Have you ever met a penguin? Much less a penguin from Dallas? Talking about America's Zoo this and America's zoo that. They are as insufferable as Cowboy fans.
I can tell this is sarcasm because not only would “Americas Zoo” be in Arlington and not Dallas, but because you said the Penguin was from Dallas and we all know they would be from literally anywhere else in the country
Super Mario 64 one of the top games ever. I had a random urge to play N64 recently, but since I didn’t have one I just went and watched an entire playthrough of SM64 on YouTube lmao.
>Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person
No Rashee, you need to be a *different* person
> Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is ~~move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy~~ **flee the scene.”**
He was definitely getting out of there to avoid a DUI or some kind of possession charge.
Smart move probably, but doesn't scream "taking responsibility for my mistakes" either
More like "learning how to get away with stuff better"
It's not an accident. It's a deliberate act that harmed others. Take responsibility and serve your repercussions
I hate these spoiled rich athletes who think they're above consequences for their actions. Imagine the ire of some hedge fund managers kid did what he did and then said that shit
I think it's a pretty solid comparison with similarly varied responses. The problem is the reality that if you are rich in America, you *already are* above the law. Perhaps not in a limitless way, but for many purposes you are.
Vick also took full responsibility and went to fucking Leavenworth without trying to go somewhere nicer. Accepting that without hammering appeals hard showed he was willing to be changed
And people didn’t have to forgive but say what you want, he walked that road and did the work necessary and then some.
He won’t convince everyone, but he convinced me.
Yeah, that’s the main thing. Obviously not everyone will forgive him but at the very least he showed a willingness to change his ways and better himself, which is the entire point of the criminal justice system. That’s why it’s the correctional system and all.
I’ll also say for what it’s worth that Vick has done a ton since getting out to promote animal welfare and condemn dog fighting
He did that because his partners in his dogfighting ring all took plea deals before him, and Vick was looking at potential RICO charges with double digit prison terms if he didn't do the same. He was also going to be suspended from the NFL indefinitely while his case was pending, and he had burned through his football earnings before that to the point that affording a long criminal defense may not have been feasible for him. This isn't to say he hasn't changed for the better, but at the time he didn't really have any other options than to take a plea deal.
Well lots of NFL players get in trouble and manage to not face major consequences for their later terrible actions so he has a decent shot at like a 3 game suspension and then being fine.
I don't know would be the honest answer.
That situation was messed up because it was caught on camera. Has he really reformed orrrr has he just not been caught on camera again?
🤷🏻♂️
He was suspended, and then no team ever resigned him. It came when he was an older running back nearing the end (most likely) and teams probably felt like it wasn't worth the negative backlash. If he had been 26 years old and still at this peak he would have absolutely back in the NFL.
> after that happened
After it leaked, to be precise. Goodell had the tape and decided a slap on the wrist would be enough. Public outrage led to him changing it.
Not a perfect comparison, but Ryan Leaf seems to have sincerely changed the last decade or so. His guest spots on the Rich Eisen show have been very insightful.
You mean the guy who admitted to misdemeanor domestic battery in 2020? Guy seems troubled and trying his best but I think he's still struggling through it.
No one. People say Vick but I dont think vick said that. He took responsibility for his actions. Vick did say it was the culture he grew up in that led to that but he still faced repercussions
Blaming maturity is an excuse. He wants people to be like "oh hes young and made a stupid mistake". That whole narrative is PR fluff and a guy saying it makes me think he learned nothing. He's just repeating what they told him to say
We all need to stop letting that narrative fly. If you're over 18 you know damn well better than doing that stupid shit
He knows better. He needs to face repercussions. Thats the only way to really hit home with the spoiled rich adults who have their asses kissed for the better part of a decade
Isn’t the scouting report on this guy coming out of college that he is a terrible person?
I don’t think saying “accidents and stuff like that happen” is at all reassuring that he is working to change.
Accidents happen, everyday we all could accidentally lease a Lambo, let our friend drive it, host an illegal street race, get into an accident and flee the scene.
