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Post by Cartermrc on Aug 20, 2022 22:47:14 GMT
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Post by kittylady on Aug 20, 2022 23:52:28 GMT
From the article:
Busey, 78, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact, and one count of harassment.
Actor Gary Busey was charged with sexual offenses stemming from incidents that happened at the Monster Mania Convention in New Jersey, police said Saturday.
Busey, 78, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact, and one count of harassment, according to Cherry Hill police.
Officers were called to the Doubletree Hotel, where the convention was held Aug. 12 through Aug. 14 "for the report of a sex offense," a Facebook statement reads.
As a result of the investigation, Busey was charged Friday. It's not clear if he has an attorney to comment on the charges, and NBC News could not immediately reach his representatives.
The Monster Mania Convention is an event celebrating horror film and memorabilia. He was scheduled as a featured guest for all three days of the event, the Associated Press reported.
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Post by tulip on Aug 21, 2022 14:06:12 GMT
What the heck was grandpa doing?
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Post by lindsaywhit on Aug 21, 2022 15:24:05 GMT
I have no idea why, but this doesn't surprise me at all. Didn't he have issues in the past?
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Post by MsDark on Aug 21, 2022 16:36:40 GMT
He's got more issues than Time Life. Just add this one to the list.
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Post by no1novice on Aug 21, 2022 19:51:02 GMT
Did he get a serious brain injury in 1989/90 that damaged his impulse control?
I also read he has a tumour the size of a golf ball removed from his sinuses (ouch!)
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Post by tulip on Aug 21, 2022 20:04:27 GMT
Did he get a serious brain injury in 1989/90 that damaged his impulse control? I also read he has a tumour the size of a golf ball removed from his sinuses (ouch!) Yikes! It sounds like he shouldn't be doing these types of events anymore. Can't keep people safe around him. |
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Post by no1novice on Aug 21, 2022 21:21:41 GMT
It's been a while though From 2019 I've tried to crop it into the relevant bits while leaving enough to make sense. Not saying it's right but this could explain the why. Once considered one of Hollywood’s most promising leading men after his Oscar nomination for 1978’s The Buddy Holly Story, Busey suffered a major head injury in a 1988 motorcycle accident, resulting in an inability to censor himself. “The post-accident version of him turned his personality up to 11,” Jake Busey, Gary’s 48-year-old son and an accomplished actor in his own right (he had a recurring role on Stranger Things‘ third season), later explains. “I feel like I lost my dad on December 4, 1988.” How Busey’s injury manifests itself can be amusing, or insulting, or downright disturbing. During the shoot, he asks a slender male photo assistant, “Did you used to be a woman? You came out great.” Later, he turns to a female hairstylist and says, “If you’re not having fun, I have something for you to have fun: I’ll tickle you till you pee.” At one point, when I interject that I find something he says interesting, he snaps, “You’ve interrupted me, so I won’t continue.” (He later apologizes.) Whenever he’s pleased with something he’s said, which is often, he punctuates it with a high-pitched, “Yeah!” His pet parakeet, Greenie, mimics the sound from its cage, adding to the air of chaos. When Busey is around, anything can happen and probably will. Best to just give yourself over to it. We’re working on it,” Jake says with a sigh.
“He was a vegetable in a wheelchair staring at the wall,” recalls Jake. “At 17, I had to teach him with my mom to talk, to eat, to feed himself. To walk again. To write. That was very difficult for me at that age.” (Jake is now weathering another family health storm: His wife is battling breast cancer and recently had a double mastectomy.) Busey’s frontal lobe damage, which made him more impulsive and prone to anger and delusions of grandeur, also impacted his creative mastery — his ability to compose music. Stripped of his self-governing impulses, he descended deeper into what had once been a casual cocaine habit. He lives with his partner of 12 years, Steffanie Sampson Busey — “If it wasn’t for her, he’d be in an old folks home,” says Jake — and together they raise a 9-year-old son, Luke, a sweet and relaxed kid. With his platinum blond hair and toothy smile, he looks almost identical to childhood photos of Jake and Gary lining the walls.  www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gary-busey-accident-trump-playing-god-new-musical-1233086/ |
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Post by czb on Aug 21, 2022 21:31:06 GMT
wow that is sad. also terrible and unfair for the others who are around him.
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Post by waterslide on Aug 21, 2022 22:29:56 GMT
This reminds me of when Bam Margera's uncle allegedly groped underage girls at a signing. He was also not 100% present and should not have been out doing public events. It might not even necessarily be predatory, just tragic for all involved. Gary is getting older and his brain has probably been shrinking since 1988 so I bet he doesn't have much of a filter or impulse control. Not to say that I don't absolutely feel for the women because no one should expect to be groped at a con, obviously.
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Post by kittylady on Aug 22, 2022 0:06:55 GMT
It's past time for someone to step in and have him evaluated. These photographs were apparently taken on Saturday in Point Dume Park, California. And yes, his pants are down.   Link to DM articleThere's also a video of it on the article. The really worrying part for me is that he apparently drove himself there and back. There is NO WAY this guy should be driving if he's losing the plot and someone needs to step in and take his keys and lock them away. |
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Post by MsDark on Aug 22, 2022 0:10:59 GMT
WTF is he doing? Relieving himself? Jerking off??
Yikes.
Pepaw needs a 24/7 sitter/caregiver, stat!
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Post by kittylady on Aug 22, 2022 0:20:11 GMT
WTF is he doing? Relieving himself? Jerking off?? Yikes. Pepaw needs a 24/7 sitter/caregiver, stat! Honestly? Bearing in mind that he's just racked up several sexual assault charges I wouldn't be surprised if he was knocking one out. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and boil my brain in bleach. |
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Post by eva on Aug 22, 2022 0:52:29 GMT
I've run dementia units and this behavior is pretty common. Why aren't his people, representatives and/or family stepping in to help him? He shouldn't be driving and also needs someone with him at all times.
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Post by waterslide on Aug 22, 2022 1:31:13 GMT
Yeah, I was going to say, he definitely needs home care of some sort. I worked with someone whose father needed 24hr/day care because he hit himself in the head with a cabinet door and the doctor reported the case. He was in his 90s and did definitely need help, but he wasn't doing anything close to this and still had his wits about him. Gary's a danger to himself and others and I can't even believe his family let him drive.
eta - looked at the pics on DM and his smile is crooked. I wonder if he's had a stroke.
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