: MediaTakeOut.com just uncovered a SHOCKING piece of information. One of the top NFL draft prospects, Tony Washington an offensive tackle from a Division II Abilene Christian college, was CONVICTED of having sex with his SISTER.
Here’s what happened. In May 2003, Tony was convicted of having sex with his 15-year old biological sister. While people close to Tony are saying that the act was consensual, his sister does not wish to speak publicly on the case.
Washington was arrested in connection with the incident, he was 16 at the time, and received five years probation. Because he was a juvenile at the time, he did not have to got to jail. He is, however, required to register as a SEX OFFENDER.
Here’s what dude had to say about it:
I made a mistake at the age of 16, and for that, I am deeply sorry . . . I will not try and excuse or justify anything. I have worked extremely hard to do everything right so that I might have an opportunity to give back. I only hope that someone in the NFL will give me the same opportunity that Abilene Christian and Trinity Valley gave me.What do you think, should dude be allowed to play in the NFL????
Ok this is awful! But we also have to remember that they were only 1 year apart in age. She was not a little child who didn't know any better. This does not say he raped her. It says they had PROHIBITED SEXUAL BEH. It is totally gross but this was a 15 and 16 year old. They did something terrible but THEY did it together and he is the one who may forever suffer. She simply said she didnt wanna comment on it. Cause she knows they wer on some nasty sh*t together. So I think he should be able to play and I DO NOT think that he is a *** offender. She isnt a *** offender! SMH.
Once again as always there is a rush to judgment from MTO and its readers. This offence occurred 5 years ago when this young man was 16 and his sister was 15 at the time.I am not defending it nor I am judging because this occurs more than some of you would like to believe that it do. I see him a neither sick or in need of mental help because as some of you are saying, he did not take advantage of or molest a child.Read everything and learn how to discern first before you rush to judgement.Some of you on here who are villifying this man are some of the sickest *** perverts yourself.
@MsLady561 - you are exactly right. The crime he committed is no more than the crime that his sister committed (if, in fact she consented). I don't know what the age of consent, or the exact CSC laws are in the state where this happened, but in my state, the perp has to be more than 2 years older than an underage victim. The incest factor...again, BOTH guilty.
MTO...I AM SO *** AT YOU ALL...THIS DUDE WAS EXTREMELY WRONG...BUT HE HAS MOVED ON AND THEY ARE OR SHALL I SAY HAVE ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS, IT IS A PAST SECRET THAT I AM SURE HE HAS REPENTED FOR...HE IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A CAREER AND AS HE SAID HE WORKED HARD TO MAKE LIFE BETTER.....ALWAYS FINDING DIRT AND KEEP ISH GOING ON ABOUT BLACK MAN...I HAVE YET TO HEAR YOU DRAIN THE RAPE CHARGES ABOUT Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger...GO HARD ON HIS AZ.UGH
milesperhour, actually you are correct you were making a point which I misread. However the way that you chose to come back and prove your points says a great deal about your character as a person. I didn't resort to calling you out of your name and the mere fact that you referred to me as a *** is a tad bit laughable.I have a deal for you, don't assume that based on my mistake that I am a *** and I won't assume that based on your response that you are a ignorant ***.Deal? lmao.
I agree w/ MsLady561 --one of the only well thought out responses based on what the article stated. Both were wrong for such an act, but how is it that he has to register as a *** offender? They were both minors w/ a 1-yr. diff. in age. From the article it says THEY BOTH agreed to have ***. And yes, her simply refusing to comment on it is b/c she wants to move on w/ her life, just as the brother wants to with his. I agree that the *** is nasty, but I'm not pointing fingers. Some of you'll just barely made it out of your teenage years ya *** 'selves. They both made a mistake, let them live.
@SweetChoctalyKiss - I'm not sure, but it sounds as if you are trying to place all the fault on him. You ask about what is he doing for his sister's wellness because he "damaged her to be genuinely happy with another man," how so and why is she the only person who comes out of this "damaged"? It wasn't rape, they did this together. I don't know what your intentions were, but your wording sounds as if you are trying to make him out to be some sort of incestual predator.
