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Darmik
04/05/17 9:35:33 PM
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http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/dad-holidaying-with-daughter-wrongly-accused-of-paedophilia/news-story/d894dd8c43bbf1d458eee86688add67a


A FATHER has been left horrified after he was accused of paedophilia when he checked into a hotel with his 13-year-old daughter.

Craig Darwell, 46, was treating his daughter Millie, 13, to a trip to an amusement park when he checked into the Travelodge hotel.

“We checked in and then I had to move my car,” Mr Darwell told The Sun.

“When I got back to reception the guy started asking me to prove I was her dad. He said it was company policy and I had to go onto Facebook to show messages I’ve sent to her.”

He continued: “It was bizarre and really offensive. Then he told me that he’d already called police so I had to wait for them to arrive.”

HE SAID IT RUINED HIS WEEKEND

The Travelodge Hotel, in Surrey in the UK, is situated right near Thorpe Park, the theme park the duo wanted to visit.

Craig, whose wife Sarah died from leukaemia when Millie was four, said: “This has never happened before.”

The devoted dad told The Sun it took about “two seconds” for them to realise the mistake “but it ruined the weekend for me.”

Local police in Surrey told the newspaper: “Police were called by a member of staff at the Travelodge in Chertsey on Thursday 30 March just after 8pm following a concern for safety.

“Officers attended and made no arrests, no further enquiries will take place.

“Hotels, taxi companies and other licensed premises’ have recently been equipped with the right knowledge to identify children who could be at risk of exploitation under Operation Makesafe.”

‘HE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL’

On social media many have praised the response from the hotel.

One person wrote: “I understand the Da’ds upset but on the other hand if Travelodge did nothing they could have turned a blind eye to something more sinister. We do need to protect our vulnerable against those monsters out there but perhaps a different approach would have been better. It's a hard one. There was nothing to hide so he should, in essence, be grateful someone out there had his kids back.”

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Darklit_Minuet
04/05/17 9:37:53 PM
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"They took two seconds to make sure a girl wasn't being mistreated. My weekend was ruined"
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Itennu
04/05/17 9:38:38 PM
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i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

we should actually be glad people are this proactive and took steps to protect her from a potential abuse situation
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RebelElite791
04/05/17 9:39:48 PM
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Itennu posted...
but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

I sure hope you've never cried about misandry or any MRA shit in your life.
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monkmith
04/05/17 9:39:48 PM
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Darklit_Minuet posted...
"They took two seconds to make sure a girl wasn't being mistreated. My weekend was ruined"

being accused of raping your daughter will do that to you.
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Miz_iZ_AwSOme_X
04/05/17 9:40:22 PM
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People always going full stupid what's next?


And who was the dumb fucker that posted he should be grateful? The dad did nothing wrong.
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Drasilor
04/05/17 9:41:24 PM
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fucking ridiculous
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Darmik
04/05/17 9:42:20 PM
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Why did they call the police before they even bothered to check his story? Surely there's a better way than asking for private Facebook conversations as well?
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monkmith
04/05/17 9:43:33 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
I've had hotel staff make the same mistake on me, only the opposite. They thought the girl I was traveling with was my daughter. It ruined my whole weekend.

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Darmik
04/05/17 9:45:08 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
She was legal.


Hope you're not Malaysian
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GiftedACIII
04/05/17 9:45:46 PM
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No link to the original article?
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Virus731
04/05/17 9:46:03 PM
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That is a load of shit. I'd be pissed af if I was the dad.
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PostCrisisJ2
04/05/17 9:46:40 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
Itennu posted...
but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

I sure hope you've never cried about misandry or any MRA shit in your life.


...What?
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RebelElite791
04/05/17 9:47:12 PM
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PostCrisisJ2 posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
Itennu posted...
but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

I sure hope you've never cried about misandry or any MRA shit in your life.


...What?

I'm saying I sure hope that he's never cried about sexism against men when he's engaging in it here against single fathers or just fathers with daughters in general.
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Darmik
04/05/17 9:47:15 PM
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GiftedACIII posted...
No link to the original article?


Oops! Fixed.
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MorbidFaithless
04/05/17 9:48:04 PM
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Why don't we make children carry identification?
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ExtremeLuchador
04/05/17 9:48:35 PM
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Blame Erin Andrews for whatever hotels are doing now.
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RebelElite791
04/05/17 9:48:54 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
Why don't we make children carry identification?

On a related note, my coworker was just saying yesterday how she was pulled over with a friend and their 14-yo brother in the car (who looks older than 14) and the cop was having a fit over the 14 year old not carrying an ID
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JuanCarlos1
04/05/17 9:49:12 PM
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Holy crap, this is infuriating. Its good that theyre being suspicious, but couldnt they had just left it at some id for the girl and the fb message? Calling cops was freakin overkill. I would sue the shit out of them!!
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Darmik
04/05/17 9:49:30 PM
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ExtremeLuchador posted...
Blame Erin Andrews for whatever hotels are doing now.


Why what did she do?
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Waluigi7
04/05/17 9:51:43 PM
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Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

No it isn't.
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voldothegr8
04/05/17 9:53:43 PM
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I'd sue the fuck out of them for calling the cops and asking for "Facebook proof", and I don't even have facebook. I don't know for what but a good lawyer could surely find something out of this bullshit.
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DirkDiggles
04/05/17 9:55:30 PM
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ExtremeLuchador posted...
Blame Erin Andrews for whatever hotels are doing now.


