Former pop star Gary Glitter faces 8 sex charges

[Lite Beer]

Former pop star Gary Glitter faces 8 sex charges
By Ralph Ellis, CNN

(CNN) -- Former British pop star Gary Glitter was arrested Thursday and charged with committing eight sex offenses against two teenage girls more than three decades ago.

Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was known as a "glam rocker" in the 1970s for his flamboyant clothes and performing style.

He sold 18 million records with hits like "I'm the Leader of the Gang," "I Love You Love Me Love" and "Rock 'n' Roll."

He was charged with six counts of indecent assault, one count of administering a drug to facilitate sexual intercourse and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under age 13, the Crown Prosecution Office said.

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-- CNN 2014-06-06

[Ulysses G.]

Gary sure does have a difficult time controlling his libido.

[OZEMADE]

Gary sure does have a difficult time controlling his libido.

Well he and Rolf Harris can entertain the rock spiders in the clink, he has been convicted for the same offence a few times and has not learned a thing, lock him up for the rest of his life.

[boomerangutang]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

[shirtless]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

if your past was littered with these crimes you wouldnt want the general public to know, now Gary can achieve his life long ambition and become a champion at playing drop the soap.

[chuckd]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

If they are "dallying" with 13 year old girls, perhaps they have earned a look at their "dirty laundry".

This guy is a filthy pedophile and has been his entire adult life. I'm just surprised anybody would try and defend him.

[NeverSure]

Yeah, that bugs me. If he hadn't been imprisoned for child sex abuse before, and busted for child porn, I'd be complaining about that.

When women go to counseling for emotional issues the first thing some counselors do is suspect sex abuse during youth which has been purposely forgotten or memories repressed. So they set about trying to help the "victim" remember what happened decades ago, sometimes using hypnosis. There have been cases where charges were brought and the man convicted and jailed, and later the woman comes forth and says she was mistaken and led to think it.

I'd be the first to string up a proven child molester, but 40 years ago?

[thumper101]

You may find this hard to believe, but my ex back in the UK grew up next door to his mother who the beast used to go and stay with regularly. I was living with her before the sex abuse was uncovered back in the early to mid nineties.

At the time of those offenses, my ex would have been around 12 and she did tell me that he was always asking her to kiss him on the cheek.

Now we know he wasn't only being 'a friendly neighbour'.

Makes my skin crawl to think my ex may have actually been one of his victims.

I support mandatory castration for paedos.

[thumper101]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

Totally misguided priorities.

No condemnation... just whining that he is being picked on by the press.

Of course famous figures get more of a spotlight.... after all, he profited from the exact same 'spotlight' during his career, and made a fortune from it.... It works both ways you know.

It;s COMPLETELY justified.

[thumper101]

Yeah, that bugs me. If he hadn't been imprisoned for child sex abuse before, and busted for child porn, I'd be complaining about that.

When women go to counseling for emotional issues the first thing some counselors do is suspect sex abuse during youth which has been purposely forgotten or memories repressed. So they set about trying to help the "victim" remember what happened decades ago, sometimes using hypnosis. There have been cases where charges were brought and the man convicted and jailed, and later the woman comes forth and says she was mistaken and led to think it.

I'd be the first to string up a proven child molester, but 40 years ago?

My friend's wife back in the UK was raped about 15 years ago (before they married)... It was reported and the guy was arrested... He denied everything.

After 3 or 4 days, a policewoman went to her house and talked her out of pressing charges as the rapist was claiming consent, and I know that woman..... no way!.. She was covered in bruises and the hospital confirmed signs of violent sexual contact. It was my house she came to crying the next day.

The rapist's ex girlfriend also gave a statement to the police that her was an aggressive sex freak.

Anyway, she dropped the charges after she was told in detail how she would be torn to pieces in court by the rapist's defence and likely lose and the press would then attack her.

I couldn't believe it.

To add insult to injury, a few weeks later my mate (her then boyfriend) waled into a pub and spotted the rapist drinking with his pals, and went over to confront him and he was beaten to a pulp by the bunch of them. They also got off scott free for that as well.

