Scandal Tom Silvagni convicted of rape

[cartwright]

A father standing by his son. You'd (hopefully) do the same.

I don’t see much benefit in the statement , assume it was a thought to give the media what they want to try to have some privacy.

 

[Bjchan13]

What was his defense?

That it wasn't him and he didn't do it

 

[Saint12]

Gets it right most of the time, particularly a jury trial

I have no dog in this fight couldn't care less however more often gets it wrong

But it does now.

How

 

[Mitchell Madness]

After 12 people have deliberated and came All to the same conclusion. I am very surprised he would make that statement to the media. Play a straight bat and if you think he is innocent let it play out without further comment. Jury trails very difficult to appeal.

To think he has the afl media training and still said it...

 

[The Blue Max]

I don’t think the parents can be judged -

- They’ve had Tom bullshiting them for months about his ‘innocence’ so they’ve acted in his best interests

- They’ve seen their son revealed as a rapist and a liar in Court - A crushing experience

- Now they have the sentencing to ‘look forward’ to, probable incarceration of their son and all that entails.

Loss of reputation, loss of respect, doubts about their parenting, Jo in particular will probably lose all employment prospects.

They have every right to look crushed - they’ve discovered their son is Class A turd.

(I address SOS presser in a later post)

 

[CrumpetAgony]

You're either incapable of seeing, or simply ignoring the human element of this.

Yeah nah if my son was convicted of rape I wouldn’t come out publicly and proclaim his innocence. Let it play out further in the courts if you want without comment. The human element you reference in this is the victim, but not sure that’s your view

 

[Munich]

A father standing by his son. You'd (hopefully) do the same.

You can support your son without labelling the victim a liar.

 

[Bedi]

MAP is considered one of the worst places to be in terms of prison conditions, more restrictions than remand centre and an actual prison unit. Plus it can be extremely volatile given the turnover of people.

sounds horrendous.

 

[jwikked]

You can support your son without labelling the victim a liar.

He didn't say anything about the victim, only that his son maintains his innocence.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

That it wasn't him and he didn't do it

I couldn't see in the article whether his mate admitted it was actually him, or if he denied it?

 

[Munich]

He didn't say anything about the victim, only that his son maintains his innocence.

Obviously he didn't literally say anything about her, no.

 

[Saint12]

It’s a shocking shocking look.

I get you defend your kids, but surely there is a point in time when you can no longer ? Surely that time is now.

Can you sack someone if their child has been convicted of a crime?

 

[Munich]

A lotta Saint Kilda fans sticking up for the rapist's family.

Poor.

 

[Michael Jezz]

I know.

What I find interesting is Silvagni is the one getting a platform here.

I know he's high profile and so he brings in views to the news etc but that's kind of the problem too.

You can't have it both ways Against. Suppression orders last week but against Silvagni's platform, this week

 

[10571z]

You can support your son without labelling the victim a liar.

A simple “we would ask for privacy and will make no comment at this stage”

Would have been fine.

 

[Munich]

A simple “we would ask for privacy and will make no comment at this stage”

Would have been fine.

Exactly.

 

[Saint12]

A lotta Saint Kilda fans sticking up for the rapist's family.

Poor.

So the whole family should be burned at the stake

 

[Bjchan13]

I couldn't see in the article whether his mate admitted it was actually him, or if he denied it?

His mate pretty much told Tom to GAGF when Tom asked him to lie and say his uber was cancelled and that he came back to the house.

 

[Munich]

So the whole family should be burned at the stake

I'll clarify.

SOS and his wife.

 

[iBeng]

I don’t get why he just didn’t t own up to his actions and take responsibility.

Mommy and Daddy said the lawyer would make it go away

 

[largebus]

After 12 people have deliberated and came All to the same conclusion. I am very surprised he would make that statement to the media. Play a straight bat and if you think he is innocent let it play out without further comment. Jury trails very difficult to appeal.

The only hope for him is if the judge made a mistake with his jury directions like the recent Greg Lynn trial.

 

[ferball]

You can't have it both ways Against. Suppression orders last week but against Silvagni's platform, this week

What do you mean?

 

[jwikked]

A lotta Saint Kilda fans sticking up for the rapist's family.

Poor.

Nobody is sticking up for Tom, but most (sane) people can see that this isn't a club issue, nor is his father wrong for standing by his son.

 

[The Blue Max]

sounds horrendous

Sorry, I can’t find Ray Jay’s post.

So MAP is where they profile prisoners to determine needs, appropriate containment and socialisation difficulties.

“Planning for the Melbourne Assessment Prison began in 1974, with construction commencing in December 1983. The prison was completed in 1989 at a cost of $80 million. It was officially opened on 6 April 1989 by the then Premier of Victoria and received its first prisoners on 29 May 1989. Initially known as the Melbourne Remand Centre, the prison was originally built to accommodate remand prisoners. In 1997 the prison became the reception prison for all male prisoners in Victoria and was renamed the Melbourne Assessment Prison.”

I believe he’ll end up in a low or med security facility - he’s a grub, not a hardened criminal or a psychopath(I hope)

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Lotta SOS pearl clutching going on in here, chat about the "human element" and the fact that he's just "defending his son". Here are the facts, though.

- His son has been convicted of rape, found guilty by a jury of his peers after sufficient evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is indeed guilty.

- In making a public statement proclaiming his son's innocence, he is effectively calling the victim a liar and in doing so causing further harm to the victim and her family at a time when they should be getting closure on the whole ****ed up scenario.

Now here are my opinions.

- If SOS was doing what a good parent should do, he wouldn't be enabling and absolving his son's disgusting behaviour by publicly proclaiming his innocence. What a good father would be doing, is turning his attention inward towards his son and dealing with Tom's behaviours and attitudes towards women

- The Silvagni family clearly believe their status absolves them from any wrongdoing and they can make this whole fiasco disappear by simply denying it.

The "human element" card is absolute rubbish, I'm sorry. Yes that element is certainly involved, however the result of it has been SOS turning his attention on the victim and enabling the perpetrator...and that is just wrong and frankly, awful parenting.