Charges Dropped Against "Bottom Slappers"

Judge Dismisses Controversial Criminal Sexual Harassment Charges Against 2 Oregon Teens

(AP)  An Oregon judge dismissed criminal sexual harassment charges against two 13-year-old boys accused of slapping female classmates' bottoms and poking their breasts, ending a six-month-long case that has drawn attention across the United States.

Pressure has been building on prosecutors to drop the charges against Cory Mashburn and Ryan Cornelison, with critics saying they had blown the matter out of proportion and were overzealous. Four girls listed as victims by prosecutors joined in the call for charges to be dropped.

Judge John Collins said Monday his decision was in the "interest of justice."

The boys were accused in police reports of swatting girls on the bottom in a school corridor, grabbing girls' breasts on at least two occasions, poking girls' breasts and mimicking sexual intercourse while dancing.

They were originally charged with felony and misdemeanor sex abuse charges in February.

Amid growing public opposition to sending the boys to prison and putting them on a sex offenders' registry, prosecutors dropped the felony sex abuse charges and added misdemeanor harassment charges, then later dropped all sex abuse charges, leaving only the harassment counts.

The judge dismissed the final charges following negotiations between prosecutors and the defense, and discussions with the four girls about whether they wanted the case dismissed.

The boys apologized to the girls in the courtroom Monday.

"I never intended to hurt you in any way," Mashburn said.

Cornelison told the girls: "I hope we can still be friends."

The News-Register newspaper of McMinnville reported that a "civil compromise" reached by prosecutors and the defense called for both boys to apologize, to pay each of the four girls $250 and to complete a "boundaries education" program.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys said they could not comment on the newspaper report or release details of the settlement because they are confidential.

[mcvet]

These two are VERY lucky they aren''t living in the Religious Reich dominated Fascist South and aren''t black. If they were in say Georgia and Black they''d already be locked up! SIEG HEIL Y''ALL!! ROFLMAO

[my2centss]

Just send them to Singapore for a good kaning. Its still legal there.

[nothappyatall]

The boys were accused in police reports of swatting girls on the bottom in a school corridor, grabbing girls'' breasts on at least two occasions, poking girls'' breasts and mimicking sexual intercourse while dancing."


Bet they won''t pull THAT dumb stunt again.

WHERE WERE THE PARENTS? the parents need to teach their kids- DO NOT TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE, do not tease, talk to or otherwise contact other people unless invited.

THIS is where rapists and the like get their start, ''harmless'' so called ''pranks''

Man chill out!

This came out just as it should have. If you have issues - state them. Nothing Nazi here. Maybe next time you post you will take a breath and try to post something we could understand and maybe agree or argue intelligently discuss.

Keith, Viet Name Marine

[michellem99-2009]

They were let off. I think they should have kept their paws off. I don''t care they are males . They got no business slapping the bottoms and the breasts. None. So they must be taught that behaviour is off limits. Off limits. I don''t care if it is done in their home. It is gender harassment/gender abuse. Wake Up.. I don''t want them to go to juby but learn you don''t. Send them to learn the social graces/manners. Boys know better or should. They can be taught. I feel for the girls who should not have put up that rude, harassing boys. Ladies nobody has the right to that behaviour. Hands off means just that. Hands off. School is lessons of learning.

[nggr]

"If they were in say Georgia and Black they''''d already be locked up!''
Posted by MCVet at 08:52 PM : Aug 20, 2007

*** straight,so stay up north.

"WHERE WERE THE PARENTS?"
Posted by newster1 at 09:00 PM : Aug 20, 2007

screwin''

"Bet they won''''t pull THAT dumb stunt again."
Posted by newster1 at 09:00 PM : Aug 20, 2007

bet they will.

"Keith, Viet Name Marine"
Posted by KEITHGARDNER at 09:03 PM : Aug 20, 2007

with all due respect, Viet Name?
that can''t be a typo.

[nggr]

"They got no business slapping the bottoms and the breasts."

"Ladies nobody has the right to that behaviour."

Posted by MichelleM99 at 09:26 PM : Aug 20, 2007

look, the "bottoms and breasts" were put there to slap. why would they jiggle and sway to and fro if not?

and you''re right, noone has the right to that behavior except for guys.
ladies, keep your mouths shut.

[agnim]

"Posted by MichelleM99 at 09:26 PM : Aug 20, 2007"

You need not worry; I bet those girls were attractive enough to find worthy mates? LOL

[brucesmall]

MichelleM99, you do realize that the girls in the school admitted to doing the same thing, and none of them considered it harassment.

