du Pont heir didn't go to court-ordered clinic

[kristopher]

Source: Wilmington News Journal

A du Pont heir who raped his daughter was supposed to complete an intensive treatment program at an inpatient psychiatric clinic in Massachusetts as a condition of a sentence that allowed him to avoid prison time.

But he never did, court records show.

Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden ordered probation for Robert H. Richards IV in February 2009, on the condition that he be accepted for treatment at the expensive McLean Hospital near Boston, according to a transcript of the sentencing. Jurden agreed to probation only after the prosecutor argued the state typically would demand prison time in such child abuse cases, but was willing to accept probation because of the therapy Richards would receive at the out-of-state clinic.

"If the court is not inclined to send him to the Massachusetts program, then the state would be asking for some period of jail that the court would feel would be appropriate under the circumstances," prosecutor Renee Hrivnak said during the Feb. 6, 2009 hearing.

More at link

Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/04/08/du-pont-heir-finish-treatment-records-show/7475045/

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Looks like trouble is headed Mr. Richard's way...

[safeinOhio]

1. Treatment is for the little people. n/t

[Enthusiast]

10. If only.

[Scootaloo]

2. He wouldn't do well in clinic, I hear.

[adieu]

3. All this happened 5 years ago

What is the current status with this POS? Is he even still alive? In prison? Out free to diddle is daughter?

[druidity33]

7. i don't have a link...

but i remember reading this is all coming out as part of a lawsuit brought by his ex-wife. I would guess he's still alive and rich if he's getting sued...

[pipoman]

8. From the op link. ..

Richards, whose probation will be in effect until February 2017, has never been charged with violating probation, although a Sept. 2010 progress report by probation officer Stuart B. Moskowitz said Richards' ex-wife "indicated he had been harassing her on the phone'' and not abiding by an agreement to call once a week, on Friday after 9 p.m., "when the children would be in bed.'' Moskowitz wrote that Richards' progress, 19 months into his sentence, was "slow and limited.''

[davidpdx]

15. I had no idea the case was old

It looks like he's still on probation. I would have thought he'd have his probation revoked with the stuff he's pulled.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

4. So, he got no punishment and no treatment???

[MrScorpio]

5. Hey, he's stinking rich...

And just a plain stinker too.

We all know that the rules are different for his kind in this country.

Prison is for the little people.

[pipoman]

9. A "stinker" in my mind is, like an insolent child,

No, Richards is a child rapist who owns judges, prosecutors, probation officers, and police.

[pipoman]

6. Not nearly as much trouble as

anyone else who didn't have enough money to buy off the judge. Disgraceful it is, the good judge should be subject to public ridicule until she does the right thing and revoke his probation.

[Enthusiast]

11. Just wait. Wait until corporate rule gets really ramped up.

Probably within this decade we will consider 2014 as "the good old days".

[leftyohiolib]

12. Looks like trouble is headed Mr. Richard's way -- yea sure. it means theyll re-schedule another

date

[fasttense]

13. And it seems he had sex with his son too.

What a perverted justice system. Kind of like feudalism where the king, royals and lords could do just about anything they wanted, especially to serfs. The laws did not apply to the inherited uber rich.

[CFLDem]

16. Yep

We are nothing but serfs with voting "power".

[Scruffy Rumbler]

20. "And it seems he had raped with his son too."

Fixed that for ya!

[Hip_Flask]

14. Trouble? Doubt it...

Why can't you tell that this poor man is sick? Why would you persecute him?

[Beacool]

17. du Pont should be in jail.

They just released a man who spent more than 24 years in jail for a murder that he didn't commit. Not only he didn't kill the victim, he was at Disney World in FL when the crime was committed. He still got convicted and had several appeals rejected. How the heck did that happen? Oh yeah, he wasn't a rich white heir, he was a poor black guy.

[freshwest]

25. Disgusting. As if the natural habitat of black men is jail and they must be returned there.

Guilty at birth by virtue of skin color and always out of place anywhere except kept in shackles. Guilty of what crime and in what place, one might ask, but we already know the answer. From the traders who broke the financial system to the ones who incite wars, to the authors of petty corruption to sexual predators, they get a pass.

[Beacool]

31. The crime happened in NY and Mr. Fleming was thousands of miles away in FL.

He still got convicted of murder. It IS disgusting.

Here's the story.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/justice/new-york-wrongful-conviction/

[freshwest]

32. Hope he sues every last one of those who framed him within an inch of their life.

And if he'd lost his in prison, or given the death penalty in some other state, what would have been said?

Just another worthless killer who won't be on the public dime, kept alive all those years after committing murder.

