Replies to '03/16 Cheerleader Scandal'

 I think people are missing the real point here and that is that this dead boy Daniel was an abusive
boyfriend who ultimately caused his own death because of his own actions. Abusive people hurt
others and so thereby their actions cause others to react in certain ways that they might not
normally do with other people who are normal. I am sorry but abusive people are not normal.
This boy Daniel caused Brandi irrepairable harm by his manipulation and his abusive ways.
He messed with her emotional character. No one knows exactly how this boy affected her mental
health. Obviously from what happened he put her in such a state of shock and fear that she
was numb to what she had done. Although she is probably truly sorry for what she did inside there
is still a part of her in which she is glad he is out of her life. For anyone to judge her who has never
been in an abusive relationship before is clearly not capable of making any judgment whatsoever. As well her being put in prison for a number of years also numbs her to showing the true emotions
that most of us would want to see from her on tv. Once again we cannot understand what she has
been going through.  When I look at the way the dead boy's family was reacting on tv it is not hard to see how this son of theirs was able to manipulate them and they did nothing about the way that'he was abusive to his girlfriend. They want to try and shift all the blame on the girl and her
family without realizing that their son was ultimately responsible for his own death. The world we live in fails to realize that there is consequences to all our actions and although no one deserves
to die in such a fashion sometimes how we conduct ourselves can bring us dire consequences.
The boys family should have gotten their son medical treatment for his abusive ways and perhaps he would still be alive. If he had received help for his problems then perhaps he would have been
able to act in a proper way to Brandi and left her alone so she could heal. This is just an unfortunate accident. It is not hard to see how a jealous, abusive boyfriend might have in a fit
of rage jumped in front of the car and got killed. It would be very typical of an abusive person and
their actions. I think the girl's family needs to get a good lawyer. Get all the facts together properly
and all the witness accounts and testimony on record and proceed with the legal process of having her case reheard. All incidents of the mental and physical abuse are very important in this case.  From what I got from the show it is the testimony of the boy's family
that seems to have gotten the girl the twelve years in prison and to be quite frank I do not believe
their testimony whatsoever. I think they are the one's that are lying. Sure they have lost their son
and that is an awful thing but they have to accept the fact that their son, by his actions, put himself
in a position where he did a stupid thing and got killed.  They cannot pin it on an innocent girl
in order to justify his death. That is not true justice and they cannot really heal either if they altered
the true facts of the case.
Somehow this is the feeling I get from looking at them and the way they acted and spoke.