Current Events > Did you know this song was by a convicted pedo? In Joker, also at sports games

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Criminal chargePossession of child pornography, child sexual abuse, attempted rape of minors
Criminal penalty16 years in prison

The BBC described Glitter's fall from grace as "dramatic" and "spectacular".[11] The late 1990s and onward saw his image become irreparably tarnished, following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction in the United Kingdom for downloading thousands of items of child pornography.[12] He was also charged at the same time, but acquitted, of sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s. Later, Glitter faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. After settling in Vietnam, a Vietnamese court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006.[13] After serving his sentence, Glitter was deported back to the UK where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. In October 2012 he was arrested again as part of Operation Yewtree.[14] He was bailed but was eventually charged, in June 2014, with historical child sex offences. On 5 February 2015, he was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980.[15] On 27 February 2015, he was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison.[16]

Remind me to never listen to this song again. Surprised they used his song in Joker
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Yes, and I wish it was still played at football games

Yeah, known about that for years.
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You're late.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78069714
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Is it really a surprise? People covered for R. Kelly for ages.

Michael Jackson songs are still regularly played too.
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Hey! Go Chiefs!
Were gonna beat the hell outta you!
And you!
And you and you and you!
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Soggy_Pocket posted...

Hey! Go Chiefs!
Were gonna beat the hell outta you!
And you!
And you and you and you!

This

The song they picked to replace it is so bad

I did not know this.
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I don't get why people are like this. If you like the song, then like the song. The artist diddling kids has nothing to do with the quality of the song, and you listening to it in youtube isn't going to benefit the kid diddler in any way.

One of Joan Jett's most well known hit songs is a Gary Glitter cover :/

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tbh this bothered me when seeing the movie because its not like it was integral to the scene. They could have used literally any other song

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I didn't realise it wasn't known he was a nonce.

Kitt posted...

The lead singer of Lost Prophet might be a raging pedophile, but dammit, Last Train Home will always be my jam.

With that said, one of Joan Jett's most well known hit songs is a Gary Glitter cover :/

Raging paedophile is putting it very mildly. He got his fans to give him their babies so he could drug and rape them.
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Funkydog posted...

Raging paedophile is putting it very mildly. He got his fans to give him their babies so he could drug and rape them.

When they cracked the password to his laptop it was literally "I **** Kids".

Censored because I wouldn't be surprised if some mod hits me for that.

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