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"Sheriff charged with using inmates as sex slaves"

And he faces 467 years in prison if convicted! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.

Sheriff charged with using inmates as sex slaves

Oklahoma sheriff could be sentenced to 467 years in prison if convicted

Authorities have charged a western Oklahoma sheriff with coercing and bribing female inmates so he could use them in a sex-slave operation run out of his jail.

Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess resigned Wednesday just as state prosecutors filed 35 felony charges against him, including 14 counts of second-degree rape, seven counts of forcible oral sodomy and five counts of bribery by a public official.

Burgess, the top officer in the county of 26,000 since 1994, appeared in court Wednesday was released after posting $50,000 bail.

"We are stunned," Undersheriff Kenneth Tidwell said Thursday.

Attorney Steve Huddleston said that he has not had a chance to review all the allegations against his client, but that "Mr. Burgess is anxious to go to court and clear his name."

Among other things, Burgess is accused of having sex with a female drug court participant who was in his custody. The crimes are to have occurred between October 2005 and April 2007.

Lawsuit alleges favors for sex
A federal lawsuit filed in October claims Burgess told one drug court participant he would have her sent to prison if she didn't comply with his sexual demands.

The lawsuit, filed by 12 former inmates, alleges the sheriff's employees had them engage in wet T-shirt contests and offered cigarettes to those who would flash their breasts.

One prisoner alleged she became a jail trusty with more freedom after agreeing to perform a sex act on Burgess, but lost that status when she later refused.

Burgess also faces two counts each of sexual battery, rape by instrumentation and subornation of perjury, and one count each of engaging in a pattern of criminal offenses, indecent exposure and kidnapping.

He could be sentenced to 467 years in prison if convicted on all counts, special prosecutor James Boring said, though a lesser sentence would be more likely.

No one else from the sheriff's department appears to be implicated, Tidwell said.

"The circumstances are certainly regretful," he said.

311 comments to “Headline of the Week Weak”

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  1. ashley says – reply to this


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    umm go fuck yourself…im not writing a paper or doing anything of importance excpect telling a governement puppet theysuck

  2. Emily says – reply to this


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    i bet he kills him self

  3. BOW BEFORE ME BITCH says – reply to this


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    WELL'
    THATS WHAT WOMEN ARE FOR!!!!

  4. jenn says – reply to this


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    what a piece of shit.

  5. BATHOG says – reply to this


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    this guy must be a republican with a resume like that. a little view from the other side of the bars will help him out.

  6. The Greek Giant says – reply to this


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    I have an entire wing of my palatial mansion overlooking the sea dedicated to my harem of beautiful athletic 20-30 year old slave boys. They all must work out six days a week, and must be trained to give and receive all manner of glorious sexual pleasures : French Passive, French Active, Greek Passive, and Greek Active. They spend their free time by learning at least two other languages and by being engaged in reading the classics. You poor american capitalist pigs with such petty, uncultured, uninteresting lives can lick my smooth tanned hairless ass. That is all.

  7. pissed says – reply to this


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    467 years?? and robert picton…the man accused of doing all those acts plus more, and then murdering the 49 female victims…is only getting 25 years??? send picton to the U.S! he deserves double what this sherriff is getting

  8. Who Can Possibly Be Surprised? says – reply to this


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    Prison life in the USA is well known and documented to engage in a subculture where the currency is sex and cigarettes. And Undersheriff Kenneth Tidwell is probably the very one who organized the wet T-shirt contests.

  9. YOURHERO says – reply to this


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    haaaaaaaahaaaaaaa! go figure…Oklahoma!

  10. Va Jay JAy says – reply to this


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    Oakies, Texas, Arkansas…all fucking inbreds. Very weird trashy people along the bible belt. The only normal people are from the Northeast, and Northwest, and some areas of the Mid West. Other than that…all fuckups

  11. RADICAL QUEEN says – reply to this


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    I'LL BET HE'S A DEAR KRISTIAN FRIEND OF FELLOW OAKY, SALLY THE FILTHY BITCH KERN !!!!

  12. Reddesires says – reply to this


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    Throw this asshole in prison with Buba it's called justice

  13. Go HOME Mexican says – reply to this


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    Re: %&$&&$% – You ignorant fuck. This is the only country where shit like this is reported. Try living in Eastern Europe, Russia or China, you illiterate asshole. And all you latinos..go back where you came from..illegal motherfuckers sucking our healthcare and welfare system DRY.

  14. Reddesires says – reply to this


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    If Undersheriff Kenneth Tidwell didn't have a clue he shouldn't be working as a cop…………….

