James Barbour convicted of child molestation headlines Scientology religious event

CommunicatorIC · Aug 5, 2014

James Barbour convicted of child molestation headlines Scientology religious event.

Mike Rinder: The Most Ethical Group On Earth
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-most-ethical-group-on-earth/

Excerpt from Mike:

James Barbour hasn’t been seen for many years.

Back in the mid 2000's, he was one of the “A-list” musicians who was invited to perform on the Freewinds for MV.

But then he got himself into trouble. Big time.

Here is a summary from his Wikipedia page.

In April 2006, Barbour was arrested and charged with having inappropriate relations with a female minor five and half years prior. In the Fall of 2006, he was indicted by a grand jury in New York for said crime. In January 2008, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanour counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in exchange for a lesser sentence of 60 days in jail and three years probation. Also, in accordance with his plea bargain, Barbour made a public allocution to these misdemeanors. He began his sixty-day jail sentence at Rikers Island on February 29, 2008.

Sources for Wikipedia:

Daily News: Type casting: Broadway 'Beast' James Barbour pleads guilty to molestation
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...ur-pleads-guilty-molestation-article-1.339719

Broadway "Beast" James Barbour was unmasked today as a liar - and a child molester.

Barbour, who once played the Beast in "Beauty and the Beast," pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child - just 13 months after he called his accuser a conniving gold digger.

As his wife and the victim looked on, Barbour quietly admitted in Manhattan Supreme Court that he forced the teen-age girl to touch him.

When Justice Micki Scherer asked Barbour if he was aware of the aspiring actresses age, he replied, "Yes. Fifteen."

Barbour also admitted luring the victim to his apartment by promising to introduce her to theatrical producers - and then engaging in oral sex with her.

It was a humiliating admission by the 41-year-old actor, who in December 2006 said through his attorney that the actress only leveled the charges against him after learning he had inherited a large sum of money.

"She left NYU, she's working in a bakery, she's completely out of money," his lawyer Ronald Fischetti had claimed. "The motivation has to be because he's coming into money, and because he's becoming a Broadway star."

But prosecutors produced a secretly recorded tape in which Barbour referred to himself as "unethical." They also revealed that another woman has come forward accusing Barbour of sexually assaulting her in California when she was just 13.

Now Barbour is set to play a new role - as a jail inmate - when he is sentenced on Feb. 29. He faces 60 days in prison and three years probation.

While Barbour will not have to register as a sex offender, he has to steer clear of all contact with underage kids for three years. One condition of probation is he has to complete a sex offender treatment program and give cops access to his computer files.
Dressed in a gray suit, Barbour admitted first groping the actress in July 2001 in his dressing room at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre where he was performing in "Jane Eyre."

Leaving the courtroom with his wife on his arm, Barbour, who lives in California, said only, "We're just happy to have it behind us."

Barbour's now 21-year-old victim could not be reached for comment.

Barbour initially claimed he was just mentoring the young actress who hails from his hometown - Cherry Hill, N.J. - and who has played bit parts in the stage version of "Les Miserables" and on "The Sopranos."

He insisted he never had sex with the teenager - even though he claimed she was willing.

New York Post: BEAST: I PAWED GAL, 15
http://nypost.com/2008/01/04/beast-i-pawed-gal-15/

Now he’ll be a caged Beast.

Former “Beauty and the Beast” star James Barbour faces two months in jail after confessing in graphic language yesterday to sex with a starry-eyed, 15-year-old actress wannabe – including one tawdry grope session in his Broadway dressing room a half-hour before curtain.

Barbour’s pretty wife, Dana, looked pale and tense yesterday as she sat through his racy, misdemeanor confession in Manhattan Supreme Court.
But the green-eyed, 6-foot-4 musical-theater actor rendered his monologue with a breezy, almost cheerful crispness.

“I took her back to my dressing room” at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street, Barbour told the judge, describing a June 2001 incident when he was 35 – 20 years older than the girl he later claimed to be “mentoring.”

At the time, Barbour – perhaps already in his waistcoat – was about to go onstage as the dashing Edward Rochester in the commercial flop “Jane Eyre.”
The girl – now a 22-year-old successful stage and TV actor – had been brought to the theater by her trusting parents, who wound up waiting outside the door while their daughter was groped.

“I placed my hand – I mean her hand,” Barbour continued, flubbing his line, “on my p- – -s and my hand on her v- – – -a.”

“On her what?” asked the court stenographer, leaning in to hear him.
“On her v- – – -a,” he repeated helpfully, projecting more clearly.
Barbour next admitted to a second romp with the girl, this one a month later in his West 98th Street apartment.

“We engaged in oral sexual conduct. I knew she was 15,” he said.

Barbour admitted that his behavior endangered the girl’s welfare. The Los Angeles resident will remain free pending his Feb. 29 sentencing to 60 days in jail and three years on probation.