She's at fault for a stalker following her and filming her in her hotel room?
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Paragon21XX
04/05/17 9:56:15 PM
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Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

we should actually be glad people are this proactive and took steps to protect her from a potential abuse situation

Single father shaming, smdfh. As if losing his wife wasn't bad enough, now you are allowing accusations of him being a pedophile slide on through without a challenge because his wife happened to have a daughter instead of a son before passing away.
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Ampelas
04/05/17 9:56:43 PM
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Those hotel staff probably believed in Pizzagate too, lmao
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TommyG663513
04/05/17 9:57:11 PM
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It was pretty sexist to assume the man was a pedophile. It's especially sad when you realize the mom isn't there, because she died years ago. If she was there they wouldn't have suspected anything.
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DarthDemented
04/05/17 9:57:42 PM
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Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

we should actually be glad people are this proactive and took steps to protect her from a potential abuse situation

You know it's thinking like this that makes the whole world label each and every one of us males and pedophiles. A dad should be able to check into a hotel with their children without anyone accusing them of diddling them. That shits pathetic.
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NathanX95
04/05/17 10:02:00 PM
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Fuck that hotel, I'd sue their ass for discrimination or some shit. That's so fucking messed up.
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WindMinister
04/05/17 10:04:33 PM
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That hotel is some straight bulls***. If that happened to me I'd be mighty tempted to spend the coin on a lawsuit and a refund
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awesome999
04/05/17 10:06:35 PM
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Yeah it would ruin my weekend but in the end I'd be glad since the hotel's response could save someone
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thronedfire2
04/05/17 10:14:23 PM
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Darmik posted...
Why did they call the police before they even bothered to check his story? Surely there's a better way than asking for private Facebook conversations as well?


not really, a 13 year old probably isn't going to have id
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thronedfire2
04/05/17 10:15:26 PM
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DarthDemented posted...
Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

we should actually be glad people are this proactive and took steps to protect her from a potential abuse situation

You know it's thinking like this that makes the whole world label each and every one of us males and pedophiles. A dad should be able to check into a hotel with their children without anyone accusing them of diddling them. That shits pathetic.


yeah but it's not for no reason. guys take underage girls who were forced into the sex trade into hotels all the time. there was just that story a couple months ago about a girl who was locked in a motel room for like a year or some shit
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UnfairRepresent
04/05/17 10:17:43 PM
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This whole topic is a disaster
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Hash-Brown
04/05/17 10:19:31 PM
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Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

As someone that works at a hotel, not really.
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Electrokinesis
04/05/17 10:20:12 PM
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I don't often find myself wishing for someone to be beaten with socks filled with marbles in public, but the arsehole who said the father should be grateful... Jesus.
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Axiom
04/05/17 10:27:54 PM
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Sue their asses into oblivion. Those pricks didn't even offer to comp his stay after ruining his vacation
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DocileOrangeCup
04/05/17 10:30:03 PM
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wow that's so fuckin stupid. i honestly doubt that would happen if it were a woman and boy
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Onetrueking
04/05/17 10:52:55 PM
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Hope he sues the fuck out of them. Easy win take the million dollar settlement.
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Darmik
04/05/17 11:15:40 PM
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What would happen in this scenario if he didn't book twin beds out of curiosity? I suppose that's enough reason for alarm.
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UnfairRepresent
04/05/17 11:27:43 PM
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For the record, Thorpe Park is shit.

So his weekend was ruined regardless.
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MuayThai85
04/05/17 11:32:46 PM
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monkmith posted...
Darklit_Minuet posted...
"They took two seconds to make sure a girl wasn't being mistreated. My weekend was ruined"

being accused of raping your daughter will do that to you.


This. Even the accusation is enough to piss someone off.

Itennu posted...
i get that he's upset but you have to admit a grown man checking into a hotel with a little girl is suspicious af

we should actually be glad people are this proactive and took steps to protect her from a potential abuse situation


No it really isn't suspicious. You do realise there are as many fathers out there as there are mothers, right? It's bullshit perceptions like this that cause a father to get harassed because he brought his daughter to the park or to the mall.

Hey, should we start assuming any time we see a woman with a young/teenage boy that she is actually his "teacher with benefits" and not her son? Seeing as how there seems to be a new news article almost daily about some teacher fucking her students.
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pikachupwnage
04/05/17 11:33:53 PM
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Yeah fuck the asshole saying the dad didn't get mad.

There are some things it would be kinda disturbing if you DIDN'T get mad about,

Like being accused of raping your daughter. Who the fuck wouldn't have their jimmies rustling like a elephant charging through a forest at that?
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Lonestar2000
04/05/17 11:36:28 PM
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The UK is such a fucking joke.
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UnfairRepresent
04/05/17 11:39:39 PM
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MuayThai85 posted...

No it really isn't suspicious. You do realise there are as many fathers out there as there are mothers, right?



It's almostl ike 90% of pedophiles are men or something...
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foreveraIone
04/05/17 11:39:45 PM
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Th3Truth posted...
Darmik posted...
What would happen in this scenario if he didn't book twin beds out of curiosity? I suppose that's enough reason for alarm.

I don't see why. 13 year old is a bit too old to be sleeping with your parents. It would be more suspicious if they didn't.

Dont hotels usually have more than 1 bed. Its not weird.
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Alucard188
04/05/17 11:41:22 PM
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Darklit_Minuet posted...
"They took two seconds to make sure a girl wasn't being mistreated. My weekend was ruined"


No one likes being mistaken for a pedophile when all they are doing is checking into a hotel with her daughter. I can understand how that would ruin somebody's weekend.
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