  15. alwaysclassy says – reply to this


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    Ok, I thought I knew "it" all, but then I read this and I was like "wtf is ORAL SODOMY?" and I'm just picturing, um, ass-licking? but that just didn't seem right. Googling seemed in order.

    Apparently it actually means to force or be forced to have oral sex.

  16. Julie says – reply to this


    216

    Didn't I just watch this on Law and Order the other day??

  17. Olive Pitt says – reply to this


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    Re: The Greek Giant – DARLING! Where have you been? I've missed your wonderful posts!

  18. Half Breed says – reply to this


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    Re: True Native of America!!! – Screw you…Im half NDN(CHAHTA) half WHITE and SHAME ON YOU for being prejudice…After all WE have been thru (NDNs)

  19. Okie PROUD says – reply to this


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    Re: Va Jay JAy – Fuck u , You Puke

  20. Wow. says – reply to this


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    Re: disapointed – I'm more disappointed you can't spell 'disappointed' right.

    Fucking retard.

  21. cumface says – reply to this


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    He looks like an even bigger douchebag with that dumb hat.

  22. Loui says – reply to this


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    WHat a sick weird creepy bastard!! eeewwww and a fugly beast too eew

  23. The Greek Giant says – reply to this


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    Re: Olive Pitt – My dearest, with a life like mine—well, posting on Mario's site is not at the top of my list. Kiss, Kiss, and a big muscular Greek Giant hug. (Don't bump into anything you can't handle.) ;)

  24. Immigration has always been a problem in America--just ask the Indians says – reply to this


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    Re: Go HOME Mexican – As a law student, I feel an obligation to let you know that other than legal immigrants (this is the correct term, not 'illegal') do NOT receive welfare. As far as healthcare goes, they can only be treated at the ER, which many stay away from for fear or being reported to authorities. Let's not forget that 86% of other than legal immigrants pay federal and state taxes (money they will never get back) and keep our cost of living low. So before you go around making ignorant, inexcusable statements, maybe try learning a thing or two about our laws and government?

  25. Darling says – reply to this


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    Re: Va Jay JAy – Wow. I'm glad we have so many open-minded Americans like you around. Maybe you should try leaving trashy Jersey City (or wherever your pathetic self inhabits) and cross state lines. Believe it or not, ALL kinds of people live EVERYWHERE.

    I know…shocking!

  26. RichiePooDeNashVegas says – reply to this


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    So, who is surprised? Who is surprised that priests and preachers and "good" people like boyscout masters get caught doing perverted things? And why do gays always get the blame for being perverts?

  27. FROM CUSTER COUNTY says – reply to this


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    HEY I LIVE IN THE SAME COUNTY THAT THIS GUY IS SHERIFF OF AND ITS SO CRAZY!! HE IS IN HUGE TROUBLE, BUT ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME EITHER, HE HAS ACTUALLY ADMITTED TO BE ADDICTED TO DRUGS. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE REALLY PISSED, THAT HIS BAIL WAS ONLY 50,000!! I THINK THAT HERE IN CUSTER COUNTY HE WILL GET A FAIR TRIAL, BUT NOT A FAIR SENTENCE! ANYWAYS IM ASHAMED TO SAY THAT I LIVE ONLY 15 MILES FROM THIS CRAZY FUCK!

  28. HaHa says – reply to this


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    People like you are truly an embarrassment to American society. If I were you, I would go back to high school (it's quite apparent your education level hardly surpasses the 9th grade) and learn the truth about North American history.

    How ironic is it that you are challenging someone's intelligence about current events (saying these things happen all around the world), yet make racist, ignorant statements. Do me a favor and don't call yourself an American around anymore. Okay? Thanks.

  29. meme says – reply to this


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    I definately wouldn't drop the soap if I was him.

  30. wooowwww says – reply to this


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    this guy is sick!!!! and in oklahoma? who would ever think pervs lived ther?

  31. Heidi Fleiss says – reply to this


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    Ummmmm, he's hot.

  32. Haley says – reply to this


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    Well, nobody said prison was a walk in the park. Listen up…if you don't want bad things to happen to you in prison, then simply stay out of trouble - don't break the fucking law - and YOU WON"T GO TO PRISON. Then you won't have to worry about it. I'm sure those inmates were and are scum of the earth anyhow. Boo Hoo - my heart is breaking.

  33. Nicky says – reply to this


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    OMG! That is horrible. I can't believe his head was so big he thought he could get away with it! Imagine what is going to happen to him in jail!

