THE OTHER BIG STORY IS THE
SENTENCING OF MIKE DAVIS,
MOMENTS AGO, THE FORMER 10 TV
METEOROLOGIST WALKED INTO THE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THE LONGTIME CENTRAL OHIO
TELEVISION PERSONALITY PLEADED
GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHARGES.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK INSIDE OF
THE COURTROOM, AS WE WAIT FOR
SENTENCING TO GET UNDERWAY.
AS SOON AS THAT STARTS, WE WILL
BRING IT TO YOU LIVE, IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
DAVIS HAS ADMITTED TO UPLOADING
THOUSANDS OF IMAGES OF SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT PHOTOS INVOLVING
CHILDREN.
IN FACT HE FACES 29 YEARS IN
PRISON AND WOULD HAVE TO
REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
SENTENCING TO GET UNDERWAY, WE
WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT
TO THIS POINT.
HE WAS FIRST BOOKED ON
SEPTEMBER 5 OF LAST YEAR, AFTER
HE WAS ARRESTED ON SECOND-
DEGREE FELONY PORNOGRAPHY
CHARGES, 10 TV FIRE DAVIS THE
DAY AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED ON
FEBRUARY 6 AND WE WILL NOW
LISTEN INTO THE SENTENCING
HEARING.
JUST TO FOLLOW THE STORYLINE
AND HOW WE ENDED UP HERE AFTER
BEING FORMALLY INDICTED ON FOUR
COUNTS, DAVIS INITIALLY ENTERED
A NOT GUILTY PLEA TO ALL
CHARGES, THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 21
OF LAST YEAR.
THEN IN DECEMBER, COURT RECORDS
REVEALED THAT AN EMAIL ACCOUNT
ASSOCIATED WITH DAVIS UPLOADED
NEARLY 16,000 IMAGES OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAID THAT
DAVIS HAD BEEN REGULARLY
SENDING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
IMAGES TO HIMSELF AT OTHER
EMAIL ADDRESSES, AND THAT HAVE
BEEN HAPPENING SINCE DECEMBER
2012.
ON JANUARY 30 OF THIS YEAR,
DAVIS CHANGED HIS PLEA TO
GUILTY.
HERE'S THE MOMENT THAT THE
JUDGE ASKED DAVIS IF HE WAS
SURE THAT HE WANTED TO CHANGE
HIS PLEA IN COURT. LOOKS LIKE
WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUT IN MARCH
THE ORIGINAL SENTENCING FOR
DAVIS WAS RESCHEDULED AND THEN
RESCHEDULED ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE
OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED, DAVIS IS
FACING UP TO 29 1/2 YEARS IN
PRISON. UPON HIS RELEASE HE
WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER AS A
TIER 2 SEX OFFENDER.
HIS ATTORNEY ARGUES THAT DAVIS
USED PORNOGRAPHY IN AN ATTEMPT
TO SELF MEDICATE AFTER SUFFERING
FOR YEARS WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES INCLUDING SEVERE
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.
AND MIKE DAVIS AGAIN, IS IN
COURT THIS MORNING, WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO GIVE
HIM HIS SENTENCE, LET'S LISTEN
IN NOW.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO ON
THE RECORD IN CASE 459 STATE OF
OHIO VERSUS MICHAEL DAVIS.
DUE TO THE FACT OF THE
PANDEMIC, THIS CASE HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED A NUMBER OF TIMES
AND AGAIN, DUE TO THE NEW ORDER
, IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT
WEEK HOWEVER IT WAS GOING TO
GET BUMPED UNTIL LATER IN THE
SUMMER BECAUSE OF THE ON AND OFF
SCHEDULE THAT THE COURT HAS NOW
ADOPTED. BUT THE DEFENSE
COUNSEL HAS ASKED THAT WE COME
FORWARD RATHER THAN MOVE IT
LATER SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
PROCEED WITH SENTENCING IN THIS
MATTER.
WILL THE PARTIES PLEASE ENTER
THEIR APPEARANCES.
YOUR HONOR GOOD MORNING MY
NAME IS TERRY,
SIR, PLEASE RISE.
ARE YOU MR. DAVIS?
PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND
SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE
RECORD.
MICHAEL DAVIS.
THERE IS A PRESUMPTION OF
PRISON
WE HAVE A FEW STEPS,
EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE PSI?
YES.
YES.
DOES THE STATE HAVE ANY
AMENDMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO
THE PSI?
NO.
YOU THREE MAY BE SEATED.
