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48 Hours has a news story up. Wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't make one of their hour long shows in the future.
Nicole Bobek charged with 'significant role' in drug ring
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This is horrible. Nicole was so gifted as a skater. And to be on the upper end of a Meth ring, I do not even have words. Courts do not take charges of this nature lightly and if she is convicted her punishment is going to be harsh. I hope she gets it together
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Nicole is a 32 year old adult who has continued to make poor choices. These choices are her own. She should be punished according to her lawless ways and not based on the fact that she could skate when she was a child. This woman does not understand that she must answer to authority. She apparently has a lack of morals & ethics, and she does not care what she does to other people. If she sold drugs for profit who did she sell them to? Children? What a bad role model she is.
Nicole is a 32 year old adult who has continued to make poor choices. These choices are her own. She should be punished according to her lawless ways and not based on the fact that she could skate when she was a child. This woman does not understand that she must answer to authority. She apparently has a lack of morals & ethics, and she does not care what she does to other people. If she sold drugs for profit who did she sell them to? Children? What a bad role model she is.
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An article said that there was counterfitting equipment and guns found too.
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1245479170326580.xml&coll=3
An article said that there was counterfitting equipment and guns found too.
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1245479170326580.xml&coll=3
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What a disappointment, but as someone said not a surprise. Facing up to 10 years in prison, not the best thing to look forward too.
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As posted on another board, I agree that it's vile, but I have to disagree that it's murder. The motive is profit, not murder. The addicted person had a choice, and they chose to purchase and use the addictive substance. You could make the same argument about a cigarette vendor - they sell a highly addictive substance that kills many, many people. So what if it's more slowly? A lot more people have nicotine addiction, and many of them are eventually killed by it. Societal hypocrisy.
Personally I think both are disgusting. And whenever anyone asks me "pick me up a pack of cigarettes" - I refuse. If they want to kill themselves with addiction, they have to do it themselves. I won't be a participant.
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The eyes are Nicole's but what happened to her beautiful face?
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Based on Nicole's mugshot, I'd have to say that it looks like she's been using too...that's what meth does to you. Destroys you inside and out.
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Whoa...that mugshot. The other picture that was posted wasn't so bad but the closeup...doesn't even look like her. Definitely looks like she's been using.
And Particle Man, your last post made a very good point. Doesn't excuse the dealer, though, you can say it's not murder but profit but that still doesn't make it right. In fact, it's still very much wrong. But I do understand your point.
And Particle Man, your last post made a very good point. Doesn't excuse the dealer, though, you can say it's not murder but profit but that still doesn't make it right. In fact, it's still very much wrong. But I do understand your point.
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i was really shocked this morning. AOL had a headliner for "ex-champion skater arrested for dealing drugs" (they always have misleading headlines w/o naming any names - which i always ignore, but of course i had to check this one out) - I was pretty sure it had to be poor Tanya Harding. I have to say i was relieved it wasn't her, but Nicole? Wow. Just wow. And the photo. Yikes.
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ITA with all the posters who have said how sad this is. I think I already felt a tinge of sadness when thinking about Nicole Bobek before any of this even happened. I think when I watch footage of her skating that I'm witnessing 100% natural talent. She had more talent than any of the recent crop of American ladies and I always think what she might have been able to do with it if she had really dedicated herself. But, as another poster said about this particular incident, that's a choice she made also. Not that she was using drugs as a competitive skater (nor do we know for certain that she has used drugs recently), it seems that old habits die hard. I will never forget hearing Kathy Casey tell the story of receiving a call from Nicole's high school principal asking if she might please ask Nicole to go behind a building or a bush when she was smoking. It's a shame that she has still not learned how to make good choices. I feel bad, for I know she must be quite troubled on the inside.
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could still be considered homicide if someone dies... manslaughter... being indifferent to life does not shelter you from being responsible in some way... if she was a drug pusher especially
and drug rings normally take to violence when getting a "client" to pay up.
but she's not alledged of being a part of that, so far as the reports have said...
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She is now.
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Yes, as a teenager she was charged with "Breaking and Entering" as a technicality charge, in an incident where she was holding a friend's house keys ,and entered the friend's home without permission. The case was subject to a "No Contest" plea, and it was hushed up so she could continue her skating career.
She was always a self-destructive individual, and, as with Tonya Harding, her competitive skating career was hampered by smoking-related respiratory problems. Judging by her blotchy complexion in the recent mug shot photo, her alleged involvement the the meth-dealing ring was likely to support her own drug addictions.
While it would be inappropriate to hand out the maximum 10 year prison sentence, she should be sent away for long enough to totally dry her out from drugs. For most drugs, the point where resumption would be statistically unlikely is 2 years.
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I don't have a problem with someone who deals a deadly drug like meth getting 10 years in prison, even if it is a first offense. If she were only using, I would say she should be sent to rehab for a first offense, but dealing is a different story.
Also, you have to remember that in our justice system, almost no one serves their full sentence - most people serve no more than a third of it. So if she got ten years, she would likely be out in about three. Even that serial killer who was killed by police this week in a shootout, who had over 40 serious convictions and serious infractions while in prison for armed robbery, was released early and put back on the street. It's just a reality of our current justice system.