I swear.... you couldn't make it up.

[HooHaa]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

buggering children falls under tha category of "private dallyings" and "dirty laundry"?

i think you would best avoid a career in child care.

[GAZZPA]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

Can't believe what you wrote here. This so called man was a very big star and in the public eye a lot many years ago. He used his fame to snare children and subsequently raped them.

The police publicize all of these kinds of cases where someone is serial child rapist and so they should, every single time. That's why there is a sex offenders register, so we all know where they are..

Unfair to focus on his "private dallyings"? Rubbish, publicize away, tattoo "child rapist' on their forehead for all I care.

[Alwyn]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

You need to bone up on the history of something like this before you go comparing TV posters to Gary Glitter. Apart from the fact you seem to think everybody should go easy with him for raping kids because of his fame - this is not a new thing with Glitter - he was expelled from Vietnam in 2008 after serving 3 years for molesting an 11 year and a 12 year old girl. He was also expelled from Cambodia in 2003 after a bit of jail. He'd all ready served time in the Uk for child pornography.. and you're defending this slag?

[Alwyn]

I guess where he's going to be going soon, he'll be getting some up the Gary Glitter himself and not in a nice way...

[awayego]

There can be fewer more abhorrent crimes than robbing a child of it's innocence and scarring them for life.

There cannot be any time limit on pursuing such vile people and bring the full weight of justice down on them.

I might also add that some parents are totally irresponsible in trying to dress and make up their kids as though they were adults.

Every child has a basic human right to have a childhood - the world over.

[MAJIC]

Yeah, that bugs me. If he hadn't been imprisoned for child sex abuse before, and busted for child porn, I'd be complaining about that.

When women go to counseling for emotional issues the first thing some counselors do is suspect sex abuse during youth which has been purposely forgotten or memories repressed. So they set about trying to help the "victim" remember what happened decades ago, sometimes using hypnosis. There have been cases where charges were brought and the man convicted and jailed, and later the woman comes forth and says she was mistaken and led to think it.

I'd be the first to string up a proven child molester, but 40 years ago?

40 years ago!or not,read up on him,seems like that was not his last criminal sexual offence! let's see some more time inside,and off the streets!

https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-tyc-sc&p=gary%20glitter%20cambodia&type=

[Albertosez]

Jim will fix it for u, Rolf let's em play with his dijjerydoo......and Gary wants all the kids to be in his gang. Added to these few, we then have the Pedo Priests and the caring Mother Mary the virgin Nun all........ of the Catholic Church ! A good bonfire would save the world a lot of costs and grief with these fokkers.

I read an article recently that said they had to delay Jimmy Savilles burial cos apparently the bin men were on strike at the time !

[sanuk711]

If they are "dallying" with 13 year old girls, perhaps they have earned a look at their "dirty laundry".--chuckd

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Isn't that the age you take a wife--in what is considered one of the most industrialized , & advanced countries in the world---Japan...... or even South Korea

I am not writing in defense of GG--but I expect to get all the knee jerk reactions anyway. The only thing that amazes me about people like him (who have a lot of money & seem to be partial to younger girls) is that they don't go to country's where its not looked at as illegal. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Italy & Canada its 14---& Spain was 13 until quite recently. Argentina, Mexico & Chile its 12--Most of the world (Population wise) its 14 --China & south America.

Why go & be put in Jail somewhere its not. http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm

The other point, (which I am sure will make me even more popular) is the misuse of the word Pedophile- A person who is attracted to pre-pubescent children, I don't think that covers Glitter & because the tabloids use it, doesn't make it so. A few years ago a British Tabloid was sued--Successfully -- by an English Teacher who had been Jailed for having sex with one of his students (15) efebafile is the word for a person attracted to Pubescent young girls, 14-15-16. But its much more sensational for the Tabloids to class them all the same, the fact that in the majority of the world--those girls are deem to be ready for marriage, seems to escape them.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ephebophile

[Albertosez]

And for the UK ex pats...... Imagine being a youngster around the Coronation Street set with Len Fairclough and Ken Barlow knocking about ? Who would have thought that Coronation Street was more dangerous than Walking Street ??