  34. Dirty says – reply to this


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    He anal raped a broad with a freaking flashlight, and you know how cops carry those bigass Mag lights!!!! I am from the same town that he was sheriff in and I have my sources, I put it on God it is the truth.

  35. diane says – reply to this


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    wow, creepy, it is no wonder that cops are so mistrusted.

  36. chelsea says – reply to this


    236

    467 years?he'd better die..

  37. Kate says – reply to this


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    That's so horrible! Disgusting and immoral!

  38. Sean says – reply to this


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    I think i saw a Charles Angles episode with this plot line

  39. meats says – reply to this


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    How smart is that…a prostitution ring in a female prison….I'm pretty sure that isn't going on nowhere else…

  40. ditto says – reply to this


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    i cant believe that no one else in the sherriffs office new about this, how could this all be going on with no one else knowing

  41. raisa says – reply to this


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    sick!! And 467 years in prison?!?! WTF, why didn't they just say life in prison?

  42. mmhmm says – reply to this


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    Uhh too bad prison hours aren't actually compounded like that and "life sentence" is the highest one can receive….not 467 years.
    and "employees"?! not the best word for an inmate

  43. that girl says – reply to this


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    well at least they got to have a cigarette

  44. bronzedaussiegoddess says – reply to this


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    ewww what a freaking creepy bastard! "Circumstances are certainly regretful"???? he's sick.

  45. Schmoo says – reply to this


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    beastly, and makes you wonder about all of those "unsolved" murder cases….

  46. nancy boy says – reply to this


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    Re: nonCYBoy – quit sitting on the fence say what you mean nancy boy

  47. oklahomagal says – reply to this


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    I am from OK and have never even heard of the county this ass lives in…….what an idiot. All I have to do is read Perez to hear about the hillbillies that live in my state. I live in a liberal artsy area of the largest town so I can't even imagine that people like this live here. Gross.

  48. Oklahomagal says – reply to this


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    Re: Va Jay JAy – HOW UNTRUE. OKLAHOMANS ARE NOT LIKE THIS. COME VISIT TULSA AND FIND OUT BEFORE YOU JUDGE. YOU ARE ONLY SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE.

  49. swcash says – reply to this


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    Another fine law inforcement official bites the dust.
    Oh, excuse me, he's innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. My bad.

  50. swcash says – reply to this


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    The man looks smart. He looks smart enough to blow his own brains out before going to the joint and havinfg a perpetual sore asshole.
    They will make him squeal like a PIG. Pun intended.

  51. ha ha ha says – reply to this


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    They don't have to put him in prison for long. Even if he gets a shorter sentence he's FUCKED. (pun intended) There is no way Tidwell did not know what was going on. If he's "stunned" by this, he's not doing his job.

  52. James says – reply to this


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    What a fucking sicko!

  53. dfjgkjdslljsdgl;ka says – reply to this


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    EWWWWWIIIEEEEEEEE

  54. Custer County Okie says – reply to this


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    Re: Candice – you cannot say shocked or horrified until someone is convicted of the crime. I am in Custer County, a democrat, and white. Most everyone here regardless of thier race get along great. I have lived in other parts of the country that can have more problems. This situation is sad for all concerned!

  55. Chad says – reply to this


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    I wonder if Sally Kern from Oklahoma approves of this since, you know, it's not gay sex that was happening…I'm just glad I dont ever have to go to that state!

  56. JessicaNicole says – reply to this


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    My great grandparents were some of the origonal founders of OK and their last name was Burgess. I called up some relatives and as it turns out we are related to him. I have one sick fucking family.

  57. Custer County says – reply to this


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    Perez……..

    Live in the same town as this man and I HAVE READ PARTS OF THE ACTUAL REPORT from the OSBI………………

    and the things this man did to these women are horrible!! Including anal rape by instrumentation.

    Very sad stuff….

    Plus he is in my opinion one of the most pompous and self righteous bastards I have ever met.

    PLUS not all people from Oklahoma are INBRED………. we really are just nice easy going people!!!

  58. True Native of America!!! says – reply to this


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    Re: Amy73601
    Well, Native Americans wouldn't be drunks if white people wouldn't have been dumbasses and introduced alcohol to them in the first place. What else do they have? Most Oklahomans - notice I said most, not all - treat us like we're mexicans. People can't even get our ethnicity correct. BTW, not all Native's are alcoholics. That is just a stereotype, like black people are lazy, mexicans all have ten kids, and every person from Middle Eastern countries are terrorists. You can't believe stereotypes.

  59. Amy says – reply to this


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    But if the prisoners were a bunch of heathens, what is the big deal?

