Bob Hewitt story on Real Sports Nov 22nd. HBO

[gavna]

Mary Carillo running the story on the slimeball that is Bob Hewitt on HBO's Real Sports. She is taking the info the the Boston Globe 6mo investigation and talks with many of the current women (at the time girls as young as 10!) who were abused by Hewitt in the last 20+ yrs.

[Moose Malloy]

In a revealing HBO documentary that will debut on Tuesday, four different women accuse 1970s South African doubles standout Bob Hewitt of sexually abusing them when they were still early teenagers or younger.

“Every dog has his day and this is his, this is his truth,” alleged victim Twiggy Tolken told HBO’s Mary Carillo. “He’s still going to rot in hell but for now he’s here on earth and people are going to know how sick he is.”

Tolken alleges that Hewitt forced her to try and perform oral sex on her when she was 12 and also attempted to have sexual intercourse with her.

South African Sue Ellen Sheehan alleges that Hewitt had sex with her in back of car at 11 and then wanted her to play tennis after.

“The one on one sessions were a half hour or 45 minutes of avoiding his hands,” she said. “It was horrible.”

Amercian Heather Crowe Conner, who took lessons from Hewitt in the Boston area, has claimed she was coerced into having sex with him when she turned 15.

“I think one of first questions he asked me was ‘Did you ever make love to someone?’ and then he spelled it out and said intercourse,” she said.

Fellow South African player Ray Moore, who is now one of the tournament directors for the Masters 1000 event at Indian Wells and played Davis Cup with Hewitt, said he suspected what was going on.

“Bob would go to lessons with young girls and not take along his tennis equipment and take along a jar of Vaseline,” Moore said. ‘But we didn’t know the extent of it.”

Moore said he warned South African tennis officials of what was happening but was told nothing could be done until someone oppressed charges.

Eventually, Tolken’s family went to the police and she says Hewitt was charged, but her family was asked to reconsider because taking on a national icon could cause her more trouble than it would him, so they dropped the charges.

Tolken also said that her father told everyone in the South African Tennis Federation about it, but no one stood up for her.

Amanda Weinhold, who trained under Hewitt in the 1990s, said that she nearly attempted suicide as a result of the abuse.

“No one stood up and said that this man should not be coaching tennis and I don’t know why,” Weinhold asked.

Moore, who broke down in tears during the interview, says he should have done more.

Sheehan said as a result of the abuse she suffered under Hewitt, even today she is still destroying her relationships and that it’s “killing her.”

The statute of limitations for criminal charges has run out on the now 71-year-old Hewitt, who lives in South Africa and refused interview requests by HBO.

However, in Massachusetts there is a currently movement to repeal the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes committed against children.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame has an appointed a committee to investigate whether they should kick Hewitt out the institution.

There are said to be civil suits pending against Hewitt in South Africa.

http://www.tennis.com/articles/templ...5174&zoneid=25

[Ronaldo]

Did she interview Frew McMillan?

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by Ronaldo

Did she interview Frew McMillan?

I'd like to know what he thinks and what he knows. But, I don't blame him or anyone else if they knew something and decided to keep their mouths shut. Everyone associated with Bob Hewitt will now be, to a degree, unfairly tainted by that association whether they knew something, said something, or not.

[Moose Malloy]

Did she interview Frew McMillan?

He was quoted in the Boston Globe article in August, doubt he would have much to add based on this:

McMillan, who has lived primarily in England since the mid-1970s, said he knew nothing about the allegations.

By all accounts, including McMillan’s, he and Hewitt were never close off the court.

“It comes as a shock,’’ said McMillan. “I would never have imagined it possible.’’

I guess not all great doubles teams were close friends. and all these incidents didn't happen while they were playing tournaments or something, so how would McMillan know what Hewitt was doing while 'coaching' in another country?


here's an earlier thread on the Globe article that first named Hewitt

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=394556

[SVP]

Originally Posted by Limpinhitter

I'd like to know what he thinks and what he knows. But, I don't blame him or anyone else if they knew something and decided to keep their mouths shut. Everyone associated with Bob Hewitt will now be, to a degree, unfairly tainted by that association whether they knew something, said something, or not.

I'm sure that's a comforting thought to the victims and any other victims of child molestation.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by Limpinhitter

I'd like to know what he thinks and what he knows. But, I don't blame him or anyone else if they knew something and decided to keep their mouths shut. Everyone associated with Bob Hewitt will now be, to a degree, unfairly tainted by that association whether they knew something, said something, or not.

only those who didn´t know anything might be unfairly tainted. those who knew or suspected something and didn´t have the courage to speek up have to live with themselves. Ray Moore by his reaction seems to fall into that group.
i couldn´t see the documentary, not being in the U.S.
did it convince everybody on this forum who saw it of Hewitts guilt or is their still doubt in some of you

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by treblings

only those who didn´t know anything might be unfairly tainted. those who knew or suspected something and didn´t have the courage to speek up have to live with themselves. Ray Moore by his reaction seems to fall into that group.
i couldn´t see the documentary, not being in the U.S.
did it convince everybody on this forum who saw it of Hewitts guilt or is their still doubt in some of you

Your comments are proof that Ray Moor's reputation is unfairly tainted by his past association with Hewitt.

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by SVP

I'm sure that's a comforting thought to the victims and any other victims of child molestation.

McMillan has done nothing to them and owes no duty to them.

[Tshooter]

"McMillan has done nothing to them and owes no duty to them."

I get it now. Assistant Coach didn't **** the kid so he owes him no duty. Why is everyone so upset ? You either have a legal duty to act or not.