I read a few of the comments all giving this dude backlash..yea he a nasty perverted ***..but he just 1 year older than her..and they said both wanted it so they both nasty as hell!! Not just him..they whole family prolly screwed up!
I been gone for a minute but I gotta bring it back..hit me up on myspace, tagged or twitter!
A brother and a sister had CONSENSUAL ***! That was and is so wrong on too many levels!! The fact that it was consensual does not make it OK!! She was 15, he was 16! Both were too young to be having ***, period! Let alone with each other! NO MATTER HOW MUCH it was "Consensual", The reason she did not get arrested is because she was/is younger than him. If she was older and he was younger, SHE would have been the *** offender. I just don't understand why the emphasis some people are making is that it was "Consensual". So what, does that make them right???
Throwing up in my mouth...Hey if he's good on them hands then give him a chance to play. What he did is done and over with. He has to live with it, but he should still get a chance. I mean if thats the case none of us would get a chance at anything cause we have all done something stupid..hopefully not as bad as him.
SweetChocKiss- Is probation the answer, no. Probation, just as imprisonment, doesn't do anything but "punish" a person & tells them that they did something deemed illegal in our society...but it doesn't do anything to "fix" the person. I'm amazed at how the courts can order or at least offer pedophiles and murderers some form of counseling. But here we are dealing w/ a then 15-and 16-year-old in which neither one was probably offered counseling, & one having to file as a *** offender which can stay on his record and damage his future even more. They have to live the rest of their lives w/ this
his sister slept w/him too so what? why did he have to get probation for that. what, the mother found out and pressed charges on her son but not on her daughter? that is some crazy mess. that was between them what's that got to do w/football. it's not like he molested her or something. this is dumb. but to do your own sister or brother????? yuk!
***, that's *** UP!!!! Dude AND his sister should've been prosecuted based on that state's law, now just him cause he's a guy. That law mentioned nothing "gender based". It was a general law meaning it applies or SHOULD apply to both genders in "general". But he *** be denied a chance at what he's prepared his WHOLE LIFE for because of this.
People love to cry judgment! This was 7 years ago you people act like it was yesterday! You just heard about it but what was done 7 yrs ago doesn't indicate what kind of man he is TODAY! At 15 and 16 Something was wrong in their upbringing for them to even make such a decision so Who NEED to be looked at are the Parents and their FAILURE to teach these 2 BASIC right from wrong!
Also read that law carefully. Says an individual first, everything after that is HE....that law only applies to men, which is sexist and basically gives women/females a green light to commit incest knowingly and not be prosecuted. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
What if HYPOTHETICALLY she forced herself on him and him being a 16 yr old male, his body responded naturally but SHE was the aggressor and someone comes in and catched the act. He is made to register as an offender for an act HE didnt initiate nor was the aggressor. he knew it was his sister forcing herself on him so he's guilty?
to add to that scenario- If she had forced herself on him and he beat her to get her off then it would be battery, assault or both or domestic violence because it would be said he could have stopped her abother way w/o force. We don't know the whole story but its not as simple as They had *** ..something is missing it does NOT add up.
I hope this dude is remorseful and will never do something so inhumane as sexing blood relations. I have worked in a facility for *** offenders and many repeat and repeat and repeat in one form of sexual deviance or in another form. I pray he is that one in a million.
@Dreayonn: You are right in your assessment of R Kelly and his supporters, but no sexual abuse should be justified. Majority rule isn't always the right rule..I happen to be one and many others who didn't excuse R Kelly's ruling of innocence or have never supported him thereafter. but I do understand where you are coming from
Like i said there was more to the story
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he is from Louisiana. Home destroyed by Katrina, Uprooted, and described as Emotionally Crippled. SOMETHING was going on abnormal in his home and if it was like that for him, IT WAS THE SAME FOR HER. This was a reaction to what ever was gong on in that dysfunctional family. He also didn't commit the offense in Texas. Should he be punished forever? God Gave Jesus' life to forgive us, yet we find forgiveness the hardest thing to do for each other. SAD
phillylove41 - i agree sexual abuse is never ok....
