didn't know who had seen the tape, she said.
"My freshman year of college has been a relentless nightmare," she said.
Bice, who was suspended from A&M and now attends Blinn College in Brenham, was taken into custody after the hearing on Monday the first day of spring break. He will remain at the Brazos County Jail until Sunday. Then, he will serve the rest of his 30-day jail sentence on weekday nights, said his attorney, Travis Bryan III.
Under a plea agreement, Bice also must pay a $1,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service. If he does not violate the terms of the plea agreement during a five-year deferred adjudication period, the court will not convict of him of the felony. He has no prior felony convictions.
State District Judge Rick Davis, who approved the plea agreement, told Bice he was getting off with a fairly mild punishment.
"You've taken something that should be precious between a couple and made a cheap thing, and made it an ugly thing," Davis said.
The judge told Bice to think about the anger he'd feel if someone unknowingly videotaped his future wife, or mother, or sister, having sex.
In Bice's advertisement, which is set to run in next Monday's edition of the college newspaper, The Battalion, he apologizes to the woman and her family. He also says he did not know about the videotaping law.
The ad -- which cost Bice $637, Bryan said -- acknowledges wrongdoing and urges other Texas A&M students not to participate in "this type of immoral and illegal conduct."
Phelps said the unusual advertisement makes Bice's arrest a cautionary tale to other young men while serving the community's interests.
"This punishment fits the crime," he said.
Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press.
Here in Atlanta, virtually every black woman I open the door for gives me a wonderful smile and a sincere 'thank you'. The white women pretty much ignore it...
......and then you said....
women = females that are not ladies
ladies = females with morals, manners, kindness, intelligence and healthy lifestyle
Why is the black female that smiles and offers a sincere thank you a "woman" and not a "lady"?
Because they're nice guys. ;^) sorry, couldn't resist.
Real trick is to place it in God's hands and let him guide events. Amazingly, when one dates and remains obedient to Him in all things, those you aren't destined to be around, amazingly fall to temptation of every hateful thing that makes them unattractive.
It's painful, but a lot less painful than getting hitched with the wrong saddlebag.
Well, there ya go! I'm a female/woman/lady who lives in the burbs, caters to my hubby and daughter, and says thank you to gentlemen for kindnesses...I still say thank you to my hubby for sweet and kind things he does.
So ya see...we aren't all idiots. Just some are.
same for any female
how does this directly affect you?
Oh. So I'm not a lady...nor a woman. Huh?! I'm just a female? LOL...tsk tsk tsk
You've seen the film???
NO!
That's because they snagged us when we where young,fit and trim with hair.
Then we just kind of grew on them before we got our potbellies and lost our hair.
Now they've invested too much time to just throw it all away. ;-)
It was that way in high school too. Young women are obsessed with "being popular" and want to impress their fellow females by dating the football star, the guy with the flashiest car, etc. They do not want to be seen with "a nerd." That's just the way it is when women are young.
When they get older, they do a complete flip-flop. They then go for the "nerds" who are now flush with money due to their high-paying careers.
Most women are shallow in this way. To be fair, there are many guys who are the same way and only date girls who are good-looking and popular.
My wife and I were both "nerds" in high school. We get along just fine.
Then I should be able to cash in any time now...
Thanks for the uplifter!
We remet at our 10 year high school reunion and married 2 years later. It's been almost 15 years of marriage and boy am I glad I waited for him! We aren't rich but $ doesn't buy happiness anyway. We're happy.
once they say thank you, they make the transition from woman to lady
same for any female
So, in your warped mind, all females are women, (by your definition) first, and then only become ladies when they show you some form of "morals, manners, kindness, intelligence and healthy lifestyle".
You sure are one judgemental little shit, aren't you?
Now that we have the MOAB maybe you should change your tag line by replacing 'BANG' with 'BOOM'. :)
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