Topic : 03/16 Cheerleader Scandal

  

after i watch the show today i and listen to those people,i really dont think brandi meant to hurt that guy on purpose but them being all upset and he probably didnt want her to leave and she was upset and driving to fast he got in front of the car to stop her she didnt see him and ran him down but i think she was upset and he didnt want her to leave so he got out in front of the car to flag her down to stop and she didnt see him............i hope those familys will forgive and move on with their lives.ill pray for both familys 

I do feel that Brandi is guilty.  However I do think her youthful age plays a big part in her decision making ability at the time.  I think she should be in jail but not forever.  I think if she served a life sentence that your family would still be just as angry.  Nothing will bring him back  unfortunatley.  However your last comment about Daniel in heaven laughing and Brandi burning in hell tells me that you don't really have a true relationship with God and Jesus.  And without that relationship you wil not find healing and peace in this sad, sad situation.  I hope someday that you do.   

The Word of God says that all of us are in sin, and without the blood of Jesus covering our lives, and without Him as our Savior first in our life, we're all headed to hell.  

  

Get Jesus 1st in your lives, everyone... He is the only judge we will face on the day we all die...  

Not my place to say, really.. But I don't think any healing will be done by either family until they LET GO of the hate. They're understandably bitter and angry over what had happened, but they won't be able to LIVE again unless they let that go.   Both families still have children. Those children are suffering from the effects of their lives focusing on the one who died or the one who's imprisoned. I'm not saying to forget, but they NEED to stop clinging, stop hating and being bitter.   The mother of the one who died is full of so much hate for the girl in prison, it's practically tangible. No healing can be done until she lets that go. She needs to celebrate the life of her son, not cling to the bitterness of his death.

You know, the soap opera Passions is on right before Dr. Phil where I live, and I see no difference. There's the same amount of unnecessary drama and rediculous cover stories. Someone tell me how a car going twenty miles an hour can send someone fifty-eight feet in the air? Tell me how you can see someone step in front of your car, feel/hear/see their body smash up against the windshield, and then deny ever knowing you hit them? Tell me how you can cover up the fact that you even STOLE your parents' car if you were too shocked from the murder you don't remember committing? Please. And if there is new evidence that she's innocent, take it to a real court room instead of to Dr. Phil. Even from just watching Law and Order I know that you can bring new evidence to the table. The only reason I can think of why this didn't happen is because it is not legit, and she's grasping for straws. Her parents say she doesn't deserve to be in jail. Well whether she meant to or not, she KILLED someone. People are liable in some way whether it was intentional or not. A drunk driver will still go to jail even though they "weren't aware that they had killed someone." This whole thing is rediculous. Stop crying and deal with the consequences of your actions. This episode makes me so angry.

I do not think Brandi is Criminal.  If she was criminal SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN HOW TO TALK TO THE COPS.  Criminal people know how to talk to the cops.  They stay up late practicing and memorizing lines to say to the cops.  This is why rapists and murderers and thieves who sit and plot their crimes are walking FREE because they lie and have the right lines to tell the cops. 

  

It is a great misfortune and ACCIDENT, but I think we WASTE JAIL SPACE on people like this which should be filled with hard core rapists, murderers, child molesters and thieves..... 

 I also had a very tramatic relationship at the age of 16. My former boyfriend always told me that I was "his property" and that I would be sorry if I ever left or broke up with him. Kids are not able to truly feel what love is at 16 or 17! It needs to be address more in school and in society that these EXPRESSED FEELING  things ARE NOT NORMAL!!!!  It took me  5 months,29 police reports  and  1 court order  before I could leave my house by myself. Parents need to wake up and get involved! These things can be avoided, if people get involved for the right reasons.

The only thing I can say is, let God be the judge of whether Brandi is innocent or guilty--- He is the only one who TRULY knows the entire truth.   All I can say and pray for is that both families, especially Daniel's, will let go of the hatred they hold.  It will NOT help anything and it will not change the past.   Daniel's mom needs to let the past go and pray that God will help her get through this time-- and HE WILL.   The hatred will cause so much bitterness, and bitterness is like a cancer.. Anyone who has walked in their lives, for even a period of time, with bitterness knows how destructive it is for their own selves!!!  

 

Please, please, please-- Sheilah-- find forgiveness toward that family, toward Brandi, and toward YOURSELF... you've got to let it go, even though it pains you.  Like Dr. Phil said, "Forgiveness is not about the person you forgive... ITS ABOUT YOU"   

 

 

Be blessed 

I really don't think that she did this because i know of teenagers in my small town jumping in front of their friends cars because they think it is funny. I know that his mother wont except that that is what he might have done, but in reality it does happen. He might have done this just to spook her or something, but it happens so fast that she probably didn't have time to stop. To put that girl in jail for TWELVE YEARS isn't fair at all. Jail is no way to spend your life, and she will be about 29 when she gets out, that's not fair to her. I wish that they would investigate this case again, talk to some of their friends, and see what he was like to determine whether or not he could have done this. 

  

Meagan 

New Brunswick, Canada 

when Dr. Phil was interviewing Brandi, he asked if she did it out of anger or was it an accident.  What did she say?