THIS WAS NOT SEXUAL ABUSE or ASSAULT! IT IS CLEAR in the OFFICIAL FILE B/C *** assault is always listed. SO LETS stop labeling him as a sexual abuser. If he is one SHE IS ALSO. You people are just taking MTO's sloppy reporting and running with it. If it's on MTO THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO THE STORY. They post lies and misleading titles to get hits ....
So when Sartain, a friend of 15 years, spoke of a promising left tackle who wanted to come play at Abilene but had some off-the-field issues, Thomsen took a closer look.
For Washington to enter Thomsen’s program, he had to pass through five levels of clearance, which the school considers protocol any time an at-risk student seeks admittance. He first needed approval from Thomsen, then the athletic director, the dean of student affairs, the chief of police and finally the president of the school.
“The biggest concern I had was, ‘Is he going to be a threat to the community?’” Thomsen said.
After a thorough investigation, the school agreed to accept him. “Even the chief of police thought Tony was a low risk,” Thomsen said.
Under Thomsen, Washington thrived on the football field. He became a two-time Division II All-American, was awarded the Lone Star South Division Offensive Player of the Year Award two years in a row and was a 2009 finalist for the Gene Upshaw Award (best Division II lineman, offensive or defensive).
Under his coach’s strong Christian influence and Abilene’s required daily chapel sessions, Washington began to thrive spiritually too, Thomsen said, by learning of Biblical figures such as Moses, David and Paul -- men who committed murder -- and Peter, who was impulsive.
He learned the power of forgiveness at Abilene, because he saw it firsthand from his coach. Thomsen has a reputation for taking on troubled athletes like Bernard Scott, who had several arrests before being drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals last year.
Thomsen also takes pride in the fact that he can help mold young men, like Washington, not just into better football players, but better people. “That’s what you want as a coach,” he said. “You want to see guys grow as players, you want to see them grow as people, and I saw that with Tony.”
But will NFL scouts be as forgiving as Thomsen and Sartain? Will the public?
“We all knew this day was coming,” Sartain said.
The Stigma
The juvenile justice system forgives troubled minors who break the law by sealing their records. But because Washington committed a *** crime, he must register annually as a *** offender – something that will follow him for the rest of his life.
“He just made a mistake. He made a bad choice, in a bad situation, in a bad environment,” said Sartain, who understands that Washington must live with the consequences but doesn’t believe he should have to be humiliated for something he did at a young age.
He added that because of Washington’s troubled life at home, he was forced to make a “quick sprint into adulthood.”
“I don’t want to cry ‘victim’ and he never has, per se, but I really believe that he was a 16-year-old victim of his own environment,” Sartain said. “It’s unfortunate that the counsel that he got at the time led him to have this label on him the rest of his life.”
It’s a label he couldn’t escape in his hometown of New Orleans, where as a high school student, he bagged groceries at Save-a-Lot until 5 a.m., went directly to school, then practice, then back to work. He couldn’t escape it when he came to Athens, Texas, and had his name printed in the local newspaper as part of the required community notification of his status.
But if he truly wanted to run from his past, he would have given up long ago. Instead, he’s choosing to face it, something Sartain hopes people will appreciate.
“I find it hard to believe that people cannot realize the resolve, the perseverance, the character and determination that this young man has had to get where he is,” Sartain said.
Thomsen points to the fact that his former player has had no run-ins with the law since his offense seven years ago.
“I have no fear in my mind of anything like that happening with Tony again,” Thomsen said. “I wouldn’t have brought him here if I had that fear. And I have no reservations about anything like that happening again in his future.”