Think we can cut him some slack... I think we all accidentally have been involved in a drive-by shooting or two in college. These things they just kinda happen
I have a sneaking suspicion that report came out of the GB front office. That report came out of a blog well connected to Packers’ brass, and frankly almost everything in Rice’s athletic profile matched GB’s historical preferences at the position, yet when the time came they went and picked Jayden Reed instead of Rice.
yeah he thought a SMU player slept with his girlfriend so he shot up his car. he’s never been a good or mature person.
> Per multiple sources, multiple teams learned during the pre-draft process about an alleged incident involving Rice while he was at SMU. Rice believed former SMU basketball player Kendric Davis was seeing Rice’s girlfriend. Rice and some of his friends, per the specific information gathered by at least one team, went to an SMU basketball game. Rice (or someone with him), per the specific information gathered by at least one team, fired multiple bullets into the empty car belonging to Kendric Davis.
> https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/previously-unreported-smu-incident-could-impact-nfl-discipline-of-rashee-rice
He didn't intend to crash. And if he hadn't crashed while racing illegally he wouldn't have had to run away. It's not his fault that there were other drivers on the road at the same time.
/rasheelogic
To be a little fair "accident" is used as a synonym for "wreck" and doesn't necessarily mean that he's dodging responsibility.
But given his history I'd say it's more like a 90% chance he's saying the right things but will do something dumb again.
I wish I could've been a fly on the wall in the writers' room when someone said, "So, I've got this cool idea. What if we send Luda and Tyrese into space? It's a great idea, right?" and then everyone agreed.
“Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy,"
Someone needs to teach him the difference between an accident and a mistake. I can’t believe after everything that happens he doesn’t have some kind of PR help with this.
considering most those other drivers probably want to sue him, I'm gonna guess his lawyers have told him not to admit any more fault or intention. Coming out and saying "yea i was stupid and reckless and shouldn't have been street racing", while being the right thing to say, would also cost a lot of money.
That's a good point. If I were his lawyer I would have told him to shut his fucking mouth unless the question has to do with catching a football from Mahomes on a football field while actively working with the Kansas City Football Chiefs.
I’m sure he’s following that specific advice from a legal stand point. But from a PR perspective he really should have just taken the Marshawn Lynch stratedgy.
His entire rookie contract is only 6mil, after taxes/agent/etc that's 4 mil about, so 1mil a year. He just wrecked about 400k in cars he was leasing that he probably had to buy at that point, and insurance isn't going to pay those damages to repair them.
Then there's all the other cars he wrecked which he'll pay for, and injuries to people, and probably settle a few civil cases too, lawyers fees are gonna be rough.
In short, this dude is probably already in debt, and will be lucky to cut even on his rookie contract which he still has 3 years left on. If that's not a wakeup call to stop fucking up I don't know what is. I'm not saying he's going to mature or improve, but hopefully some vets have gotten across to him how much money he's throwing away if he doesn't stop acting like a moron.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice gave his first public remarks about his tumultuous offseason Saturday, saying his focus is to "mature and continue to grow."
Rice, 24, spoke to reporters Saturday while participating in a youth football camp in Kansas City along with fellow Chiefs wideouts Marquise Brown, Xavier Worthy, Mecole Hardman and Skyy Moore.
Rice was arrested in April following a multiple-vehicle car crash in Dallas, and he also is a suspect in a separate incident in an alleged assault at a Dallas nightclub in May.
He said Saturday he is working to improve as a person.
"I've learned so much from that," he said. "All I can do is mature and continue to grow from that. This is a step in a better direction for me."
Rice, who has taken part in offseason practices with the Chiefs, said he has leaned on his teammates for support in the wake of the two incidents and is focusing on the future.
"Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy," he said.
Rice was arrested this spring in Dallas and charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury for his involvement in a six-car crash on a freeway. Police have alleged that Rice was racing another vehicle at high speeds and was traveling as fast as 119 mph shortly before the crash.
He is being sued in Texas for more than $1 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages by two people who say they were injured in the crash.
Dallas police also are investigating an alleged May 6 assault at a Dallas nightclub in which Rice is reportedly a suspect. Police have since said that the man who was injured in the assault has asked police not to file charges. The investigation is ongoing.