THERE IS A PRESUMPTION OF
PRISON FOR THREE OF THE FOUR
COUNTS THAT HE HAS PLED GUILTY
TO, THEY ARE ASKING FOR AN
APPROPRIATE PRISON TERM AND AS
WELL AS SENTENCE THE
MEMORANDUMS SUBMITTED FOR BOTH
PARTIES AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF
LETTERS SUBMITTED BY MR. DAVIS,
HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
THE STATE IN REVIEWING ALL OF
THOSE LETTERS I HAVE A COUPLE
THINGS TO POINT OUT TO THE
COURT MAINLY, UNDERSTAND THAT
MR. DAVIS DID NOT CAUSE ANY
HARM DIRECTLY BUT HIS ACTIONS
CREATED DEMAND FOR THOSE IMAGES
WHICH RESULTED IN THE CHILDREN
BEING HARMED, ADDITIONALLY
INTERVIEWING THE IMAGES, SOME
ARE A BIT EXTREME, MORE EXTREME
THAN TRADITIONAL CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, GIVEN THAT IT WAS A
PARTICULAR BRAND OF FETISH
PORNOGRAPHY.
THERE WAS ALSO NO GENUINE
REMORSE AND I UNDERSTAND MR.
DAVIS HAS ENDURED A LEVEL OF
EMBARRASSMENT HOWEVER, HE HAS
NOT DISPLAYED EMPATHY FOR THOSE
VICTIMS, HAS NOT ADMITTED THAT
THESE WERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.
IN THE REPORTS SUBMITTED AND
THE PSI, HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS
COLLECTING IMAGES, IMAGES THAT
DEPICT CHILDREN WHO HE REFERS
TO AS THINGS AND IT, THAT IS
NOT HAVING EMPATHY FOR THE
VICTIMS OF THESE OFFENSES.
NOR ARE THE FACTS OF THE CASE
CONSISTENT WITH A HOARDING OR
COLLECTING MANNER OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
A HOARDER OR COLLECTOR OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY DOESN'T DELETE SOME
OF THE IMAGES, A HOARDER
DOESN'T SEXUALLY GRATIFY HIMSELF
TO THE THINGS THAT HE HAS
COLLECTED.
AND A HOARDER DOESN'T DENY
BEING INTERESTED IN A
PARTICULAR FETISH, YET HAVE BOTH
HAVE THE ADULT AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES ON HIS
DEVICES.
FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, THE
STATE IS ASKING FOR A PERIOD OF
INCARCERATION, DUE TO THAT AND
THE SIGNIFICANT IMAGES THAT HE
HAD, 16,000 WHICH IS THE
LARGEST NUMBER THAT I,
DETECTIVES CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
HAVING IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU.
ON BEHALF OF YOUR CLIENT IF
YOU WOULD ALL RISE?
YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE
MICHAEL TO SPEAK FIRST.
I WOULD PREFER THAT WE
FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE.
I PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF
MICHAEL DOCUMENTS, AT LEAST
THREE MEMORANDUMS OUTLINING
EXACTLY WHAT MICHAEL DID AND
DIDN'T DO, WE PROVIDED
INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT
OTHER COURTS HAVE DONE, AND
OTHER INFORMATION AS TO HIS
THERAPY AND WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING
, ADDITIONALLY WE SUBMITTED
LETTERS FROM HIS FRIENDS AND
PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM, WE
SUBMITTED A MEDICAL REPORT, WE
SUBMITTED SEVERAL EXPERTS
REPORTS. THIS CASE HAS BEEN
ONGOING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2019,
MICHAEL HAS BEEN OUT THE WHOLE
TIME, HE HAS BEEN UNDER THE
COURT SUPERVISION, HE'S
FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES, HE
HASN'T DONE ANYTHING IMPROPERLY,
HE'S ATTENDED THERAPY SESSIONS
AND HAS TRIED TO WRITE SOME OF
THE WRONGS, HIS CONDUCT SENTENCE
SINCE THEN HAS BEEN
NONCONTROVERSIAL, THE BEHAVIOR
ITSELF, I'M NOT TRYING TO
UNDERMINE IT, I THINK THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE IN BEHAVIOR IN DOING
AND OTHER THINGS, I TRIED TO
POINT THAT OUT, HE NEVER SOLD
OR DISTRIBUTED IT, NEVER DID
ANYTHING BUT LOOK AT IT, AND I
THINK THERE'S SOME MEDICAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AND IT'S
NOT AN EXCUSE OR JUSTIFICATION