The fact that the offense was committed as a juvenile means the odds are in his favor. According to a report published by the National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth, adolescent *** offenders have a 5 percent to 14 percent chance of sexual re-offenses.
Dr. Fred Berlin, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and founder of the Sexual Disorders Clinic, believes that unlike adult offenders, juveniles are “highly treatable” and “rarely go on to become adult offenders.”
According to Berlin, who has treated juvenile *** offenders, in some cases a young offender must simply accept the consequences of his mistakes and learn how to behave differently in order to move on. Other times, more intensive treatment, such as medication, is needed to ensure they are not a threat to others, or even to themselves.
Berlin has been an advocate for shielding juvenile *** offenders from the harsh stigma and even humiliation that accompanies placement on local and national registries.
“We want adolescent *** offenders to go on and become productive members of society, but they can’t do that if we’re constantly throwing barricades in front of them,” Berlin said.
Berlin cautions that each individual must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. But he says the fact that Washington’s wasn’t a forced act, that there was just a one-year age difference, and that he has not had any reported run-ins with the law since, suggests that as long as Washington has had the appropriate counseling, “the likelihood is very high that he’s going to go on and live a good, responsible life.”
If he has paid his debt to society and fulfilled his legal obligations, then he has the right to earn a living just like anyone else. I don't understand why we want to re-criminalize our criminals when they have paid their debts. IMO, that only perpetuates the cycle. We need to start working on forgiveness and compassion in this world. Obviously, this man and his sister needed help early in their lives that they never received until it was too late.
“It’s unfortunate that the counsel that he got at the time led him to have this label on him the rest of his life.”
This tells you that his LAWYER was inadequate. If they were court appointed counsel I see why. COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL WORK FOR THE SAME SIDE AS THE PROSECUTION THEY DONT GIVE A *** ABOUT YOU. Then this was in racist *** Louisiana remember the Jena 6.....Attempted Murder for a *** school fight?
again .... stop attacking without knowing the whole story!!! read a *** article, do some research sometime. Believing this RAG!
NOW THAT IT IS OUT IN THE PUBLIC I WONDER WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR THEM TRYING TO FIND A MATE? I MEAN HOW AWKWARD IS THAT BEING HER HUSBAND OR HIS WIFE AND EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY KNOWS YOUR SPOUSE SLEPT WITH THEIR SIBLING? THAT'S SOME WIERD ISH...TALK ABOUT AWKWARD...I HOPE THEY GOT OVER THEIR ATTRACTION BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY JUST NEED TO NEVER BE AROUND EACH OTHER...THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS DISTURBING ON SO MANY LEVELS.
@ Lil chris I totally agree. Know I am not defending him. I am saying that we can't judge him based on the correct values we were taught. We can say it's wrong b/c someone taught us it was. That's why I keep saying we need to be questioning the parenting because BOTH of them Brother and Sister made a choice to do that. Something was definitely wrong that neither knew better or cared. I wouldn't be surprised if they BOTH were victims of abuse/molestation. Children do what they see and are taught. Should he be punished the rest of his life because he wasnt taught better?
We have some really delusional blinded dummies on here. This act is not sick?!?! Oh so I guess if you see yo mama and you uncle getting it in it will be alright huh? If you have a son and a daughter and catch them getting it on or they tell you at a later date that that's what they were doing you'll just shrug it off huh? We are truly in the last days. Next when *** becomes more prevalent y'all will find a way to make that ok as well.
Trulee Who said it was OK? Spare us with that Last days Christian propoganda. ALL DAYS AFTER JESUS's RESURRECTION ARE THE LAST DAYS!!!!!!!!!! This happened 7 yrs ago, he got probation, and a lifelong punishment of having to register as a *** offender. Do you want to murder him for it? The family was dysfunctional if BOTH of them did that without a thought. You act as if ppl are advocating incest of lobbying to make it legal.
wow. and i thought that kinda mess only happened in W.Virginia and Arkansas. lmao guess they proved me wrong. BUT on a serious note... i can't blame the sister for not wanting to speak... i mean, i'd be shamed if that was me. smh...i wonder how it came out... ***, imagine being a mother and walking in on both ur children just straight gettin it in. ***.