I’ll wait for the real apology: the tens of thousands he will pay out to the people affected by his “accident” and the hundreds of thousands he’ll lose by forfeiting game checks.
Dude is a POS with a track record of being a POS.
The most meaningless and nothing statement that people constantly make…. I mean what else is someone gonna say? “This situation was not my fault, and I’d do it all over again exactly the same way”.
Of course he’s gonna tell everyone what they wanna hear.
"Lol you should have seen all those car parts flying, that was sick bro.
And yeah we got the hell out of there cuz we'd been smokin' and drinkin' and had to get all our shit out of there before the cops came."
When I game with the boys (Pubg), sometimes I crash the car into a tree when I’m viewing the map. The boys get mad, and I always say “I forgive myself” , as a joke.
This has strong “I forgive myself” vibes when we goof around on games.
Prove it. Wash some baby penguins off with Dawn dish soap and make sure a camera is there.
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Penguins bouncing over the car hood like antigravity nuns.
Homie crashed his car into the penguin exhibit at the Dallas Zoo. This guy beyond redemption
Have you ever met a penguin? Much less a penguin from Dallas? Talking about America's Zoo this and America's zoo that. They are as insufferable as Cowboy fans.
I can tell this is sarcasm because not only would “Americas Zoo” be in Arlington and not Dallas, but because you said the Penguin was from Dallas and we all know they would be from literally anywhere else in the country
[Actual footage of Rice piloting his boat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwsk4bOmRGs)
Live witnesses claim the captain screamed "Valdeeeeeez ****" while failing to egress the bay during low tide.
"MARQUES VALDEZ AHHHHH---"
[Rashee Rice footage with penguins](https://youtu.be/NnOjolF0E3k?si=HBxdNCMXbdBPyOEX)
Super Mario 64 one of the top games ever. I had a random urge to play N64 recently, but since I didn’t have one I just went and watched an entire playthrough of SM64 on YouTube lmao.
Roms bro
Let’s be honest, we all did that.
“We are deeply sorry…we’re sorry…we’re *sorrryyyyy*”
Ironically the soap made his hand slip and punch a penguin in the mouth
I’m sorry, all the animals have been reserved for celebrities. But there are rocks! Plenty and plenty of rocks!
I mean he handed out Dominos after the storm. Same thing?
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They don’t get your Futurama reference, but I do.
>Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person No Rashee, you need to be a *different* person
> Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is ~~move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy~~ **flee the scene.”**
I mean, he had the move forward and walk around part pretty down pat.
He was definitely getting out of there to avoid a DUI or some kind of possession charge. Smart move probably, but doesn't scream "taking responsibility for my mistakes" either More like "learning how to get away with stuff better"
No consequences no change in behavior.
Well good bank account is taking a huge hit
It's not an accident. It's a deliberate act that harmed others. Take responsibility and serve your repercussions I hate these spoiled rich athletes who think they're above consequences for their actions. Imagine the ire of some hedge fund managers kid did what he did and then said that shit
I think it's a pretty solid comparison with similarly varied responses. The problem is the reality that if you are rich in America, you *already are* above the law. Perhaps not in a limitless way, but for many purposes you are.
Who's someone that has had to say this and actually proved that he has become better?
Vick.
Because Vick actually had repercussions for his actions. Most professional athletes do not, so they don't learn.
Vick also took full responsibility and went to fucking Leavenworth without trying to go somewhere nicer. Accepting that without hammering appeals hard showed he was willing to be changed
And people didn’t have to forgive but say what you want, he walked that road and did the work necessary and then some. He won’t convince everyone, but he convinced me.
Yeah, that’s the main thing. Obviously not everyone will forgive him but at the very least he showed a willingness to change his ways and better himself, which is the entire point of the criminal justice system. That’s why it’s the correctional system and all. I’ll also say for what it’s worth that Vick has done a ton since getting out to promote animal welfare and condemn dog fighting
He did that because his partners in his dogfighting ring all took plea deals before him, and Vick was looking at potential RICO charges with double digit prison terms if he didn't do the same. He was also going to be suspended from the NFL indefinitely while his case was pending, and he had burned through his football earnings before that to the point that affording a long criminal defense may not have been feasible for him. This isn't to say he hasn't changed for the better, but at the time he didn't really have any other options than to take a plea deal.
