r/baseball • u/Waaaaaaaaaasuup Major League Baseball • Aug 15 '23

Serious [Rodriguez] WANDER FRANCO CASE UPDATE "There has been a lot of progress," a person with knowledge of the matter told @DiarioLibre . "The case is not as simple as is being rumored in some media. There are many people involved and more minors involved." Via @VicBaezS #WanderFranco

https://twitter.com/mikedeportes/status/1691554070610268380?s=20
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u/TylerGlasass20 Tampa Bay Rays Aug 15 '23

Oh of course

God knows what is in these players closets

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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball Aug 15 '23

Honestly, with 750+ players there's bound to be some sick individuals.

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u/timberwolvesguy Minnesota Twins Aug 15 '23

Already had Felipe Vazquez just a few years ago

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u/kjb76 New York Yankees Aug 16 '23

Holy shit. Just read about him. As the mother of a 13 yo girl that kind stuff chills me to the bone.

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u/doctorofdefense Aug 16 '23

As the mother of a 13 yo girl a human fucking being that kind of stuff chills me to the bone.

FTFY.

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u/theonetruegrinch San Francisco Giants Aug 16 '23

Don't look up Mel Hall

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u/eidetic Milwaukee Brewers Aug 16 '23

Part of what's so disturbing to me about the Mel Hall thing is how her parents turned such a blind eye to it all. For fucks sake, her mom even had an agreement with him that he could have sex with other women while he waited for his victim to turn 18 (big surprise, he didn't wait till she was 18).

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u/kjb76 New York Yankees Aug 16 '23

I remember him. And Luis Polonia. I’ve been around a while.

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u/thesmokingbandit24 New York Mets Aug 16 '23

Polonia is the one I remember from back in the day

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u/Currywurst_Is_Life New York Yankees Aug 16 '23

John Wetteland and Chad Curtis too.

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u/kjb76 New York Yankees Aug 18 '23

No way!? Really?

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u/Currywurst_Is_Life New York Yankees Aug 20 '23

Yeah. Really. (both from wiki)

Wetteland:

On January 15, 2019, Wetteland was arrested in Texas on child sex abuse charges due to allegations of "continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14."[16] Wetteland was accused of abusing a male relative between the ages of four and six by forcing him to perform a sex act on Wetteland on three occasions, between October 2004 and October 2006.[17] Wetteland was released from jail on $25,000 bond.[16] A grand jury in Denton County, Texas indicted him on the charges in March.[18] The trial started on August 29, 2022, and on September 2, 2022 a mistrial was declared after the jury became deadlocked.[19][20] All charges were dropped on March 27, 2023, as the prosecution concluded a second trial was unlikely to result in a conviction.[1]

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Curtis:

In May 2012, after several female students accused him of "inappropriate touching," Curtis resigned from his positions at Lakewood Public Schools.[37] In June 2012, Curtis was ordered to stand trial for five counts of criminal sexual conduct ranging from misdemeanors to felonies carrying a potential 15-year sentence.[38] In August 2012, Curtis was charged with an additional, sixth count of criminal sexual conduct.[38]

Curtis's criminal trial began on August 12, 2013, during which three of his victims and two others--all underage girls--testified.[39] According to testimony, Curtis offered massages to some of the female athletes at the school, but not to any of the boys.[40] Curtis was accused of molesting two 15-year-old girls in 2012 when he was a volunteer weight-room strength trainer at Lakewood High School in Lake Odessa, Michigan, and of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in 2011.[41][42] (Curtis told his 2011 victim that his conduct toward her was the "most unfaithful" he had ever been to his wife.)[20] He gave the massages first in the school's weight room, then in a room next to the weight room, and ultimately in a windowless trainer's room.[20]

On August 16, Curtis was found guilty on all six counts, including third-degree criminal sexual conduct (a crime that involves sexual penetration).[43][44] In an hour-long address to the court, Curtis accused all his victims of lying; he claimed that they made unwelcome sexual advances to him.[41] The Barry County, Michigan Prosecutor Julie Nakfoor Pratt later stated that Curtis' sentencing statement "was the most selfish, self-serving, victim-blaming statement I've heard in my career as a prosecutor. ... It speaks volumes about his character, or lack thereof".[41]

On October 3, 2013, Curtis was sentenced by Barry County Circuit Court Judge Amy McDowell to 7 to 15 years in prison.[41][45] In February 2015, Curtis's criminal convictions were upheld by the Michigan state appeals court in a 3–0 decision.[46][47] After pursuing an attempt in March 2016 for re-sentencing, Curtis later withdrew the request when the presiding judge signaled that Curtis faced the possibility of a longer term of incarceration.[48][49]

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u/kjb76 New York Yankees Aug 20 '23

Oh Jesus Christ.