Haute Couture
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Now, I swear when I first researched the whole Sheldon Kennedy thing after he came out with a book, I was thoroughly appalled at Graham James. Then there's the John Kordic story that I came across when I was researching it more, as he went through the apparent character change when he played in Portland for some now-deceased coach with similar accusations.. And then I remembered the whole Mike Danton story and its conspicuous oddity and thought that this David Frost guy had sooooo many similar signs pointing to his wrong-doing.. The saddest thing is that all these perverts at some point had a lot of support "from above" and any initiative taken to investigate them over all these years has been mysteriously thwarted. And even when you hear these guys speak out - I mean, they're so psychologically traumatized that you never get the whole story out of them. Everyone's keeping quiet, guys like Theo Fleury and countless more, those who we probably know very well - but no one's talking.
Another sad thing here is that as far as I remember, the reason why James was able to get away so easily was because his defence was able to prove that many of the acts committed were consensual in nature. These coaches, agents, mentors - they're like parents, idols, gods to these kids... So despicable, vile, and disgusting all this is.
Another sad thing here is that as far as I remember, the reason why James was able to get away so easily was because his defence was able to prove that many of the acts committed were consensual in nature. These coaches, agents, mentors - they're like parents, idols, gods to these kids... So despicable, vile, and disgusting all this is.