AS TO WHAT DROVE MIKE TO GET
INVOLVED IN THIS STUFF, AND WE
TRIED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU
AND THIS BEHAVIOR IS SOMEWHAT
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PSYCHIATRICALLY BOUND, HE'S
BEEN GETTING HELP, HIS THERAPY
HAS BEEN GOING WELL, HE'S BEEN
ATTENDING THERAPY SESSIONS,
HE'S ON MEDICATION, AS FAR AS
THE NUMBER OF PICTURES GOES, I
TRIED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU,
ONE OF THE CASES THAT,
OBSESSIVE ABUSE OF CHILDREN
THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN PROBATION
AND THERE'S 30 IMAGES PER MINUTE
AND THERE'S AT LEAST 100,000
PICTURES SO THIS CASE SHOULDN'T
BE DECIDED BY THE NUMBER OF
PICTURES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
PICTURES, WHEN I GOT THIS CASE
I WAS SHOWN FOR PICTURES. I
THINK THAT HE'S NOT A DANGER TO
THE COMMUNITY THE ONLY THING
LEFT IS SHOULD WE SEND HIM TO
PRISON, TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT
WE ARE PUNITIVE, I THINK A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER 1, HE'S 60 YEARS OLD,
HE'S GOT SOME HEALTH ISSUES,
ONE IN 10 OHIO INMATES HAS THE
VIRUS.
WE HAVE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS
IN MANY OHIO PRISON SO IF YOU
SENT HIM TO PRISON NOT TO BE
PUNITIVE, THE SYSTEM IS IN
DANGER OF ENDANGERING HIS
HEALTH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT
WOULD SERVE TO HELP ANYTHING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT
SOMEONE WHO IS NONVIOLENT, I
ASK YOU TO GIVE MICHAEL A
CHANCE TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF, TELL
YOU HOW HE FEELS AND WHAT HE'S
BEEN DOING, AND I THINK THAT WE
AS A COMMUNITY SHOULD CONSIDER
HEALTH VERSUS BEING PUNITIVE,
WE SHOULD CONSIDER
REHABILITATION AS OPPOSED TO
PUNISHMENT IN THIS KIND OF A
CASE.
AND I THINK MIKE, IF GIVEN A
CHANCE, WOULD DO RIGHT FROM
WRONG.
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.
IF YOU COULD WAIT ONE MOMENT,
MS. KELLY?
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, AGAIN YOU
DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
AT THIS HEARING SO YOU CAN
PROCEED.
THANK YOU YOUR HONOR, FIRST
AND FOREMOST I WANT TO SAY THAT
I HAVE HURT AND DISAPPOINTED
AND CAUSED PAIN FOR ALL THE
PEOPLE I CARE FOREMOST IN THE
WORLD.
SINCE I BEGAN SERIOUS THERAPY,
I LEARNED THAT I HAVE DONE
SOMETHING THAT I HAD NO
INTENTION OF EVER DOING,
SOMETHING TERRIBLE I HAVE
ACTUALLY VICTIMIZED CHILDREN
WHILE LOOKING AT THESE IMAGES,
I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME
BUT I REALIZE IT NOW.
I'VE ALSO VICTIMIZED MY WIFE,
MY KIDS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS,
AND ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF
CENTRAL OHIO WHO HAVE TRUSTED
ME FOR OVER 30 YEARS ON
TELEVISION.
SO I'M VERY SORRY FOR ALL OF
THAT.
I HAVE BEEN IN INTENSE THERAPY
FOR ALMOST 9 MONTHS GOING AT
LEAST TWICE A WEEK, SOMETIMES
MORE THAN THAT, I HAVE A
PSYCHIATRIST AS WELL AND I HAVE
A NEW LINE OF THERAPY THAT I'VE
DISCOVERED AS WELL THAT WORKS ON
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR RECOVERY
IS SOLID SO I'M WORKING ON THAT
AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT
INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY IS A VERY
DANGEROUS GATEWAY, IN FACT IT'S
ALSO A SERIOUSLY UNDERTREATED
ADDITION, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS
FAR WORSE BUT, YOU CAN FIND GOES
IMAGES EVERYWHERE, THERE ARE
COUNTLESS VICTIMS AND NOW I
UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT
I'VE DONE, AND I FEEL TERRIBLY
ABOUT THAT.
I WAS COMPULSIVELY COLLECTING
THE IMAGES, IT WAS JUST
SOMETHING I DID AND I AM
ASHAMED OF HAVING DONE IT.