I TELL YOU ABOUT A BUNCH OF OVERLY RIGHEOUS PEOPLE ON HERE....1ST OF ALL HE WAS A CHILD AND SO WAS SHE...YALL ACT LIKE HE RAPED THE GIRL...WHATEVER HE DID HE HAS ASKED FOR FORGIVNESS, THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF IT...WE ALL HAVE DONR SOMETHING, MAYBE NOT THAT BUT SOMETHING AND GOD FORGAVE US...PEOPLE IS SO QUICK TO JUDGE SOMEONE...TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND JUDGE YOURSELVES!!!
Again, it is NOT a given they grew up together. ACTUALLY I would think they DID NOT because it would be much harder to have *** with a sibling who grew up with you. She could still be his biological sister if she is his HALF sister which could explain them not growing up together. People are attacking this man for a childhood mistake 7 yrs ago and without knowing the whole story. What if he is emotionally slow and she took advantage of it and was the aggressor but he took the brunt of the rap? We don't know all of that but that doesnt matter to some,just so they can negatively rant and point.
Now I'm not excusing what this cat did but I think ya'll are missing the important details here. He is not a child molester as they were both kids. He was 16 and she was 15. My question is was this is biological sister or a step sister and if it was consensual then they both should have been charged with a crime. It seems to me that perhaps there was an overly aggressive prosecutor in this case. We *** totally judge this man without knowing all the facts
YUk!!!!! ISnt there a thing where You're NOT SUPPOSE to feel that way about youre own family especially a biological sibling................. JUst the thought of it is absolutely disgusting. If you ask me They both some NUTBAGZZ. She was 15 she coulda been like ill mofo get your sick *** away from me and go get a psychiatrist. And matter fact dont evn look at me until you get some help
Of course this was wrong-but keep in mind he was an immature, hormonal teenager. Not some grown *** man taking advantage of a minor...
What gets me is that the people who are bashing this man are the same people who still listen to R. Kelly's music (and he was sleeping with girls 15 and under while in his thirties).The same women who still support R&B singers (Chris Brown) who beat the *** out of their girlfriends.The same peole who support rappers (Lil' Wayne) who brag about killing kids in their rhymes.
dis is some jerry springer *** right here lil sis may have had a fat *** lol but come on bruh u cant have *** wit yo siblings or cousins it would have only been ok if it was his step sister but it said biological sister but if lil sis would let big bruh *** then she would let anybody *** she probly was the buss down at her school its one thing if they was like 4 or 5 and u caught em kissin or somethin like that but at 15 and 16 u know right from wrong u cant blame dat one on bein young and one other thing how did they get caught who told or did the parents catch em thats crazy
OH! and how the *** u gunna tell me it was a mistake *** tht u were young...*** WHT THE ***??? what NORMAL 16year old *** his own biological sister??? *** tht aint no *** mistake u just *** in the head!!! if i were in the drafting committee i would NOT draft your sorry ***, you deserve to rot in JAIL!!!
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great googly moogly, upchucking, jeez, eeeeewwwww, having said that, to me playin would be at his own peril when you are in the spotlight you subject yourself to scrutiny like stories in the national enquirer, I am thinking you should live a quiet life somewhere where people don't know you dude it ain't worth the money. But if his skills match what the NFL want let the games begin, but trust me dude you are gonna be sorry.
This is pure sickness.Me and my brother have been very close since childhood,we could probaly talk about anything(including who HE smashed),but smashing each other? Hell NAW. My brother(18) is ALSO one year older than me(17) and we live near Abeliene, in Texas.These peeps are just sick ,there are hundreds, thousands of other people they could have had *** with.They are going to hell.This dude got what he deserved, cause Texas dont play.
