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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

He didn't "fuck" her. He drugged her, raped her vaginally and then turned her over and forcibly sodomized her anally. Regardless of her age, she didn't consent to any of that.

I think his movies are very good, I feel terrible that his pregnant wife was killed, but he committed a crime, plead guilty to that crime and then fled the country before he served a day in jail. I don't give a fuck if he's already paid her off. I don't give a fuck that it's so unfair that he's had to live a life of exiled luxury in France. I don't give a fuck if he didn't get to pick up his Oscar personally. He raped a girl, and he was convicted of that rape. And he should go to jail.

I agree with much of this. He seems to be a talented, accomplished fellow to whom some very bad things have happened, none of which should be relevant to his sentence or extradition. However, I would note that (IIRC) (1) he did six weeks in a psychiatric facility, (2) he did that time as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors under which that time served would be the extent of his jail time, (3) he fled the country when it became apparent that the judge was going to reject the plea bargain, leaving him at risk of serving a much longer sentence than the one he thought he was going to get when he pled, and (4) there were well-based allegations of judicial misconduct involved.