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Post by ghost on Jan 30, 2018 20:34:52 GMT
Glee star Mark Salling has reportedly hanged himself.
The actor's body was found on Tuesday near a little league baseball field close to his Sunland home in Los Angeles, California. He was 35 at the time of his death.
Salling's family had reported the actor missing earlier on Tuesday morning, fearing he was planning to hurt himself.
According to the emergency dispatch audio, obtained by The Blast, the police said that Salling 'suffers from depression and is suicidal.'
His family told police that he was last seen around 11.30pm, wearing black pants and a black long sleeved T-shirt. Concerned what he might do, one of his family members went to a police station in the early hours. Sadly it was too late.
'I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this morning,' his family said in a statement to The Blast.
'Mark was a gentle and loving person, a person of great creativity, who was doing his best to atone for some serious mistakes and errors of judgment. He is survived by his mother and father, and his brother. The Salling family appreciates the support they have been receiving and asks for their privacy to be respected.'
Salling was awaiting sentencing after entering a guilty plea to possession of child pornography.
The LAPD were alerted to the body by a 911 call at 8.50am, TMZ reports.
At 9.47am, the fire department found Salling near a little league field next to the Big Tujunga Creek, close to the actor's home. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body has since been removed from he scene while officials carry out their investigation. His black, Nissan Infiniti remains parked at the side of the road, surrounded by police cruisers.
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Post by Liberian Girl on Jan 30, 2018 20:42:20 GMT
No sympathy from my end, to be honest. I've heard it said that he "just" viewed it, didn't directly abuse any children. Really?? Babies and children are sickeningly abused to make that vile, vile stuff, so in my eyes, every sicko who has so much as watched a video is as guilty as those who did it.
Awful. My sympathy is reserved for the children who are abused.
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Post by MattyJam on Jan 30, 2018 21:00:54 GMT
I dunno... this is just a really depressing story all-round. I'm not a pitch-fork-yielding kinda guy. My attitude is, nobody is all bad. Did he do something terrible? Yes. Was that the sum total of his existence? No.
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Post by TonyR on Jan 30, 2018 21:08:40 GMT
I dunno... this is just a really depressing story all-round. I'm not a pitch-fork-yielding kinda guy. My attitude is, nobody is all bad. Did he do something terrible? Yes. Was that the sum total of his existence? No. Ooh someone's sleeping in the spare room tonight! And you got to feel for the family.
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Post by ChrisC on Jan 31, 2018 16:08:33 GMT
No winners in this story, sadly.
Clearly somebody in the courts or Police system made a mistake in granting him bail.
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Post by Russg on Jan 31, 2018 18:48:12 GMT
It's a tricky subject, I've always been of the belief that it needs to be talked about intelligently, looked at properly because I imagine there are plenty of people attracted to children out there who have no choice, no more than somebody being attracted to men or women, who never act on those urges. That's a tough break in life and I have massive sympathy for those people.
In this case as far as I'm aware what got him busted was showing off his collection to a woman he was seeing, that's not something somebody who is disgusted with their own thoughts would do and it's only my own opinion but I'm guessing he would still be indulging this side of him now if not for being caught.
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Post by Snow White on Jan 31, 2018 19:00:15 GMT
I applaud those people who recognize they're attracted to children but don't want to harm them in any way. Even if those seeking pornography don't harm children directly, they contribute to their abuse and exploitation. That's why this guy doesn't have my sympathy.
It'd be interesting to know how psychologists and psychiatrists are helping non offending pedophiles. I just know they have help groups.
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Post by Russg on Jan 31, 2018 21:54:35 GMT
I think this is a tough situation regarding how the media should be reacting. What he did was villainous and evil, and the fact he took the fast way out is also not nice. Suicide should never be an option. However, he ruined is life. There was no coming back for what he did and in the eyes of society, not just the media, he would be permanently paying for what he did until he died of old age anyway. I feel sorry for his family, they probably feel very conflicted right now.
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