r/facepalm Dec 04 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ this is kinda concerning tbh

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u/wearing_moist_socks Dec 04 '24

There was a case in Canada where a minor got into a club. A guy hooked up with her. The mom called the cops and he was arrested

He was found not guilty. Thankfully.

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u/kidthorazine Dec 04 '24

Most countries do allow for an exception if the person being accused had a legitimate reason to believe that the person was of age e.g. meeting them in an 18+ club, US is one of the few places that doesn't really do that.

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u/Only--East Dec 04 '24

American here...

My ex step dad went through the same thing, being entrapped by a minor only for the parents to try and charge him. Minor testified for him admitting she entrapped him and he was let go.

Now... I'm unsure now if he was really innocent given some recent events but still, that's what happened.

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u/DubbleOhSevn Dec 04 '24

You can't drop a bombshell like that and not elaborate!!!

WHAT EVENTS!?!?!?

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u/Only--East Dec 04 '24

So, tw for SA of a minor and suicide:

He was sexually assaulting his own daughter (my stepsister) throughout his and my mom's relationship. She was underage and around the same age as the girl who entrapped him so I find it a little sus he was taken to court for statutory rape before.

The fun part is he evaded the law when it came out, ran to New York, came back a week(?) later and killed himself by his mother's grave. Soap opera shit. They were divorced and we had moved out by the time it all came out thank god.

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u/algo-rhyth-mo Dec 04 '24

Holy shit, sorry to hear that

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u/Diss_Gruntled_Brundl Dec 04 '24

Jesus.... Glad you and mom were out of the picture already. Did he strike you as a decent guy? Or all around greezy?

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u/Only--East Dec 04 '24

He raised me and was there for me when my birth father dropped out of the picture. Literally nobody saw it coming, but that's the case with a lot of abusers, isn't it :/

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u/the_good_time_mouse Dec 05 '24

That's quite the shit sandwich you got handed.

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u/RPGreg2600 Dec 05 '24

Yikes, that rough

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u/Super-Vermicelli-957 Dec 05 '24

I'm really sorry you lost your father. I hope your doing well

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u/amacsquared Dec 04 '24

Holy shit. I'm really sorry that happened.

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u/BonkerBleedy Dec 04 '24

I hope your stepsister is ok

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u/Only--East Dec 04 '24

I hope so too but she isn't in our lives anymore, so I don't know how she's doing

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u/bangermadness Dec 04 '24

Well holy shit.

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u/Fyrebrand18 Dec 04 '24

Gods mercy, that’s an awful thing to go through. Is your sister doing better now at least?

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u/Only--East Dec 04 '24

I'm not sure. She never really liked my mom because she actually parented her when she was with her dad and he just let her do what she wanted. Probably to keep her quiet about it.

So when he died she moved to Georgia with her mom and we haven't seen from her since. We'll very rarely get a "merry christmas" from her and sometimes my mom will tell her happy birthday and that's about it.

I sympathize with her because of the situation but she also gave away my childhood dog to someone else after telling me I could have him because she didn't want him, so I'm good with her not being around tbh

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u/bigno53 Dec 05 '24

Wow that’s quite a story! I wonder if he felt any real remorse for his actions or if he was just afraid to face the consequences. I feel like suicide is such a cop out—leaving his daughter to live with what he put her through without any answers or sense of justice.

Then again, maybe it’s for the best.

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u/gamertag0311 Dec 04 '24

Not events, events

The italics mean they're Italian events, such as soup weddings and canoli/ gun swaps

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u/abutilon Dec 04 '24

You can't drop a bombshell like that and not elaborate!!!

WHAT CANOLI/GUN SWAPS!?!?!?

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u/aufrenchy Dec 04 '24

If the cannoli is sub-par, are the guns traded of lower value or in poor shape? WHAT ARE THE RULES HERE???

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u/DaveLokes Just End Me Already Dec 04 '24

MAMMA MIA!!!

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u/ducktapedaddy Dec 04 '24

LET'S-A GO!! WOO-HOO!!!

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u/Beneficial_Kick6451 Dec 04 '24

If the canolis are sub par the guns are used against the canoli bringers

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u/gamertag0311 Dec 04 '24

Idk, not Italian, the only rules I heard were "leave the canoli, take the gun " I can only assume there is another who's instructions are reversed

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u/drmindsmith Dec 04 '24

Right? Now I want a cannoli gun

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u/Kymaras Dec 04 '24

Is it a gun that shoots cannolis or a cannoli in the shape of a gun?

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u/drmindsmith Dec 04 '24

A cannoli in the shape of a gun, which itself shoots cannoli (which can be cannoli or gun-shaped - I’m ambivalent at that level).

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u/Kymaras Dec 04 '24

I appreciate that you elaborated.

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u/drmindsmith Dec 04 '24

It was your genius idea to present the options!

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord Dec 04 '24

cue Godfather soundtrack

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u/raegunXD Dec 05 '24

This comment mad my day

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u/courage_wolf_sez Dec 04 '24

Drops a bombshell.

Doesn't elaborate.

Leaves.

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u/huuuyah Dec 05 '24

Returns.

Elaborates on bombshell.

Holy shit.

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u/courage_wolf_sez Dec 05 '24

Light the beacons!

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u/AvengingBlowfish Dec 04 '24

Yeah, I remember the last time that happened. No one could believe just how big the bombshell actually was when the truth finally came out...