With good behavior, he’ll serve just 38 days, said his lawyer, Ronald Fischetti.

Then follows three years’ probation, during which he must attend sex-offender treatment and inform any directors or producers he works with, in writing, that he has engaged in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old.

He won’t have to put that last bit in his Playbill bios.

“I’m just happy to have this behind me,” Barbour said as he left the courtroom.

While his victim’s star has risen – she’s had recurring bit roles on “The Sopranos” and played minor parts in two Broadway plays – Barbour has been working primarily at a small reparatory theater in Sarasota, Fla.

Lead prosecutor Maxine Rosenthal has repeatedly criticized Barbour’s defense team for harassing the victim – including threatening to publish her name in Variety so he could better research her sexual history. He’d also laid his furry mitts on a previous teen, she claimed, although that case, involving a 13-year-old, is too old to prosecute.

Barbour had countered that the girl came on to him and only came forward with the accusations on the brink of the five-year statute of limitations – after hearing that he’d inherited money upon the death of his mother.

New York Post: B’WAY BEAST CAGED
http://nypost.com/2008/03/01/bway-beast-caged/

The Beast of Broadway went off to jail yesterday in true beastly manner – making his young sex victim cry by trashing her as a fame-greedy Lolita.

“That’s not true!” the now-22-year-old victim screamed at one point during an emotional hearing, at which musical-theater actor James Barbour – who once played the Beast on Broadway in “Beauty and the Beast” – was sentenced to two months behind bars.

The victim – whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the crime – rose in tears from her seat in Manhattan Supreme Court after Barbour’s defense lawyer began lashing out against her to the judge, claiming the then-15-year-old had thrown herself sexually at the then-35-year-old star.

Having twice seduced him, she then continued, for years, to beg him for advice and letters of recommendation, claimed the lawyer, Ronald Fischetti.

“He coached her, helped her,” the lawyer said. “He did all these things.”

“That’s not true!” the young woman protested. The judge quickly reminded the distraught victim to stay in her seat. “Sorry! Sorry!” she answered, sobbing.

The victim is now a successful television and stage actor. But she was just a starry-eyed 15-year-old wannabe back in 2001, when Barbour admittedly enjoyed a consensual pre-theater groping session with her in his Broadway dressing room as her parents waited outside, assuming she was being “mentored.”

He was starring at the time in the commercial flop “Jane Eyre” at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

One month later, he admittedly engaged in “oral sexual conduct” with her at his West 98th Street apartment. Now 42, he was 20 years her senior.

“I struggled with complete lack of self-esteem and panic attacks,” the petite and pretty young woman told the judge yesterday, reading from a victim-impact statement she held with trembling hands.

“When I finally told my parents, and they realized how he had manipulated them in order to get to me, they were crushed and hurt beyond words.”

EDITED TO ADD:

New York Times: Broadway Actor Pleads Guilty to Backstage Sex Act With Girl, 15, in 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/nyregion/04actor.html

Correction Appended

A Broadway actor admitted on Thursday that in 2001 he seduced a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage, and agreed as part of a plea bargain to reveal that admission to anybody he works for in film, television or theater for up to the next three years.

The actor, James Barbour, was accused of having criminal sexual contact with a high school student who was an aspiring actress when she attended a performance of “Jane Eyre” in June 2001.

The student’s drama teacher arranged for her to visit the Brooks Atkinson Theater with her parents. Mr. Barbour told Justice Micki A. Scherer of State Supreme Court in Manhattan that the girl visited him in his dressing room before the final curtain call and that he fondled her, knowing that she was only 15 years old.

He also told the judge that he had oral sex with the girl in his apartment the next month. She did not come forward with her account for several years.

Under the negotiated deal, Mr. Barbour, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors, in exchange for a promise that he would be sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation.

Mr. Barbour’s lawyer, Ronald Fischetti, said his client accepted the deal because if a jury had convicted him of the original felony sex charges against him he would have been forced to register as a sex offender, “which basically would have ended his career.”

His lawyer said that the prosecutor’s agreement to a misdemeanor plea showed the weaknesses of its case. But Mr. Barbour had to agree to a lengthy series of conditions of probation that are very similar to those that apply to convicted sex offenders.

While he is on probation, he must inform the manager, producer or assistant director of any theatrical, film or television project he works in that he has been convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, “having engaged in oral sexual conduct and sexual contact with a 15-year-old child.”

And he has to get permission from the court or his probation officer to participate in shows employing child actors or to give backstage tours to children.

He must also attend sex-offender treatment and cannot visit playgrounds, arcades, amusement parks, school grounds or Internet chat rooms frequented by children without permission from his probation officer.

In a signed statement to the police in April 2006, Mr. Barbour said that he was just acting as a mentor to the girl, that he had done no more than touch her knees and kiss her and that he thought that she was 16.

But in court on Thursday when asked by Justice Scherer, “Were you aware of her exact age?” Mr. Barbour replied, “Yes.”

