Quote From: srndpty333I was shocked that Dr. Phil actually chose to say that he believed this guy. Especially with an inconlusive polygraph...
I think that was a huge mistake.
As far as I'm concerned that polygraph left the whole thing up in the air...
21 years ago my brother offered to take a polygraph and because of that the police did not give him one and referred to him as "the poor guy" while my little boy was called a liar....my brother has since admitted what he did.
I think you owe us another show if you want to make your point about false accusations, Dr. Phil...one with a conclusive polygraph result.
I totally agree. These shows are only adding to the burden of victims as they insinuate false abuse is so common. They are extremely rare in fact the number of abuse reported is way below that which happens. Abusive parents almost always claim to be falsely accuse and than the parent reporting is vilified and the child placed with abuser. This is reality and disgusting.
Dr Phil you can believe what you want but if you saw a man leaving a small girls bedroom and her her crying would you be comfortable having him alone with her again? As far as his fiancee who is pregnant stating she knows he didn't do it, that is not true she does not know. She might think he did not do it but she does not know. That wife did not forbide her husband from seeing his son just to prevent the son from being in her home and under what she was told she was right to.
He conviently came up with a reason for so called being accused. Supposedly it was because he once turned in his father for abuse. Well, he obviously went on the show to further hurt his father. The lie detector couldn't get a reading and yet couldn't really state why. All accused know that lie detector are not allowed in court so they have nothing to lose by taking one and are probably intrigued by the test as to they win again, if they fail--it's the test if they pass than it gives them leverage.
Dr Phil, stop using them, they are inadmissible in court and that man who is such an expert is wishy washy and seems to states what he thinks people want to hear.
Child abuse is serious, it is rampant, it is real and if you are not going to be part of the solution than stay out of it for you are really giving false impressions of mothers making false accusations to harm wonderful men. That just is not the truth.
You also are doing a grave disservice to justice as victim and accused will get no justice as you are making public cases which could be taken to court and the abuser will claim to not be able to get a fair trial.
Why don't you have a show on the facts of child abuse, a show about what really happen when a parent is accused and go threw all the steps including the difficulty in getting the state to listen, the difficulty in getting the fact together, a warrant, and go all the way up to where a parent has actually gonethrough criminal trial. Let the public really know how difficult protecting a child is.
You could have a show on false accusation but have it strictly be on fact and emphasized how rare it is, what the laws are about it, how they hurt true victims.
What happens when family members take sides … against each other? Steven Jr. has been accused by his stepmother, Pam, and his stepsister, Tashika, of molesting Tashika's then 3-year-old daughter. Steven Jr. says there's no way he would ever commit such a sick act against a child. His father, Steve, says he believes his son, and the allegations are destroying his marriage and their family. In order to prove his innocence, Steven Jr. agrees to take a polygraph exam. After two hours of testing, will the truth be revealed? Find out the surprising results. And, why does Steven Jr. believe that his family is alleging he committed this crime and turning their backs on him? Will this family get the answers they are looking for and be able to move forward? Talk about the show here.