  60. Priapus says – reply to this


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    Google me.
    I declare the punishments righteous.

  61. Dottie says – reply to this


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    this man should be put in prison for the rest of his life and he should have to be the sex slave of every inmate in there.

  62. Kyra says – reply to this


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    he should be convicted. its sick and he deserves to die in jail during his 467 years there.

  63. lORETTA says – reply to this


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    dOTTIE AND kYRA For all you know the could have been Spear Chuckers or Mexicans. Lighten up. If a little sex would get me a better deal in jail, I'd leap on it. I once got out of a DUI where I run over this old woman in a crosswalk with oly three blow jobs. It was certainly worth it.

  64. Danae says – reply to this


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    This guy is gonna burn in hell

  65. elisha says – reply to this


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    what a disqusting fucking pig! He should be brutally tortured….like he did to his sex slaves…..and not in a sexual way which he would like…but sliced up into pieces. That is so fucking sick!uuuuuggghhhh!

  66. bobina says – reply to this


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    nothing new, my sister was in King county jail(seattle) and a guard made her give him a blow job, luckily she spit in a cup and they had his dna, he was only fired, wow, her should have gone to prison for rape and had his pervrted ass raped by big bubba

  67. Bubba says – reply to this


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    bobina - That is what we call a subrosa benefit. Just like bringing home a a pencil from work if yiou are a teacher.

  68. cutie pie says – reply to this


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    I am so sick of these ole perverted ass white men getting these jobs and all they do is do some perverted gay act on kids .. throw those bastards in jail and throw a way the key. wjite people are seual perverts that use sex toys and handcuffs and all kinds of weird ass crap cause they cant fuck.. black folks we just have good old hot heavy bedroom banging sex .. we dont need no dildos and whips and handcuffs for what? our black mans dick is our sex toy!

  69. cutie pie says – reply to this


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    send that sob to my hood and see how long his ass wil last!

  70. Tarzan The Ape Man says – reply to this


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    Re: Dirty – So…235…which end of the flashlight did he use? Was he conducting a makeshift colonoscopy, or did he just need both hands free and something to hold the flashlight steady on what he was doing?

  71. Southwest Oklahoman says – reply to this


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    I am from southwest Oklahoma. I am not imbred, but thanks for the concern. It's sad that there are people like this, but they are everywhere. Custer county is a low populated county so it's easy for people to get caught. I can't help it that it's hard to get caught in a big city or some where up in the mountains, etc. but if those people did get caught Oklahoma wouldnt even compare to how much shit goes down there. I don't even understand where racist remarks even came in on this topic. The one's that brought it up that are saying they arent racist, really are, otherwise why'd ya bring it up? And actually in my area caucasian's are the minority, so I guess we are not all inbred,white people. Not all cops are asses either, Fortunatley i'm lucky to have a sheriff that trys to cut down on things like this and the meth problem, which is everywhere too. If I was prejudice of one thing it would be closed- minded, stuck- up, know- it -alls! And just because I'm white, my family ranches/ farms, and Im a PROUD OKLAHOMAN, doesnt mean I'm Racist, white trash, hillbilly, imbred, or in any way a bad person!

  72. Lauren says – reply to this


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    I bet he picked on some real sweethearts. Lighten up, bitches. Once a female anything goes a couple weeks, they become predatory and will go after anything from a coke bottle to the gear shiter in a car.

  73. Katie says – reply to this


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    WHAT is wrong with america?!?!?!?! … this is why i am not republican, they're all perverts!!!

  74. lexi says – reply to this


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    what a disgusting nasty old man! He is so SOL!

  75. jennifer says – reply to this


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    They should let his ass get raped in jail. They should put there d**ks in his mouth. See if he likes it. What goes around comes around.

  76. Shelby says – reply to this


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    I am really sorry to say that I go to college in this county. I want to know what is wrong with Oklahomans. Everyone around me spouts on and on about how I need more Jesus in my life then they talk about how trashed they got and woke up next to someone they didn't know. However not everyone from Oklahoma is like this. Just our politicians.

  77. Okie Lover Boy says – reply to this


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    jennifer - Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. I gaot the time if you got the dime.

  78. An outrage says – reply to this


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    that is SO disgusting! He should be subjected to the same objectification as punishment. Men should NOT be in positions of power in those institutions, OBVIOUSLY it does not work since they just abuse it so horrificly. Repulsive.

  79. outrage says – reply to this


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    I also have a tough time believing that No one else at the prison was involved in this mess. I"m sure that other men should be brought to justice and I hope in time they are. Those women may have committed a crime to end up in there, but no one, man or woman, should ever be treated like that, esp. when they are in such vulnerable positions.