[i claudius]

While having no sympathy whatsoever for Glitter or any Pedo ,i am very suspect of these women who are now coming foreward 30/40 years on ,just because they can sue ,one of the women accusing Harris had already sold her story for a large sum of money to an Australian newspaper before even going to the police ,it makes you think ,is much of it ,just about the money ,it was a different world in the 70's (i am not talking about little kids here ,but the older teenagers at the time)

[thejcb]

You may find this hard to believe, but my ex back in the UK grew up next door to his mother who the beast used to go and stay with regularly. I was living with her before the sex abuse was uncovered back in the early to mid nineties.

At the time of those offenses, my ex would have been around 12 and she did tell me that he was always asking her to kiss him on the cheek.

Now we know he wasn't only being 'a friendly neighbour'.

Makes my skin crawl to think my ex may have actually been one of his victims.

I support mandatory castration for paedos.

You are correct, I don't believe it. It's not "hard" to believe I just DON'T believe it

[wotaplonker]

If they are "dallying" with 13 year old girls, perhaps they have earned a look at their "dirty laundry".--chuckd

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Isn't that the age you take a wife--in what is considered one of the most industrialized , & advanced countries in the world---Japan...... or even South Korea

I am not writing in defense of GG--but I expect to get all the knee jerk reactions anyway. The only thing that amazes me about people like him (who have a lot of money & seem to be partial to younger girls) is that they don't go to country's where its not looked at as illegal. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Italy & Canada its 14---& Spain was 13 until quite recently. Argentina, Mexico & Chile its 12--Most of the world (Population wise) its 14 --China & south America.

Why go & be put in Jail somewhere its not. http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm

The other point, (which I am sure will make me even more popular) is the misuse of the word Pedophile- A person who is attracted to pre-pubescent children, I don't think that covers Glitter & because the tabloids use it, doesn't make it so. A few years ago a British Tabloid was sued--Successfully -- by an English Teacher who had been Jailed for having sex with one of his students (15) efebafile is the word for a person attracted to Pubescent young girls, 14-15-16. But its much more sensational for the Tabloids to class them all the same, the fact that in the majority of the world--those girls are deem to be ready for marriage, seems to escape them.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ephebophile

vgood post, lets face it and be honest, any number of civilizations and cultures 'create' their own versions of a pattern of how life should be lived for any number of reasons usually associated with the politics of power , but that got <deleted> all to do with the reality of being human at a fundamental level, when our bodies change at puberty our genes are saying "right get stuck in and make sure your genes survive to new generations, ages are purely relative, i would say its odd NOT to be attracted to an attractive 14 or 15 year old 'young woman' are guys here trying to seriously say when they were 13,14 or 15 or so they didn't like having a fiddle with the local similarly aged girls, get <deleted> real for the non-existent dieties sake !

[GAZZPA]

If they are "dallying" with 13 year old girls, perhaps they have earned a look at their "dirty laundry".--chuckd

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Isn't that the age you take a wife--in what is considered one of the most industrialized , & advanced countries in the world---Japan...... or even South Korea

I am not writing in defense of GG--but I expect to get all the knee jerk reactions anyway. The only thing that amazes me about people like him (who have a lot of money & seem to be partial to younger girls) is that they don't go to country's where its not looked at as illegal. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Italy & Canada its 14---& Spain was 13 until quite recently. Argentina, Mexico & Chile its 12--Most of the world (Population wise) its 14 --China & south America.

