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Fund-raiser for GOP pleads guilty in case of child pornography
Delgaudio took pictures of a 16-year-old girl
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By Allison Klein
Sun Staff
Originally published April 24, 2003A prominent Republican fund-raiser who once said former President Bill Clinton was "a lawbreaker and a terrible example to our nation's young people" pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court to production of child pornography.
Richard Anthony Delgaudio, who was sentenced to two years' probation before judgment, admitted to taking lewd photographs of a 16-year-old girl he met in East Baltimore's Patterson Park in 2001. In some of the photos, he was engaged in sex with her, court records show.Delgaudio, 50, of Burke, Va., is a frequent talk-radio guest and national figure in conservative politics. He is president of the Legal Affairs Council, a group that helped pay the legal bills of former Reagan administration officials Oliver L. North and Caspar W. Weinberger after they were charged in connection with the Iran-contra affair.
In his pornography case, there was additional evidence that Delgaudio took erotic images of at least one other, younger teen-ager, but that evidence was not admissible in court because police improperly stopped and searched Delgaudio, a judge ruled.
Largely because of that, prosecutor Adam C. Rosenberg offered Delgaudio a plea agreement, rather than taking the case to a jury.
"This is a satisfying outcome because it ends a lot of legal issues," Rosenberg said.
In yesterday's ruling, Judge John M. Glynn ordered Delgaudio to stay away from Patterson Park and the neighboring Butchers Hill area. The judge also publicly acknowledged Delgaudio's humiliation.
"Mr. Delgaudio has been very active in the state of Virginia and around the country. He was a respected member of the community," Glynn said. "This type of thing is a mortifying experience."
Delgaudio thanked the judge for his "good work." He is not able to appeal because of the conditions of the plea agreement.
After the hearing, Delgaudio - who is also an author of political books - refused to comment about his case.
In a letter to the judge, Delgaudio's attorneys - Bruce Fein and Howard L. Cardin - wrote that he was remorseful and did not know the girls were underage.
"He acknowledges the acute moral shortcomings of his conduct, and he will continue intense self-examination and professional and spiritual counseling," the lawyers wrote in the letter, dated yesterday.
Cardin also said he did not want to speak about the case after yesterday's hearing but described his client as "brilliant and eloquent."
Delgaudio, who has no prior record, was arrested in November 2001 with a book of obscene photographs he had taken of 15- and 16-year-old girls, according to court documents. The teen-agers went with him on several occasions to a hotel on Pulaski Highway, where they had sex and he paid them to pose in erotic positions for his camera, records show. The girls told Delgaudio their ages, according to police.
As part of his restitution to the community, his attorney said Delgaudio would contribute $5,000 to "young mothers who are in distress and in need."
Copyright © 2003, The Baltimore Sun
Delgaudio <--> pedophile.
Delgaudio <--> Conservative.
therefore, conservative <--> pedophile.
Geeorn <--> Loud-mouthed little kid who desperately wants to pretend he has an opinion about politics
Well, there's really no need to go any further than that. Don't sink so slow as to make blanket statements, Gee. It really doesn't suit you.
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Afro Gee had this to say about John Romero:
what conclusion can we draw from this using the logic that this board has taught us about political issues and the people who take sides?Delgaudio <--> pedophile.
Delgaudio <--> Conservative.
therefore, conservative <--> pedophile.
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Kahuna Ryuu had this to say about dark elf butts:
That yellow text is fucking horrible.
So is Geeorns stance on politics!
Now if only he were Leonard Nimoy, they'd be a perfect match.
By the way, you don't have to make a thread for this. If somebody is going to be interested in politics, they'll click on the damned fark quicklink at the mainsite.
And on gee's statement... Our government aren't the only people making propaganda that is falwed/lies. Plenty of liberaal organizations do it. Take a look at organizations like greenpeace. Of course, it's always easier to say your on one side of the fence and shout about how stupid everyone on the other side is. Sadly, though, in the real world, there is no fence, just 2 different sides with af ew poor suckers caught in the middle.
The Dixie Chicks make a spur of the moment statement, regardless of whether you agree with them or not, and have their CDs smashed, their songs boycotted etc. Simply because one of them said something on her mind.
Then R Kelly, repeatedly involved in pedophilia, is still rapidly embraced.
I really actually have no point posting this, I just wanted to test my sig and sigpic.
He's obviously a hypocrite, whining about morals while doing things like that, but he seems, at least from this article, to be taking responsibility for his actions and acknowledging their morally bankrupt nature. Unlike the person to whom he's being compared.
The old, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone," is bullshit, and logically fallacious. One needn't be Mother Theresa to decry illegal and immoral behavior.
All such conduct, by public servants especially, is bad.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Speaking of irony and politics...The Dixie Chicks make a spur of the moment statement, regardless of whether you agree with them or not, and have their CDs smashed, their songs boycotted etc. Simply because one of them said something on her mind.
Then R Kelly, repeatedly involved in pedophilia, is still rapidly embraced.
It's all about your audience. The Dixie Chicks fan base consisted primarily of country music fans, a group of people who just don't like anyone questioning/insulting/saying anything that isn't obviously supportive of the United States government.
R Kelly fans, on the other hand, are all pedophiles.