I HAVE BEEN IN THERAPY TO TRY
AND DEAL WITH THAT, AND HAVE
COME A LONG WAY, I THINK.
FOR THE RECORD I WANT TO STATE
THAT I NEVER HAD INTERACTION
NOR WOULD I EVER SOLICIT A
CHILD.
I AM PROTECTIVE OF CHILDREN AND
I AM HORRIFIED THAT I HAVE DONE
SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST -- I
WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO SUPPORTED ME AND I HAD A
GREAT SUPPORT GROUP, I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE TO MY WIFE AND KIDS
FOR THE TERRIBLE ORDEAL I PUT
THEM THROUGH.
I PROMISE YOU JUDGE, I WILL
NEVER LOOK AT THESE THINGS
AGAIN, I ALSO WILL CONTINUE,
I'M VERY COMMITTED TO GETTING
HEALTHY AND STAYING THAT WAY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE I'M ANY THREAT
TO THE COMMUNITY, NOR HAVE I
EVER BEEN AND I COULDN'T BE,
DESPITE WHAT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE
SAY AND IT KILLS ME TO HEAR
THEM SAY THAT, I'VE BEEN FILLED
WITH REMORSE ONCE I REALIZED
WHAT I DID.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
THANK YOU.
DO THE PARTIES STIPULATE TO TWO
DAYS OF JAIL TIME CREDIT?
YES JUDGE.
YES.
JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, I
REVIEWED A NUMBER OF THINGS IN
REGARDING TO CONSIDERATION OVER
THE PROPER SENTENCE IN THIS
MATTER, NOT ONLY HAVE I
REVIEWED THE PURPOSES AND
PRINCIPLES OF SENTENCING THAT
IS PROVIDED IN THE REVISED
CODE, I HAVE ALSO REVIEWED
DEFENSES MOTION TO SCREEN THE
DEFENDANT, THAT WAS FILED ON
JANUARY 23, I HAVE REVIEWED THE
SENTENCING MEMORANDUM OF THE
DEFENSE, WITH ITS ATTACHMENTS
THAT WAS FILED ON MARCH 13 OF
2020.
I'VE REVIEWED THE SENTENCING
MEMORANDUM OF THE STATE THAT
WAS FILED ON MARCH 18 OF 2020,
I'VE ALSO REVIEWED THE UPDATED
AND AMENDED TO THE SENTENCING
MEMORANDUM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL
RECORDS THAT WAS FILED ON MAY
20 OF 2020.
I REVIEWED THE PSI, THE STOP
ASSESSMENT, I REVIEWED THE
MENTAL HEALTH AND THE MEDICAL
RECORDS THAT WERE SUPPLIED. I
ALSO REVIEWED THE LETTERS FROM
THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
CONSIDERING I DID ORDER A
SCREEN FOR RIVER CITY AND THE
DEFENDANT WAS FOUND ACCEPTABLE
TO THAT PROGRAM.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS THAT
I FIND GRAVELY CONCERNING IN
THIS CASE.
TO START WITH, MR. DAVIS, YOU
GROOMED YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
COWORKERS TO ALLOW YOU TO
ENGAGE IN A SEX OFFENSE FOR
SEVEN YEARS AND GO ON
UNDETECTED, YOU GROOMED THEM
AND CONSTRUCTED AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT ALLOWED YOU TO SEXUALLY
OFFEND AT WORK AND AT HOME FOR
A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS,
SOMEHOW YOU ARRANGE FOR THE
TIME TO ENGAGE IN THE BEHAVIOR
BUT ALSO, YOU SOMEHOW GROOMED
YOUR FAMILY AND COWORKERS TO
NOT LOOK AT ANY OF THE DEVICES
THAT YOU ARE USING TO VIEW THE
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND THE ABUSE
OF CHILDREN. THE FACTS OF THE
CASE ARE HORRENDOUS. THE NUMBER
OF IMAGES IS LESS CONCERNING
THAN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
YOU ENGAGED IN THE BEHAVIOR.
THE FACT THAT THE CHILDREN WERE
AS YOUNG AS 4 UP TO THE AGE OF
TEENAGERS, THAT THE IMAGES
DISPLAYED CHILDREN IN SEXUAL
POSITIONS, PORNOGRAPHY, AND THE
FEMALE CHILDREN WERE ENGAGING IN
EXTREMELY GRAPHIC SEXUAL
ACTIVITY TO INCLUDE CHILD
BONDAGE.
I WILL REFRAIN FROM PROVIDING
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE IMAGES.