Why go & be put in Jail somewhere its not. http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm

The other point, (which I am sure will make me even more popular) is the misuse of the word Pedophile- A person who is attracted to pre-pubescent children, I don't think that covers Glitter & because the tabloids use it, doesn't make it so. A few years ago a British Tabloid was sued--Successfully -- by an English Teacher who had been Jailed for having sex with one of his students (15) efebafile is the word for a person attracted to Pubescent young girls, 14-15-16. But its much more sensational for the Tabloids to class them all the same, the fact that in the majority of the world--those girls are deem to be ready for marriage, seems to escape them.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ephebophile

vgood post, lets face it and be honest, any number of civilizations and cultures 'create' their own versions of a pattern of how life should be lived for any number of reasons usually associated with the politics of power , but that got <deleted> all to do with the reality of being human at a fundamental level, when our bodies change at puberty our genes are saying "right get stuck in and make sure your genes survive to new generations, ages are purely relative, i would say its odd NOT to be attracted to an attractive 14 or 15 year old 'young woman' are guys here trying to seriously say when they were 13,14 or 15 or so they didn't like having a fiddle with the local similarly aged girls, get <deleted> real for the non-existent dieties sake !

Both of your posts are wrong on just about every single level. I guess you would dress this up as a sensible, subjective view but in reality it is pretty sick.

When young girls grow up they may be able to have babies at a very young age but they are NOT mature enough to make decisions about having a sexual relationship. It may be that other countries have differing age for consent, I personally don't agree with anything under 16. i could not ever imagine sleeping with a girl who is as young as 13, it is just so wrong, she is just a kid at that age.

For these guys though they did have sex with young girls under the age of consent in that country so no discussion required.

[sanuk711]

GAZZPA...If my post is wrong on every single level, then you just have to point out where those faults (lies) are. You have set an age of 16 for a person to have sex -- many countries in the world would be aghast at that view (USA included) they think its much to young.

If you feel that the majority of the worlds population are "Pretty Sick" so be it, I don't intend to throw insults at you for your opinion.

For these guys though they did have sex with young girls under the age of consent in that country so no discussion required...GAZZPA

Oh OK if you have closed all the discussion GAZZPA ....I guess that's it then.......

[nithisa78]

There can be fewer more abhorrent crimes than robbing a child of it's innocence and scarring them for life.

There cannot be any time limit on pursuing such vile people and bring the full weight of justice down on them.

I might also add that some parents are totally irresponsible in trying to dress and make up their kids as though they were adults.

Every child has a basic human right to have a childhood - the world over.

every child, Hallelujah.

[razer]

Like the song in "The Life of Brian" Always look on the bright side of life ... Gary is still famous!

[sanuk711]

Like the song in "The Life of Brian" Always look on the bright side of life ... Gary is still famous!

Probably more so then before razer........................

[Estrada]

I'm not familiar with GG's songs, but it's a bit unfair that, because of his fame, there's so much focus on his private dallyings. I'd bet a lot of T.Visa posters wouldn't want their dirty laundry looked at with a fine tooth comb and magnifying glass.

His fans were mainly young children and his songs included "Do You Want To Touch Me?".

[AnotherOneAmerican]

Jim will fix it for u, Rolf let's em play with his dijjerydoo......and Gary wants all the kids to be in his gang. Added to these few, we then have the Pedo Priests and the caring Mother Mary the virgin Nun all........ of the Catholic Church ! A good bonfire would save the world a lot of costs and grief with these fokkers.

I read an article recently that said they had to delay Jimmy Savilles burial cos apparently the bin men were on strike at the time !

Rolf Harris hasn't been accused of having sex with under age girls, as far as I can see. The accusation seems to be that he was a bottom pincher. "One alleged victim claimed that the entertainer had grabbed her bottom when she was waitressing at an event there in 1975, although prosecutors say she may have got the date wrong."

Gary Glitter seems to be a creep of the highest order, but still 30 years ago, how can you gather evidence?

Jimmy Saville is dead, wouldn't the correct time to accuse him be when he was alive?

[awayego]

There can be fewer more abhorrent crimes than robbing a child of it's innocence and scarring them for life.

There cannot be any time limit on pursuing such vile people and bring the full weight of justice down on them.

I might also add that some parents are totally irresponsible in trying to dress and make up their kids as though they were adults.

Every child has a basic human right to have a childhood - the world over.

every child, Hallelujah.

"Hallelujah"? What is that supposed to mean?

I suggest you read the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Our-mission/UN-Convention/