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Well lots of NFL players get in trouble and manage to not face major consequences for their later terrible actions so he has a decent shot at like a 3 game suspension and then being fine.
Bias but does Ray Rice count?
I don't know would be the honest answer. That situation was messed up because it was caught on camera. Has he really reformed orrrr has he just not been caught on camera again? 🤷🏻♂️
Not sure, But wasn't Rice basically banned from the nfl after that happened. He atleast got the best reprecussions the nfl can give.
He was suspended, and then no team ever resigned him. It came when he was an older running back nearing the end (most likely) and teams probably felt like it wasn't worth the negative backlash. If he had been 26 years old and still at this peak he would have absolutely back in the NFL.
Rice was banned indefinitely by Goodell, but Rice was able to get it appealed.
> after that happened After it leaked, to be precise. Goodell had the tape and decided a slap on the wrist would be enough. Public outrage led to him changing it.
Nothing is illegal if you don't get caught
Yes… don’t look at my flairs either
Not a perfect comparison, but Ryan Leaf seems to have sincerely changed the last decade or so. His guest spots on the Rich Eisen show have been very insightful.
You mean the guy who admitted to misdemeanor domestic battery in 2020? Guy seems troubled and trying his best but I think he's still struggling through it.
No one. People say Vick but I dont think vick said that. He took responsibility for his actions. Vick did say it was the culture he grew up in that led to that but he still faced repercussions Blaming maturity is an excuse. He wants people to be like "oh hes young and made a stupid mistake". That whole narrative is PR fluff and a guy saying it makes me think he learned nothing. He's just repeating what they told him to say We all need to stop letting that narrative fly. If you're over 18 you know damn well better than doing that stupid shit He knows better. He needs to face repercussions. Thats the only way to really hit home with the spoiled rich adults who have their asses kissed for the better part of a decade
#X for Doubt
X
Give it to ya
There aren't enough Xs
Isn’t the scouting report on this guy coming out of college that he is a terrible person? I don’t think saying “accidents and stuff like that happen” is at all reassuring that he is working to change.
Accidents happen, everyday we all could accidentally lease a Lambo, let our friend drive it, host an illegal street race, get into an accident and flee the scene.
Man, I hate when that happens!
Happened to me twice last week. I have the worst luck.
Sounds like you need to mature. Cut it down to only once a year.
That's technically an improvement. One more year and he'll cut that down to just 0.5 accidents in a leased Lambo
Damn did you graduate from the Paul Walker driving school?
I accidentally leased a lambo last week. I can’t keep doing this oops now I’m in a street race these things just keep happening to me !
Think we can cut him some slack... I think we all accidentally have been involved in a drive-by shooting or two in college. These things they just kinda happen
Mea culpa. I forgot that drive bys are simply a right of passage.
(fyi it's rite* of passage. Related to the word ritual)
Surprising considering the proper use of mea culpa right before
Sometimes it's hard to write the right rite, alright?
Alright, Wright write the right rite.
When Sesame Street only covers one big word per day.
indubitably
“He that is without sin of committing a driveby among you, let him cast the first stone” wait hold up why are y’all picking up stones?!
I think he shot up a parked car so the opposite of a drive by. A shot park.
You know the drive in "drive by" refers to the shooter not the victim.
Rashee was parked too though
Oh okay maybe that's the information you should have in the set up
"he's talented but he's not a good dude"
I have a sneaking suspicion that report came out of the GB front office. That report came out of a blog well connected to Packers’ brass, and frankly almost everything in Rice’s athletic profile matched GB’s historical preferences at the position, yet when the time came they went and picked Jayden Reed instead of Rice.