THESE ARE VICTIMS WHO WERE
GROOMED AND ABUSED FOR YEARS TO
GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN
THESE ACTS. YOU CHOSE TO
SUPPORT AN INDUSTRY THAT RE-
VICTIMIZED THESE CHILDREN, OVER
AND OVER, FOR YEARS.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT EVEN
THOUGH YOUR COUNSEL JUST SAID
YOU FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES OF
BOND, I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
YOUR ATTORNEY, AND HIS
SUPPLEMENTAL MOTION MENTIONS
THAT YOU TOOK PLACE IN
COUNSELING VIA TELEHEALTH, TELL
THE COURT WHAT YOU DID, HOW DID
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN?
TWICE A WEEK I HAD AN
EMPLOYMENT WITH MY THERAPIST
AND SHE WOULD CALL AT A
DESIGNATED TIME, WE MADE AN
APPOINTMENT JUST LIKE WE WOULD
IF I WENT TO HER OFFICE AND WE
WOULD CONVERSE FOR AN HOUR
EXCEPT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS
IT WASN'T FACE TO FACE.
I WOULD GET IN MY CAR AND GO TO
AN EMPTY MALL PARKING LOT, AND
I WOULD SIT THERE AND TALK WITH
HER FOR AN HOUR.
SO VIA TELEHEALTH?
OR TELE-LINK?
IT'S JUST TELEPHONE.
I HAVE THE PROBATION OFFICER
CHECK YOUR PHONE, YOU DO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ON THAT
PHONE AND YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE
INTERNET ON THE PHONE.
NOT FOR ANY INAPPROPRIATE
PURPOSE.
THE MAXTOR
SIR.
IT IS MY TURN TO TALK AND YOU
WILL REMAIN SILENT UNTIL I
SPECIFICALLY ASK YOU A
QUESTION.
YOU WERE ON THE INTERNET
LOOKING AT. YOUR BOND
CONDITIONS SAID NO INTERNET
ACCESS PERIOD.
ANOTHER ISSUE WITH YOUR BOND
CONDITION IS THIS. WHEN YOU
PLED, I ASKED YOU TO STATE YOUR
CURRENT RESIDENCE ADDRESS, AT
THAT TIME YOU GAVE ME YOUR HOME
THAT YOU WERE LIVING AT AT THE
TIME OF YOUR ARREST, AND THEN
WHEN YOU WERE INTERVIEWED BY
THE PSI WRITER, YOU DID ADMIT
THAT YOU WEREN'T STAYING THERE,
THAT YOU HAD TO STAY IN A
HOTEL.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A
CONDITION OF BOND FOR THE COAT
COURT TO KNOW YOUR PHYSICAL
RESIDENCE, SO THAT'S TWO
CONDITIONS OF BOND THAT YOU
WERE IGNORING.
THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL AND THAT
IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE
CONDITIONS OF BOND, HOW DO I
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE
GOING TO FOLLOW THE CONDITIONS
OF PROBATION, IF YOU WERE
PLACED ON PROBATION.
I REVIEWED THE PSI.
THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME ARE
AS FOLLOWS, YOU ENGAGED IN
ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR FOR SEVEN YEARS
. YOU DID NOT ATTEMPT TO GET
ANY HELP WHATSOEVER UNTIL YOU
WERE ARRESTED.
YOU CONSISTENTLY MINIMIZED YOUR
ACTIONS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IMAGES YET
AS THE STATE HAS BROUGHT OUT
AND EVEN IN YOUR PSI WHEN YOU
WERE BEING INTERVIEWED, YOU
REFERRED TO THE CHILDREN AS IT,
AND YOU COMPARED THE COLLECTION
OF OFFENSIVE, ILLEGAL
PORNOGRAPHY OF THE ABUSE AND
REPEATED ABUSE OF CHILDREN TO
THE SAME AS TOYS,, BOOKS AND
THE LIKE.
IT IS QUITE DISTURBING TO ME
THAT YOU WOULD COMPARE THE
ABUSE OF CHILDREN TO ANY TYPE
OF OBJECT.