Since this is today's news, it ought to be an OP, but it'd sink like a stone anyway.

I imagine the hell his family went through all this time, knowing he was innocent. That their words and evidence were dismissed repeatedly. And this man, who went to prison, what it did to him. He lost the most productive years of his life, but that's not all he lost.

It reminds me of this video, and it's time that something be done:

Daniel Beaty... Knock, Knock. Who's there? We Are!

The fierce urgency of now and the long game. Daniel Beaty - Knock, Knock on Def Jam Poetry:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11876398

to Sheshe2

Centuries of racism. No, as Hank Aaron said today about the way Obama is still treated, it's not over. America needs to face up to what has been and is being done by Atwater's game.

Thanks, Beacool for posting on this travesty of justice.

[Daemonaquila]

18. Is anyone really surprised?

The only reason trouble might come this asshat's way is if public outrage scares the judge more than not staying bought off.

[CMHSTS]

19. Response to "public outrage"

This story never even made the local news back when it was originally in court. It came out when the lawsuit was filed by the Mother. Since then our local paper has revealed just how many of those sworn to protect failed this little girl. You commented about "public outrage" and "scaring the judge"...BOTH OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED...and the states response?...they added extra security FOR THE JUDGE!!

[alp227]

22. welcome to DU. Wow are you serious? The justice system over there...wow. nt

[olddad56]

21. If this guy wasn't wealthy, he would have gone to prison..

where he could have experienced rape first hand.

[Tom Ripley]

23. I'm assuming he saw the "You Must Be This Tall To Enter The Clinic" sign at the door and went home

[Galliano Stinger]

24. Well, we can't have the same rules for everyone, now can we?

One set of rules for the patricians, and one for the plebians.

[The Second Stone]

26. Law is to keep the plebes in line, it isn't for Ceaser or

the other aristocratic families.

[lunasun]

27. Of course he didn't ! UltraRich, Untreated & Free to rape again

[marble falls]

28. To be fair he has a raging case of Afluenza complicated with Fuckyouitis......

so keep him away from children.

[bananas]

29. A new movie about another du Pont heir is coming out this year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher is an upcoming American drama film, directed by Bennett Miller, and starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. The screenplay was written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, based on Olympic wrestling gold medalist Mark Schultz's autobiography.

Premise

The story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark Schultz and how paranoid schizophrenic John du Pont killed his brother, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz.

Cast

Steve Carell as John Eleuthère du Pont
Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz, Dave's younger brother. Tatum stated that the role was "the hardest acting challenge I've had to date".[1]
Mark Ruffalo as Dave Schultz, du Pont's longtime friend and an Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler.
Vanessa Redgrave as du Pont's mother[2]
Sienna Miller as Nancy Schultz, Dave's wife
Anthony Michael Hall as du Pont's assistant[1]

<snip>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eleuth%C3%A8re_du_Pont

John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was a convicted murderer, an American multimillionaire and member of the prominent du Pont family.[1][2] He was an ornithologist and conchologist, publishing several books on birds; a philatelist, coach, and sports enthusiast. As a philanthropist, he founded and directed the Delaware Museum of Natural History, which opened in 1972. He also contributed to Villanova University and other institutions.

<snip>

[freshwest]

34. Guilt over what their manufacturing facilities did to people, the environment and war profiteering?

Not much different from the rest of the filthy rich. It's possible the old rich have the angst of dissonance from educations that tell them that their money and their deeds don't match.

The new rich, most of the Libertarian and the GOP, have no such qualms. And likely, never will. They've made a religion of greed.

Seeing the report on this thread of the family gifts to Delaware, it's obvious some in the state feel they owe the DuPont heir some slack for what their family means to them...

It'll be interesting to see if his living accomodations change, but it's not likely. These social groups fight to keep from being treated like the little people. They know what would happen if all their dirty laundry, not just in sexual matters, was exposed to the light of day.

[Tom Ripley]

35. Thanks for the heads up; it is a fascinating story and a really good cast

[underpants]

30. Long history of crazies in that family

And the Coors. Basically ever other generation in both families almost destroyed their legacy and then the next generation saved it. This went on for several cycles.

Back in the 90's I went on a corporate outing to Montpelier (James Madison's home) that had been inhabited by a du Pont heiress. She was filthy rich but was continually without running water, electricity, and heat we were told by the guide. The place was about to undergo a renovation (completed a few years ago) but it was a dump. Missing plaster in most of the kitchen and there was a parlor that looked like a bad movie set of a rinkydink nasty disco. Disco ballS, red velvet couches, and checkerboard floors.

[msanthrope]

33. Now the DA needs to get of their asses and VOP him. nt