Life takes us all in different directions, we change and grow...
After seeing Julio (who I grew up with and who taught me almost eveything i know about TV production) in a line up of pedophiles... The shock still hasn't gone away.
What the hell was he thinking? He had everything in the world going for him. A silver Knight at an amazing universiy with good grades, doing crazy internships for super companies like Disney. He had companies fighting over him to have his engineering talent.
That's all gone now, with one decision. He brought it upon himself, and I'm glad he was caught. He actually drove in his car, to a house where he thought he was going to meet and have sex with a 13 year old girl. A story strait out of dateline hits home.
Julio, Mr. Polo, Bill Kamal... All people we trusted, all sucessful, friendly, even looked up to. All caught trying, and in some cases succeeding, in having sex with children! It just goes to show that predatorrs are not just men in trench coats lurking around playgrouds. The majority of the time they are people known and trusted by the victims. Operations, like this sting operation are vital to the fight against people so low inside that they would consciously go to take advantage of a child, purposefully and with anticipation.
It's sick and it's scary... I practically grew up with Julio, he was my right hand man for years, and I was with him before he left for Disney and heard him talking about how excited he was to go there. It's an incredible blow... but I don't feel sorry for him.
I can't believe this is real, but it is and we shouldn't have any pity on him. Who knows if he's done this before?
I appreciate all the things you've done for me in the past, but you need help Julio, you're sick.
3 Disney Employees Arrested In Sex Predator Roundup
POSTED: 10:21 am EDT April 2, 2007UPDATED: 12:32 pm EDT April 2, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Twenty-eight men were arrested on charges they solicited sex from a minor after a weeklong undercover sting, authorities said.
Three of the men worked for Walt Disney Co. Some were unemployed or worked as laborers; others were in food service, sales or finance. One man said he was an IBM consultant; another a vice president for a South Florida real estate company. They ranged in age from college students to men in their 40s and 50s.
"Using undercover officers, the suspects chatted online with (people) whom they believed to be boy and girls, ages 13 and 14," said Donna Wood, a spokeswoman for the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
A number of agencies worked together to set up the sting at a Polk County home, where the suspects were arrested through Sunday.
The Disney employees were: Julio Segundo, a 21-year-old intern; Richard Gaugh, a 55-year-old part-time instructor at Disney's Animal Kingdom; and Thierry Ferron, a 44-year-old electronics technician, according to the sheriff's office.
"We take matters like this very seriously," Disney said in a statement released Monday. "The cast members have been placed on unpaid leave."
Disney would not comment further on what the employees did or whether they had routine contact with children.
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I feel sorry for your friend. However, I strongly believe that we should rid the web of any sexual predators that will harm our children I fully support any advocacy campaign that seeks to eliminate pedophilia on the Internet. Let us all help to keep the Internet safe.
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