Huw Edwards - 6 month suspended sentence (pg 107)

[Nellies left peg]

It's been reported he has a history of serious depression.

When he gets caught out.

 

[rabby]

This saga has been important for many reasons.
Our countries privacy laws,the relationship between the bbc and it's employees,social medias role in how information is relayed,all extremely important issues.
That a married father of 5 has decided he fancied tossing off some young men is really just fluff,but at least it's highlighted the previously mentioned issues.

 

[manimanc]

He's been open about it and havs got help in the past. You ever consider a career as a "journalist" for the Sun?

Journalist and the sun should never be said in the same sentence.
Ever!

 

[M18CTID]

Throwing the "I'm not in my right mind, I need help with my mental illness "

Get fucked. These people who fuck up and then suddenly say they have issues, whatever.

What he should have said is him and his Mrs can't stand the sight of eachother, haven't had sex in 5 years and that this paying for photos is his way of getting off.

She's probably got a vibrator the size of a chair leg stashed away in draw at the side of the bed.

Amazing when people get caught out they automatically do a self diagnosis and say they need help.

Whatever. His 340k a year salary will make sure he doesn't get put away in the nuthouse.

You do realise that he’s been suffering from severe depression periodically over the past 20 years or so? He hasn’t just pulled the mental health card out of his pocket in the last few days FFS!

 

[chesterbells]

Where's all this talk of him polishing some teenage lad's pole come from? I thought he'd been paying extortionate fees for pics of a 17yo girl?

You’ve probably already had replies to this by now, but Vicky D referred to the 17-20yr old first mentioned as a He a couple of nights back on Newsnight.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Has he? I didn't know that, I wouldn't know that, but obviously he hasn't got ant help for it, coming out and saying that he has MH problems after the horse has bolted makes him look a bit desperate.

Why didn't he tell anyone what he was doing before he got caught up in his mess and why didn't he tell anyone that he has mental health problems whilst he was carrying it out?

Just looks shit when they throw the mental illness card in.

He has talked about his depression and mental problems before so is not “throwing the mental illness card in”!

No one really knows what he has gone through or done but personally I feel that the Sun newspaper, social media, the media, especially Vine have a lot to answer for.
As a statement I heard earlier said what he has or hasn’t done is not a public interest issue, it’s his private life and as the police have said he did nothing illegal it should have remained that.

We have threads on here about depression and mental health and we try to show our understanding and try to help the people involved. Couldn’t we try this with Huw Edwards and show some sympathy/empathy?

 

[The perfect fumble]

He has talked about his depression and mental problems before so is not “throwing the mental illness card in”!

No one really knows what he has gone through or done but personally I feel that the Sun newspaper, social media, the media, especially Vine have a lot to answer for.
As a statement I heard earlier said what he has or hasn’t done is not a public interest issue, it’s his private life and as the police have said he did nothing illegal it should have remained that.

We have threads on here about depression and mental health and we try to show our understanding and try to help the people involved. Couldn’t we try this with Huw Edwards and show some sympathy/empathy?

I wholeheartedly agree.

I've never suggested this before, but now might be a good time to close this thread.

 

[homerdog]

Hopefully this is the end for the Sun.

And their owners, News UK and a lot of the c*nts who work for them.

 

[N1985]

Should be the end of tabloids in this country.

 

[meltonblue]

I know. But why should that makes his actions any more or less damaging?
Is he saying that if he didn't have depression then he wouldn't be acting like an old perv?

I don't understand all this drama that he has depression. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him or something?

I don't get it.

Hes not saying anything, his wife has said he’s had an episode and is currently in hospital which is why she released the statement on his behalf.

Why people are talking about it is as it currently stands the Sun have printed an article that has led to the alleged victim denying it happened, the met police getting involved and finding there’s no crime and the accused being subjected to five days of scrutiny of who he is and subsequently ending up in hospital.

It’s a private story that one of our biggest newspapers chose to make public regardless of the impacts on anyone involved.

But for some, it’s just juicy goss so all’s well with the world…