[magoo2u1]

For crying out loud. Kids are obnoxious and I doubt their parents taught them this behavior. ***, you give them a lecture, make them apologize and even take the "boundaries" class. But for gods sake, they''re stupid kids acting stupid. Every bad behavior does not deserve a felony count. JEEZE, dumb kids ring doorbells and run and other obnoxious behavior, catch ''em, punish em'' but why ruin their lives and force them to sell dope for a living ? Maybe you folks are the real idiots.

[imaok1]

Hello, boys will be boys. It''s not right, but it''s what some 13 year olds do. They need to be punished- give them detention, ground them, make them apologize, teach them that this behaviour is wrong and VERY innappropriate, but get this *** our of our courts. What a waste of freakin'' time.

[oakishpines]

'''' ... being born was like meeting all the people that preach thou shalt not kill, and then finding out they killed all the navajos, all the cherokee, all the sioux, the maya, the inca the *** the ******** whiteys ***** sand ******* europeans jews fatties ******* christians pedophiles prostitutes muslims lazys nakeds profanes ignorants blemisheds tireds hungrys lonelys boreds lustys scareds sads

and there was no one left that i was allowed to be
except a *** *** ... ''''



'' ... there should be a sci fi series called pimped by men to accompany the real tv series pimped by girls ... ''


'' ... most get sick tax world authorities most time remind all that most folk most time dance get well feed world songs rallied around sick beds drifting tens millions spore bloom weed dragon trail fickle first aid lunch farm cottage studio trail groups ... ''

[mythoughtsr]

Instead of all the ridiculousness of the courtroom, taxpayer expense etc etc, why not suspend the boys, require them to attend counseling, monitored, do community service related to sexual harrassment and have mediation between the families? What did all this brouhaha serve? Nothing. Sometimes you really have to wonder.

The "where were the parents?" comment. The kids were in SCHOOL. No one is allowed to have any form of expression anymore. I am NOT saying what they did was right but sometimes they take things too far like the boy who brought a plastic butter knife to school to spread his peanut butter on the crackers and he was expelled on a weapons charge. Stupid.

[murielcc]

The following seems to be the most asinine piece of drivel ever written:"Look, the "bottoms and breasts" were put there to slap. why would they jiggle and sway to and fro if not?

and you''''re right, noone has the right to that behavior except for guys.
ladies, keep your mouths shut."
And since it was :[Posted by nggr at 09:31 PM : Aug 20, 2007] I''m glad I don''t know him. Scrotums and ******* jiggle and sway too as a man runs (especially for the macho dudes who insist on going commando under their oversized droopy pants), still I don''t know too many women willing to stoop as low as grabbing for them without the guy''s consent. If you aren''t married to the "lady" you don''t grab, period. if you are married to her you say please before you touch. Those boys shouldn''t have been in court but, in order to make them understand better the public humiliation the girls felt, they should have been made to apologize on the local TV.

[xzavierbrown]

these kids needs a good arse kicking..someone just needs to introduce a foot up thier arses..problem solved.

[bobgee_1999]

"if you are married to her you say please before you touch" Spoken like a true virgin. "Honey, may I please caress your ****?"

[shanev137]

Give them the death penalty. This can not be tolerated. We must send a message.

[jpwalsh123]

Of course this is not acceptable behavior and that fact should be imposed on the boys. This sounds like a lot of bravado and probably should never have gotten to the stage it got to in terms of the legal system. The two boys should have their ears boxed by their parents and warned that it is very disrespectful to touch another person. I did something like this when i was young and I remember it to this day. As soon as i did it my instinct told me I was wrong although in those days there was no such thing as PC either in thought or deed and sometimes we just learned by our mistakes.

[rational_1]

these kids needs a good arse kicking..someone just needs to introduce a foot up thier arses..problem solved.
Posted by xzavierbrown at 10:31 PM : Aug 20, 2007

Right on! If I had done something like this when I was a kid, and my father had found out, I would have been re-educated in how to treat women by a little visit behind the woodshed. Today courts and psychologists deal with situations that have bloody obvious and simple solutions - gawd we''ve become a pathetic society!

[sgtrds]

Usual crude behaviour of boys of their age (same as when I was that age a long long long long time ago), but the reaction was over the top. At mosta hardcore talk from dad and a few days kept after school. Not that big of deal.

[billpl-2009]

I don''t get it....those two geeks?!?!

Those geeks groping girls without getting their a-s-ses handed to them?
They need to investigate the OTHER boys in that school.
apparently they DON''T stick up for the girls.
....cowards.

what''s wrong with kids these days?
...Girls can''t rely on their classmates to defend them?
...boys too scared to fight?
...too afraid the cops will come and arrest them?
I guess that''s what we can expect in the sexually paranoid society we''ve created.
...that and parents need to stop being so intrusive in their kids lives
let them fend for themselves.

[dhadaway]

I agree, what a pathetic society we live. These little crumb crunchers should have spent a week in detention and caught all kinds of heck from the parents.