You're starting to sound like some of the DBs I went to school with:

"Yes we're lying to our customers but if it isn't illegal and we're making money what's the issue ?"

[treblings]

Originally Posted by Limpinhitter

Your comments are proof that Ray Moor's reputation is unfairly tainted by his past association with Hewitt.

i wouldn´t want to be in anybodys shoes who suspected something and didn´t do anything for whatever reason.
Only to find out years too late, that his suspicions were right and he could have done something to help.
i am not trying to taint anybodys reputation and actually respect Ray Moore for saying these things in the documentary. would have been much easier
for him to plead ignorance.

[Datacipher]

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

He was quoted in the Boston Globe article in August, doubt he would have much to add based on this:



I guess not all great doubles teams were close friends. and all these incidents didn't happen while they were playing tournaments or something, so how would McMillan know what Hewitt was doing while 'coaching' in another country?

No, in fact, they were pretty notorious for not being very chummy...just undeniably successful! Of course, a number of women's teams seem to have been like this over the years, but usually the men seem to get along reasonably or they part ways.

[Datacipher]

Originally Posted by treblings

only those who didn´t know anything might be unfairly tainted. those who knew or suspected something and didn´t have the courage to speek up have to live with themselves. Ray Moore by his reaction seems to fall into that group.
i couldn´t see the documentary, not being in the U.S.
did it convince everybody on this forum who saw it of Hewitts guilt or is their still doubt in some of you

I didn't see it either, but surely it is is best to reserve ultimate judgment. There may well be other sides to the story, and as tempting as it is, given the distastefulness of the accusations, I don't think we should make final judgement based on early media.

[Bobby Jr]

Fellow South African player Ray Moore....

“Bob would go to lessons with young girls and not take along his tennis equipment and take along a jar of Vaseline,” Moore said. “But we didn’t know the extent of it.”

Wow. Seriously - if that didn't raise alarm bells then people were clearly not paying attention.

[Tcbtennis]

Originally Posted by Datacipher

I didn't see it either, but surely it is is best to reserve ultimate judgment. There may well be other sides to the story, and as tempting as it is, given the distastefulness of the accusations, I don't think we should make final judgement based on early media.

I watched the Real Sports story on Bob Hewitt and there is no doubt that the accusations have merit. There are multiple victims who have come foward and tell the disturbingly same story. Girls, who were as young as 10 years old forced to perform sex acts on this *******. During private lessons he would grope them from behind. Then he would beg them to not tell anybody because he told them that he would get in trouble. But one young girl did tell her parents back in the '70's or '80's and they went to the police in South Africa. An investigation was started against Hewitt, but after pressure from the police to not pursue it the investigation was dropped. The women who were interviewed for the Real Sports story are very angry and willing and eager to pursue it now. Bob Hewitt's days are numbered.

[Frank Silbermann]

Originally Posted by treblings

only those who didn´t know anything might be unfairly tainted. those who knew or suspected something and didn´t have the courage to speek up have to live with themselves. Ray Moore by his reaction seems to fall into that group.

You have to consider that this was the 1970s, an era of progress in gay rights, sexual liberation, pornography, etc. People had no way of knowing at the time whether sex with children would also become normalized. Had that happened, someone speaking out against Hewett would eventually be demonized just like someone today who in the 1950s had informed to the police about interracial sexual activity in the south or illegal homosexual activity.

Now that we've been taught which once-condemned sexual practices are OK or not, it's easy to be Monday-morning quarterbacks.

[gavna]

Originally Posted by Datacipher

I didn't see it either, but surely it is is best to reserve ultimate judgment. There may well be other sides to the story, and as tempting as it is, given the distastefulness of the accusations, I don't think we should make final judgement based on early media.

Are you F****ing kidding me!!!!!! There are NO other sides regarding having sex with 10, 11 or 12 year old CHILDREN. He did it in S Africa and the USA but in the case of the Boston girl the statute of limitations is past and no charges can be brought. It's clear there are many more victims and maybe they will come fwd now.

The horrible thing is the other coaches and players who "felt" funny stuff was going on as Hewitt would go to "practice" sessions with tennis equipment but jars of vaseline.....and when some did try to do something the police and S Africian authorities wanted to keep it quiet for political reasons. Remember back then South Africa was in the midst of boycotts and enough bad publicity they didn't need a global sports scandal for a number 1 tennis player.

[gavna]

Originally Posted by Frank Silbermann

You have to consider that this was the 1970s, an era of progress in gay rights, sexual liberation, pornography, etc. People had no way of knowing at the time whether sex with children would also become normalized. Had that happened, someone speaking out against Hewett would eventually be demonized just like someone today who in the 1950s had informed to the police about interracial sexual activity in the south or illegal homosexual activity.

Now that we've been taught which once-condemned sexual practices are OK or not, it's easy to be Monday-morning quarterbacks.

I can't for the life of me ever heard anyone defend or promote sex with children. Yeah the sick MANBLA (or whatever the name is) group, a bunch of pedophiles.

[Sid_Vicious]

Originally Posted by gavna

I can't for the life of me ever heard anyone defend or promote sex with children. Yeah the sick MANBLA (or whatever the name is) group, a bunch of pedophiles.

NAMBLA and NAMGLA.


sickos.

[equinox]

Originally Posted by gavna

I can't for the life of me ever heard anyone defend or promote sex with children. Yeah the sick MANBLA (or whatever the name is) group, a bunch of pedophiles.

By the standards of the day, ted tinling would be tainted by your broad brush.

This HOF'er hasn't been convicted of an offence, only accusations.

In the spirit of justice, he deserves the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise by law.