DU researchers. We need to find out who "the man" is

[NNN0LHI]

Girl in Disney Abuse Photos Found Safe

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBNVYO4P8E.html

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A young girl who appeared in a series of sexually explicit pictures taken at a Walt Disney World hotel and other locations has been found and is now safe, authorities said Friday.

The youngster had been placed in foster care in 2003 when a man who previously adopted her - the man believed to have taken the pictures - was arrested on charges related to trading child porn on the Internet, said Matt Irwin, a detective with the Orange County Sheriff's Office. The man began serving a federal prison sentence last year.

The suspect adopted the Russian-born girl when she was 5, Irwin said. snip

U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that the girl's former adoptive father is a 46-year-old former resident of Plum Borough, a suburb about 15 miles east of that city. Last year, he was sentenced to 15 years, 8 months in prison for coercing the girl to appear in pornographic photos found on a computer diskette in his house.

Buchanan said the man also was sentenced to fund a $200,000 trust for the girl under the Protect Act, a 2003 law that strengthened sentencing guidelines in cases involving the exploitation of children.

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What is this "the man" stuff? This guy has money and is obviously connected. Enough money and well enough connected that we don't even get to know his name. Who is "the man"? He could be connected to a politician (Dem or Repub) or someone in the media or something else. Either way we deserve to know who "the man" is.

If someone can help me research this case either by internet or perhaps with the help of someone who lives near where he lived I would really appreciate it. It bothers me that his name is not being released by AP. They have to know who it is but are protecting his identity. There has to be a good reason for this and we need to know what the reason is. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Don

[NNN0LHI]

1. Link with more info here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5005008,00.html

[Lars39]

2. Are they not revealing his identity in order to protect hers?

[NNN0LHI]

5. Names are easily changed. It is done every day.

It was already changed once when she was adopted. It surely can be changed again if it has not already. Plus I doubt very much she wants to keep the name that this scum gave her. Her photo has already been shown everywhere. "The mans" lawyers name is Stanley Greenfield of Pittsburgh.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-abuse-disney,1,2117212.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Don

[progressivebydesign]

7. The girl shown on the photos was not her..

..be very careful in assuming that the abused girl has been plastered all over the media. The little girl we all saw is a friend/neighbor of the girl, and they don't believe she was molested (at this point).

[Vektor]

9. There were two girls -

One was in a wanted poster, they sought her only for questioning regarding the other girl who was the adopted daughter of this man and was abused. She was photographed in pornographic situations and the images were all over the net - and were found on the computers of several child pornographers.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Who suggested images of the girl have been plastered all over the media?

The images are all over the internet according to the story. Ain't that enough?

Don

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. There is a reason they are not naming him.

Expose him and you run the great risk of exposing her. That could be extremely traumatic for her.

[johnfunk]

11. There is ANOTHER reason they are not naming him

Expose him and all of his sleazebag, abusive accomplices have fair warning to avoid arrest.

[oasis]

13. I'd say "the man" had a freeper GOP modus operandi. There's a 99%

chance that he is. :puke: The dirty freeper bastard.

[punpirate]

4. It may not be an attempt to shield the person responsible...

... but, rather, an attempt to shield the underage girl. Her identity, by law, is shielded. If the adoptive father were identified, adoption records might reveal the girl's identity.

[NNN0LHI]

6. If he were on the run wouldn't he be featured on Americas Most Wanted?

Would there be no wanted posters of him at the post office? Would they let him go free to protect her name which a judge can change with a single swipe of a pen? I don't buy the protect her identity reasoning.

Don

[punpirate]

12. Well, the man's lawyer...

... is named. Call him and find out.

[stillcool]

8. If it weren't in Florida....

i might actually buy the bit about keeping the girls name anonymous. This has that particular odor to it, especially this part..
Buchanan said the man also was sentenced to fund a $200,000 trust for the girl under the Protect Act, a 2003 law that strengthened sentencing guidelines in cases involving the exploitation of children.

[Vektor]

10. They quite often do reveal the names of the perps...

even if the victim IS a relative. I have no idea why they are guarding this man's identity, but it does seem a little off.