Topic : 03/16 Cheerleader Scandal

Where does Daniel's Mom get off by slandering Brandi's Mom by calling her a piss poor mom.  She was out of Daniel's life for over 5 years...why?  Was she an abusive mom?..her attitude and language reminds me of people who are abusive.  Is that where Daniel learned how to be abusive? 

Is Brandi Guilty or Innocent?  That is hard to determine from the tidbits of information on the show.  However, with Daniel being an abusive boyfriend, I am curious as to exactly what their last conversation was.  Was Daniel being threatening and/or threatening suicide?  Did he step in front of the car to commit suicide?  Or did he once again threaten Brandi and her family and scream threats at her while she was driving away?  Did he provoke her?  Could this be self-defense?  She obviously hit him with the car, but what really happened that evening has not been clearly shown to make a determination of guilt or innocence. 

I believe Brandi's attorney is guilty of bad representation and should have the opportunity for a trial.  At that time a juror of her peers would judge guilt/innocence/self defense in this case.  I would hope this would help both families.  There is an injustice here...just exactly where it is though is not clear. 

A young person who is having her/his life threatened does not have the capacity to think this completely through and will do what they need to do to protect their families...this could be tragic.    What should have also been brought out in this show is young teenage girls who are in an abusive relationship should go to their parents and/or law enforcement for help.   

   I feel very sorry for both Brandi's family and Daniels family but I feel she has served her time and keeping her in there isn't going to change how she will feel for the rest of her life.Daniel's family wants revenge and not justice.My heart brakes for Brandi's family.My brother was in a accident he drove a car with no licence from a party where everyone had been drinking and he was the only sobber one.Got into a very serious car accident and the girl in the car passed away.He had many surgery to the head and went to jail years later.He passed away 4 years ago from sucide not being able to deal with everything that happened.My family has never been the same since.I feel that  Daneils family has suffered a very seriouse loss and feel very sorry for them.It's time to let Brandi out and try to get on with her life. 

Jen 

I have not lost any children of my own.  only my parents.  but i feel the pain that both the familes are going trough for i have lost a nephew at the age of 10 which is the same age as my daughter who is now 18.  my nephew was hit by a car and died at the scene on his spring break vacation.  and i see what that has done to my older sister and their family but somewhere in your heart you have to find forgiveness to the one who has killed him.  i dont know how my sister goes on everyday  with her life because she said she could never forgive but i know somewhere in her heart she has. she has some type of feeling of forgiveness because she is still going on today. the young girl who killed my nephew , she has to live with that everyday of her life. and i know it would be difficult for her.  these 2 families have never talked and watching your show today showed me the anger and hurt of both families what they actually go through.  my prayers are with the families and with everyone else that may be in a situation like this


                              ~Shelly 

I agree with what u wrote who is doing the lieing i think brandy should be let go.  People who rape girls repeatly do get put away as long and they have records going back 20yrs but thats ok a first offense for brandy which was an accident goes for 12yrs doesnt make sense what is with the system they call this justice it discussed me the way this system is everyday i get angryer angryer but of the things i hear how murders rapists anybody gets let out for good behavior or gets i-2 yrs tops. Its discussting and oprah just did a show about this and how it needs to stopand us the people r the only ones who can change this. 

Thank u  

Christina

Prison is full of  innocent people -- just ask any of the inmates.  As a crime reporter and a former court bailiff, listening to Brandi reminded me of just about every letter from an inmate to a judge asking for an early release.  She has yet to take responsibility for her actions ("I didn't know what I hit") while at the same time knowing that she hit him ("I didn't know if he was dead or what"), and her parents are fueling her attitude by buying into her "poor me -- I'm a victim, it was an accident" routine. 

The only people I heard say that Daniel was abusive, wanted to kill himself or her or her brother were Brandi and her family.  The only people who say he jumped in front of the car were Brand and her family.  And yet there's Dr. Phil, feeding her words back to her, creating a scenario that leaves her as a victim and Daniel as a controlling abuser who didn't know better than to jump in front of a slow moving (if we believe Brandi) car.  Where was the famous Dr. Phil pre-interviews with detectives, her lawyer, people who knew Brandi and Daniel to either back up or refute what she said and confront her with the evidence?  Where was the lie detector? 

I agree that Daniel's family needs to let go of the bitterness and anger in order to get on with their lives, and so does Josh.  But until Brandi takes responsibility for what she did, she is where she belongs.   And that means acknowledging, without Dr. Phil's prompting, how much pain she has caused Daniel's family -- and her family -- by what she did that night.   I agree that she made a bad choice.  But her bad choice was against the law, and she needs to serve time for that.