  80. Shag says – reply to this


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    I saw a movie like that. I was told when I was a child, "If they can make a movie about it, it's probably true." They need to stick his ass in a jail with some of the men he's put away over the years.

  81. Daina says – reply to this


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    if he did do all that shit I hopehe fucking rots in prison!

  82. tim says – reply to this


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    its a real life linda blair prison movie!

  83. Tam says – reply to this


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    Re: ashley – Making death threats on the internet shows your lack of intelligence. Oh and as far as intelligence goes, I am a Med student, if you paid attention to what I wrote, I said I was. That means past tense. One more tip, you're is the correct form, not your. Supporting police officers doesn't make me a puppet. Lay off the crack pipe, the world is not against you and it is definitely not a conspiracy.

  84. Tam says – reply to this


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    Re: Haley – THANK YOU! Inmates are locked up for a reason. They are the scum of society and don't know how to behave like decent human beings. Too bad for them.

  85. shame on you tam says – reply to this


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    Re: Tam – your second remark then ruined the credibility you tried to put down when saying you studied med at university.. you would think someone like you would have more sense than to say something so ignorant and unintelligent. tear apart my grammah or wording if it makes you feel more superior, it still wont hide the fact that you, my friend, are a horrible human being with no idea, empathy or understanding of the earth or the people that live on it. go back to your little 'im a med graduate' bubble, and when your time to cross the tracks and experience life on the other side people will not help you. hopefully when this bubble bursts you will understand how uneducated and out of touch with reality your remark was.

  86. Ed says – reply to this


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    He was probably boered,and needed to entertain himself,Lol!

  87. Eppybitch says – reply to this


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    The ladies complained! What frisky little tatertot would pass up a chance to be cornholed by a nerd with a 84 IQ and a "dumbass" hat? To quote John Belushi from animal house"Hooooooooooooley Shiiiiiiiiit.

  88. oogabooga says – reply to this


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    why doesn't Texas fall into the Gulf of Mexico? Because Oklahoma sucks!

  89. mAd says – reply to this


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    sick

  90. Ian says – reply to this


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    I bet you he's a Republican.

  91. Ashley says – reply to this


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    That jerk should get what he did to those women….see how he likes it

  92. courtney says – reply to this


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    Re: Anastacia Beaverhousen – like ur one to judge… ur so pathetic u took ur name from a tv sitcom… get a life.. perez is awesome

  93. mnhedrick says – reply to this


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    Re: ashley – I just have to reply to this comment that people should be ashamed to be american. that is total bullshit. sites like perez hilton, while funny and entertaining only show the bad side of america. believe me there are stupid people everywhere. I am damn proud to be an american and proud of everything she stands for. You don't see refugees running the other way do you. People bitch and complain about this land all the time. Well get the fuck out! I am not and will not ever be ashamed of this country, and no one else should either. Where else in this world are you going to go to live with the freedoms you have here. the majority of people in this land are good decent people who are not messed up. I am sorry you are not proud of a land which allows different points of view, and a country that will not kill their stars for doing the oh so funny messed up shit that so entertains us here on the preze hilton web site.

  94. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww says – reply to this


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    If its true he deserves the max just like any other criminal no favoritism because he is a sheriff.

  95. ashash says – reply to this


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    i love how he is getting 467 years and serial killers get like 5… America is fucking stupid… actually all the whole world is fucking stupid… and this guy is sick what is wrong with people?

  96. babygirl25 says – reply to this


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    ewww… well, even thou he iz a TOTAL PERV, those women should have known better. (and they shouldn't have been in jail in the first place!!)

  97. stacy says – reply to this


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    Give it time I'm sure there will be other counties involved in the same scandel! (Washita county is about as scandelis as you can gety)>

  98. joey m. says – reply to this


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    okay…
    seriously…
    a fuckin sheriff?
    arent these the type of people who should be preventing shit like this to happen?
    instead they are worried about someone speeding or something minor like that.
    fucking pigs. THE LAW ASPECTS IN AMERICA ARE ALL WARPED AND FUCKED UP.

  99. Candylicious says – reply to this


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    Omg. I wonder how well those allegation will go over if he's convicted and sent to prison…
    On the one hand, he was taking sexual advantage of prisoners, but on the other hand, they were FEMALE prisoners and for some reason I bet that the males in jail will view that as a wholly different crime.

  100. Cat Laydi says – reply to this


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    LOL, can we say, "Pulp Fiction"?!!

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