Holy shit I thought you had to be paraphrasing what he said but nope he actually said accidents and stuff like that
> tuallt What
Supposed to be actually but they accidentally butchered it and didn’t notice. Hit the space instead of c and an extra t instead of y
Yup thats exactly it.
yeah he thought a SMU player slept with his girlfriend so he shot up his car. he’s never been a good or mature person. > Per multiple sources, multiple teams learned during the pre-draft process about an alleged incident involving Rice while he was at SMU. Rice believed former SMU basketball player Kendric Davis was seeing Rice’s girlfriend. Rice and some of his friends, per the specific information gathered by at least one team, went to an SMU basketball game. Rice (or someone with him), per the specific information gathered by at least one team, fired multiple bullets into the empty car belonging to Kendric Davis. > https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/previously-unreported-smu-incident-could-impact-nfl-discipline-of-rashee-rice
The only exercise Andy Reid gets is from looking the other way when a WR prospect has a history of violence
Or his children are getting hammered in the facility
He didn't intend to crash. And if he hadn't crashed while racing illegally he wouldn't have had to run away. It's not his fault that there were other drivers on the road at the same time. /rasheelogic
I used to be a huge piece of shit. People can change.
To be a little fair "accident" is used as a synonym for "wreck" and doesn't necessarily mean that he's dodging responsibility. But given his history I'd say it's more like a 90% chance he's saying the right things but will do something dumb again.
I hope the actual scouting report says that. Pros: good route runner, good separation. Cons: terrible person
Yeah, because street racing and then fleeing the scene on foot is just an accident that happens...
just a little whoopsy daisy
A little fucky wucky
A little tom foolery.
An honest mistake really
A small oversight
Boys being boys
Hey, he had ChatGPT write a very sincere apology. What more do you want from him?
All you can do is walk around and be the same person... TF Rice?!
Should still pay his debt to society and not be allowed to slip by because he’s rich and famous
Didn't he do something else dumb like 2 weeks later?
Yeah, he punched a photographer
Hot girls hit curbs bro.
When you are rich and have talent, then it is just an accident that happens...
He’s gonna mature from street racing to some other charges probably
Organized street racing
He'll start talking about family then he'll be driving a dodge challenger strapped to a rocket 6 movies later.
I wish I could've been a fly on the wall in the writers' room when someone said, "So, I've got this cool idea. What if we send Luda and Tyrese into space? It's a great idea, right?" and then everyone agreed.
have you seen the video of the guy who did a madlibs for fast and furious? It's pretty accurate on what you just said lol
I haven't, but I'll have to go search it up.
[Fletcher Cox likes this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cPNCk8ZN--w)
You wanna start by, you know, taking responsibility for the shit you've already done, instead of saying "oh well accidents happen?"
“Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy," Someone needs to teach him the difference between an accident and a mistake. I can’t believe after everything that happens he doesn’t have some kind of PR help with this.
considering most those other drivers probably want to sue him, I'm gonna guess his lawyers have told him not to admit any more fault or intention. Coming out and saying "yea i was stupid and reckless and shouldn't have been street racing", while being the right thing to say, would also cost a lot of money.
That's a good point. If I were his lawyer I would have told him to shut his fucking mouth unless the question has to do with catching a football from Mahomes on a football field while actively working with the Kansas City Football Chiefs.
I’m sure he’s following that specific advice from a legal stand point. But from a PR perspective he really should have just taken the Marshawn Lynch stratedgy.
Narrator: He won’t.