Instead, we know rely on the do gooder counselors, petrified school administrators, and overzealous prosecutors to teach kids a lesson.

If one rational person would have stood up and said ENOUGH! THIS IS CRAZY very early in the process, it could have been avoided. But everybody is so worried about being labeled sexist, bigoted, and racist homophobes, that we all just go along to get along. Come on teachers, get a spine.

[pwrslm]

this is another case of zealous prosecution by a misguided public servant who wants to go into politics


geez, I dont know what this nation is coming too...

[kissamaarse]

NO. Now this is a case of little free-grabbers, thinking they can fondle women at will. Then one day, when they are out of their pimples, they meet a woman who stomps them into the pavement. Then they run home crying, but momma the enabler is no longer there. They live the remainder of their lives virgins, or paying for prostitutes, or as rapists. Sick little boys, enable by a sexist judiciary.

[michellem99-2009]

Gents, I still say paws off. The boys and girls attend school to learn things in lessons. Maybe girls or other boys did egg the boys on. Boys should have respect for each other to stop it. No girl/boy should have put up with that behaviuor. They are taught to not do those actions then the won''t or shouldn''t. And it is not okay for guys. Stand down Mister. You are wrong. Them boys would not slap a girl and not you as I will put a stop to it. I have. I dumped a guy for that behaviour years ago. Men think they can do anything just they are male. It don''t work that way. That is abuse. Their parents should have grounded them,whatever to drive that message in that male brain.You don''t slap others.

[kansas1946]

Good God, what are people thinking. I went to school in the fifties and sixties, and I can tell you that all of the above happened to me during my school career. And incidentally, I know most of the boys that were "guilty" of these mis-deeds as adults. They all show up at the class reunions, and guess what, they are not perverts or criminals.
We used to just take care of this stuff ourselves with a punch to the nose. That usually cooled the amorous junior highers.
These kids should just be suspended for a week, given a big load of homework, like a 10,000 word theme on respecting other people''s space, maybe a little community service, cleaning up the park, and then forget about it. This charging kids with crimes and felonies for just being kids (abeit, bad kids) is nonsense and a detriment to our society.

[cantshutup]

maybe the girls could jerk on these stupid little t*rds we*ners...or give a good purple nurple or poke em in their stupid little ret*rd as*ses...boys are stupid for the dumb sh*t they do and girls are stupid for not beating their dumb as*ses down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[usayesterday]

A radio talk show host in Northern California screamed and yelled for his listeners to call the DA in that particular county in Oregon, to drop the charges. The DA was a Nifong-like character, simply out to get the boys for some publicity that he''s "tough on *** crimes". Too bad that this will backfire on him just like it did with Nifong.

It is wise to teach your children when and what type of touching is not appropriate, but this is yet another case that has gone too far. The worst part of this case is that the parents of one of those children was on the radio show, and they have nearly lost all their savings and their home just to afford a lawyer to defend their son. Sure, they could''ve taken the Public Defender option, but we all know how ineffective those salaried government employees are!

[perimogi]

For all you women out there who are so incensed at these boys, if you had followed this case closely you would have found out that the girls were doing the same thing, and to these boys, at least 10 times. This is going on by both girls and boys, it should stop, but this is not a one way street.

[nskduke]

I see this stuff happen all the time. If I see that a girl doesn''t like it. I go over to the guy and punch the *** out of him.

[incog-nito]

Somebody should have taken these two and smack them around a little. That would have saved the court costs.

[olebd]

Come on now, let''s face it. If these boys were better looking, the girls probably wouldn''t have made such a big fuss about it.

[dovestar]

I''d like to know where the boys'' fathers were. I know when I grew up if I ever pulled a stunt like that my father would have slapped me clear into the middle of next week.
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover once said that a man''s character is formed as a boy. These kids should be taught by their fathers that women should be treated with respect. Hmm. I wonder how the boys'' fathers have been treating their mothers.
I read comments like we should put the "fear of God" into those kids. But if you think about it, wasn''t God and His Law kicked out of the schools years ago?
And therein lies the REAL problem.

[michellem99-2009]

I am 52. The girls can be just as bad as the boys. We just did it differently. I was the outcast the only legally blind girl in the schools.The sighted can really pick on. I gave it right. I wasn''t that keen on the snide remarks. I once told a teacher so when she did wrong me. The boys were truly favoured over the girls and we knew it. I disliked boys and girls that had a home,parents, full sight,what I was robbed of. I was an abused foster child in them homes. I stayed to myself as I could not relate to their world. Girls use the b word with each other. Yet they handled things better in the 60s and 70s. They took prayer out the school before I was born in 54. Sep of Chruch and State. Yet the schools today are not worth the money us taxpayers pay. They just are not.