Everyone has seen television films based on the experiences of real people, and wondered how it must feel for them to have the most intimate details of their private lives unveiled in front of millions of viewers. Why do they consent to it? What do they hope to achieve? Do they have any chance to […]
Our Town Column (weekly column) Gail Mountain (gmountain@ecnnews.com) Balance power: Work to ‘become the change you want to see.’ Last week, I was tempted out into the cold of the night – twice – to attend two community evens, a book reading and a lecture. First, I heard Greg Gibson speak about his book, “Goneboy: […]
America’s Newspaper WESLEY PRUDEN, Editor in chief WILLIAM E. GILES, Managing Editor TOD LINDBERG, Editor of the editorial page PRESTON E. INNERST, Sr. Deputy Managing Editor MARY LOU FORBES, Editor of Commentary WOODY WEST, Associate Editor ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, Editor at Large TED AGRES FRANCIS B. COOMBS JR. Deputy Managing Editors BARBARA TAYLOR JOSEPH W. […]
Many people deserve credit for helping pass child accountability act of ’94 Rocky Mount News reported Sue Lindsay has done a wonderfully thorough job describing the difficulties crime victims have in recovering the damages awarded them in civil courts (March 2 article, “Abuse victims found justice in court”). Getting congress to hold perpetrators accountable by […]
Sharon Simone and her sister were awarded $2.3 million (with interest) by a Denver jury for sexual abuse committed by their father. It took an act of Congress to garnish their father’s federal pension. Abuse victims found justice in court. Dad’s federal pension open to garnishment after new law in 1994. By Sue Lindsay Rocky […]
Law lets abuse victims seek redress in pensions By Christopher Lopez Denver Post Staff Writer A former Colorado woman who won a landmark $2.3 million judgment against her abusive father is celebrating a new law allowing her and other victims to collect compensation from their abusers’ federal pensions. An elated Sharon Simone joined U.S. Rep. […]
For abused, the healing comes from the telling By Amy Blotcher Guerrero Enterprise Staff Writer BROCKTON – Sharon Simone’s father was an FBI agent and a nationally recognized authority on child abuse prevention and intervention. At home, however, he physically abused her three brothers and beat and sexually abused Simone and her three sisters over […]
Brennan, P. (1994, March 20). “Four Sisters Confront Dad And The Past”. The Washington Post. At times, “Ultimate Betrayal” (Sunday at 9 on CBS) is not an easy movie to watch. Based on a true story of incest and physical abuse, it follows four adult sisters as they share their memories and decide to sue […]
In May of 1990, two adult sisters sued their father in the Denver courts, claiming extensive childhood abuse. The case fractured the family — pitting the women in the family against the men–and the entire drama struck sparks in the national media when it became known that the father was not only a former FBI […]
Giving the gift of going public Bella English FOR YEARS, EDWARD RODGERS of Denver was a national specialist on child abuse. A lawyer, FBI agent and former child abuse investigator for the Denver district attorney’s office, he was instrumental in developing incest and child abuse statues. He went on the lecture circuit. he sat on […]