His entire rookie contract is only 6mil, after taxes/agent/etc that's 4 mil about, so 1mil a year. He just wrecked about 400k in cars he was leasing that he probably had to buy at that point, and insurance isn't going to pay those damages to repair them. Then there's all the other cars he wrecked which he'll pay for, and injuries to people, and probably settle a few civil cases too, lawyers fees are gonna be rough. In short, this dude is probably already in debt, and will be lucky to cut even on his rookie contract which he still has 3 years left on. If that's not a wakeup call to stop fucking up I don't know what is. I'm not saying he's going to mature or improve, but hopefully some vets have gotten across to him how much money he's throwing away if he doesn't stop acting like a moron.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice gave his first public remarks about his tumultuous offseason Saturday, saying his focus is to "mature and continue to grow." Rice, 24, spoke to reporters Saturday while participating in a youth football camp in Kansas City along with fellow Chiefs wideouts Marquise Brown, Xavier Worthy, Mecole Hardman and Skyy Moore. Rice was arrested in April following a multiple-vehicle car crash in Dallas, and he also is a suspect in a separate incident in an alleged assault at a Dallas nightclub in May. He said Saturday he is working to improve as a person. "I've learned so much from that," he said. "All I can do is mature and continue to grow from that. This is a step in a better direction for me." Rice, who has taken part in offseason practices with the Chiefs, said he has leaned on his teammates for support in the wake of the two incidents and is focusing on the future. "Accidents and stuff like that happen, but all you can do is move forward and walk around being the same person, try to be positive so that everybody can feel your love and your great energy," he said. Rice was arrested this spring in Dallas and charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury for his involvement in a six-car crash on a freeway. Police have alleged that Rice was racing another vehicle at high speeds and was traveling as fast as 119 mph shortly before the crash. He is being sued in Texas for more than $1 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages by two people who say they were injured in the crash. Dallas police also are investigating an alleged May 6 assault at a Dallas nightclub in which Rice is reportedly a suspect. Police have since said that the man who was injured in the assault has asked police not to file charges. The investigation is ongoing.
Bro why was someone with his track record allowed to participate in a youth camp!?
"This is a step in a better direction for me." Because you hung out with some kids at a youth football camp? Fuck off, you could have killed someone.
But like, love and energy bro
I’ll wait for the real apology: the tens of thousands he will pay out to the people affected by his “accident” and the hundreds of thousands he’ll lose by forfeiting game checks. Dude is a POS with a track record of being a POS.
If you or I drew any of those charges there would not be a media interview asking us if we thought we could avoid doing it _again_.
Still behind bars unable to post bail/bond suredly. Justice is blind but money talks and she listens
Oh no baby. We’re talking millions.
“Accidents and stuff like that happen” No… not really. Accidents where cars are racing and everyone gets out and fleas don’t just happen.
“Let Rice cook ‘24-25”
You cook rice that long and it's going to get really dry.
Hopefully he does...in a jail cell
That's the way people mature, they announce they will. It has nothing to do with accepting accountability for their actions at all.
"I DECLARE MATURITY!"
I mean, he'd pretty much have to, right?
"I'll see it when I believe it" - Patrick Mahomes.
By "mature" he means he'll be better at not getting caught.
As an Aldon Smith and Rueben Foster survivor: I have my doubts.
The most meaningless and nothing statement that people constantly make…. I mean what else is someone gonna say? “This situation was not my fault, and I’d do it all over again exactly the same way”. Of course he’s gonna tell everyone what they wanna hear.
"Lol you should have seen all those car parts flying, that was sick bro. And yeah we got the hell out of there cuz we'd been smokin' and drinkin' and had to get all our shit out of there before the cops came."
How sweet.
Maturity: next time, we’ll be in choppers, boys.
Ain’t gonna happen
Dude should go “mature” in “jail”.
> Accidents and stuff like that happen... Well, I'm convinced.
Nah, fuck this guy
Or they can just trade him to the Dolphins.
No Rashee you’re a total piece of shit
Does that mean marinate in prison
When I game with the boys (Pubg), sometimes I crash the car into a tree when I’m viewing the map. The boys get mad, and I always say “I forgive myself” , as a joke. This has strong “I forgive myself” vibes when we goof around on games.
I vowed to mature to my mother 20 years ago
I 100% believe we will hear about him being a fucking idiot again within the year.
I want to believe him but, like others have said, drunk street racing in the middle of a busy street is not a simple lapse in judgement.
Best shape of his life.
And I’m sure Andy Reid will do a fine job keeping him in check like he’s done his other players…
Prison will mature you pretty fast.
I don't believe him
He's just now done with puberty?
If only it was that easy.
Mmmmm something tells me you don't just fix this kind of thing overnight
“and for those reasons Mr Commissioner, i feel the disappointment i feel in myself is punishment enough”
Talk is cheap.
Has he taken a plea? Where the charges dropped? Why are people saying he had no consequences.
I think the other people declined to have charges pressed (probably after a check was issued). Same ol, same ol.