AND THIS IS THE WORST TYPE OF
SEXUAL ABUSE THAT IS VIDEOTAPED
AND RECORDED BECAUSE IT'S
CHILDREN, BECAUSE CHILDREN WERE
AS YOUNG AS 4, YOU ENGAGE IN A
BEHAVIOR THAT AN INDUSTRY THAT
REPEATEDLY VICTIMIZES CHILDREN,
AND THROUGH THIS WHOLE PERIOD
AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS
SUBMITTED TO THE COURT, AND
EVERYTHING YOU SAID TO THE PSI
WRITER, YOUR CONCERN IS FOR
YOURSELF, AND UNTIL TODAY WHEN
YOU CAME IN FRONT OF ME, YOU
NEVER ONCE TO VOICED A CONCERN
ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE A SERIES OF CRITICAL
THINKING ERRORS AND BELIEFS.
IT INCLUDES DENIAL,
JUSTIFICATION, MINIMIZATION,
VICTIM STANCE AND LACK OF
VICTIM EMPATHY.
YOU REFER TO CHILDREN AS IT,
DEHUMANIZING AND OBJECTIFYING
YOUR VICTIM, WHICH, ONLY LEADS
TO AN IMPULSE TO RE-VICTIMIZED.
CHILDREN DO NOT WILLINGLY ENGAGE
IN ANY TYPE OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
THEY HAVE BEEN GROOMED AND THEY
ARE ABUSED INTO PERFORMING.
EACH ONE OF THE VICTIMS THAT
YOU SPENT VICTIMIZING FOR A
PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.
I DO NOT FIND THE CLAIM THAT
YOU WERE UNAWARE OF WHAT YOU
WERE DOING WAS A CRIME OR
ILLEGAL TO BE CREDIBLE
WHATSOEVER BECAUSE YOU HATE IT,
YOU DID IT IN PRIVATE OR YOU
WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT A LOT
SOONER.
YOU ARE A WELL EDUCATED MAN WHO
HAD A CAREER IN THE PUBLIC EYE,
YOU CANNOT CLAIM THAT WITH YOUR
EXPOSURE TO TELEVISION THAT YOU
ARE NOT AWARE OF THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND THE SEX ABUSE
PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED THIS
SOCIETY.
IN REGARD TO DEFENSE COUNSEL'S
MOTION AND MEMORANDUM, IN YOUR
ORIGINAL SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
YOU MADE ARGUMENTS AS TO YOUR
OPINION THAT THE DEFENDANT
CHANGED AND I QUOTE, CHANGED
HIS PLEA TO GUILTY TO CHARGES
THAT WEREN'T ACTUALLY MEANT
WHAT THE LAW WAS TRYING TO
STOP.
IT IS WRONG TO CHANGE YOUR PLEA
TO GUILTY, AND THEN ARGUE IN
DEFENSE OF PLEADING GUILTY AND
IN MITIGATION THAT YOU DIDN'T
REALLY DO WHAT THE LAW SAID YOU
DID.
IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, THEN YOU
HAVE A TRIAL, AND YOU LET A
JURY OR A JUDGE DETERMINE
WHETHER THE STATE HAS MANAGED TO
ACHIEVE BEYOND A REASONABLE
DOUBT THAT YOU ARE GUILTY OF
SOMETHING.
THERE IS REPEATED REFERENCE TO
MR. DAVIS HAVING SUFFERED FROM
NUMEROUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
FOR YEARS, HOWEVER, MOST OF
WHAT IS REPORTED HAS BEEN SELF
REPORTING AND NOTHING HAS BEEN
SUBSTANTIATED BY MENTAL HEALTH
RECORDS. THE ONLY MENTAL HEALTH
RECORDS THAT THE COURT HAS TO
REVIEW ARE THE ONES THAT, FOR
THE TREATMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED
AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS
ARRESTED AND INDICTED.
NOTHING SUBSTANTIATES THE CLAIM
THAT YOU WERE EVER TREATED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH, PRIOR TO THIS
ARREST.
IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT ONCE
YOU ARE ARRESTED ON A FELONY
SENTENCE, IN WHICH PRISON IS
PRESUMED, THAT YOU DEVELOP
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.
ANYONE SITTING IN JAIL,
THINKING ABOUT GOING TO PRISON
IS GOING TO HAVE ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION. COUNSEL HAS
SUBMITTED TO THE COURT
STATEMENTS LIKE, SINCE HIS
ARREST MR. DAVIS HAS ENGAGED IN
INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY.
THE COURT FINDS THAT STATEMENT
TO BE MISLEADING. I DON'T DOUBT
THAT HE HAS ENGAGED IN THERAPY
TO DEAL WITH HIS DEPRESSION AND
ANXIETY BUT NOTHING IN THE
RECORDS I WAS PROVIDED SHOWS
THAT MR. DAVIS ENGAGED IN ANY
TYPE OF SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT,