“What was that age?” Justice Scherer pressed.

“Fifteen,” he replied.

At least one Broadway veteran said on Thursday that Mr. Barbour, who played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast” for about one year, might find himself less marketable for family-friendly shows for awhile.

“I think if he did a show with adults, he might be entitled to a second chance,” said Emanuel Azenberg, a Broadway producer. “‘Sweeney Todd,’ O.K. But even then I certainly wouldn’t put it in the bio.”

Saying on Thursday that those conditions could turn out to be “a big price to pay,” Mr. Azenberg said producers might be concerned about the moral and legal liability involved in casting an actor convicted of endangering a child.

Producers could be wary of financial and artistic repercussions, he said, because casting directors would feel obliged to reveal Mr. Barbour’s conviction to the parents of any children who might audition for a show, “and then your casting choices would be compromised.”

But Jay Binder, a casting director who said he had begun Mr. Barbour’s career by casting him in “Beauty and the Beast,” said he would make decisions based on talent.

“James Barbour is a first-rate Broadway leading man,” Mr. Binder said. “If he were the actor that the entire creative staff agreed upon, there would be no professional reason not to hire James Barbour.”

Mr. Fischetti said he expected his client, who will be sentenced next month, to be out of jail in time to perform in “A Tale of Two Cities” if it comes to New York. Mr. Barbour played Sidney Carton during a pre-Broadway tryout in Florida last year. The producers of the show declined to comment on Thursday.

He said Mr. Barbour was recently married in a civil ceremony — his wife accompanied him to court on Thursday — and was planning a formal wedding in Hawaii. Mr. Fischetti said the woman Mr. Barbour was convicted of endangering is now an actress.

Campbell Robertson contributed reporting.

Correction: January 10, 2008

An article on Friday about a guilty plea by James Barbour, a Broadway actor, to endangering the welfare of a child for seducing a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage misstated the length of time he played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast.” It was about one year, not “about eight.”

EDITED AGAIN TO ADD:
Fox News: Court Gags Lawyer of Broadway’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Actor James Barbour
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/0...quobeauty-and-beastrsquo-actor-james-barbour/

Excerpt:

NEW YORK – A lawyer for a Broadway actor accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl may not publicize the teen's name in an effort to learn whether she has falsely accused anyone of molesting her, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

The appeals court rejected the attempt by lawyer Ronald P. Fischetti to lift the limited gag order imposed on him by the judge who is overseeing the sex abuse case of actor James Barbour, who played the beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

Fischetti told a lower court judge the district attorney's office set up a telephone hot line to receive calls about Barbour and he wanted to do something similar.

"I want to put up a hot line with her (the victim's) name on it (and place it) in the newspapers," Fischetti said. "We believe that this alleged victim has made these false allegations before."

The court upheld the judge's decision not to allow it, saying that Fischetti had shown no good faith basis for suggesting the girl had a history of falsely accusing anyone. It said that without such a showing, the policy interest of having sex crimes victims come forward without fear of exposure "outweighs what would amount to a fishing expedition."

ANOTHER EDIT TO ADD:

The Weekly Vice: Disney Actor James Barbour Blames Child After Fondling Her Sexually
http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2008/01/disney-actor-james-barbour-blames-child.html

Excerpt:

Another Disney actor, 41 year old James Barbour has crossed all of those lines and more.

James Barbour, the actor who played 'the beast' in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" has plead guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Barbour, who also works as a Broadway actor met the child when she was brought back-stage to meet him following a Broadway production he was starring in. Barbour admitted it was then that he began touching the 15 year old girl sexually.

The sexual touching continued the next month when the girl visited him at his New York apartment. He admitted to the court that he had known that the girl was 15 at the time.

Barbour agreed to the charges in exchange for a reduced sentence. 60 days in jail and three years of probation. Sentencing is currently scheduled for February 29th, 2008.

By pleading guilty to the arrangement, Barbour will not have to register as a sex offender. According to his attorney Ronald P. Fischetti, "By pleading guilty to misdemeanors, he doesn't have to register, and that's important. He wouldn't have been able to travel without reporting, and he wouldn't have been able to work with children."

And Now For The Outrageous Part:

Although Barbour admitted to sexually touching a minor child that he knew was under aged, he blames the child for the entire thing.

His Attorney publicly lashed out at the child, blaming her for Barbour's legal troubles and questioning her motives. Barbour's attorney issued a statement claiming "She initiated both of these sexual encounters and then waited five years before filing a complaint against him".

Barbour, through his attorney took the blame a step further by attempting to publish the minor child's name in newspaper ads in an attempt to solicit responses from other men who might have experienced the same supposed advances from the child.

The Court of Appeal's Judge hearing the case was forced to ban Barbour from running the ads.
The Weekly Vice Reaction:

I'd like to begin my response to this story by asking you a question. How do you feel about a man who sexually gropes a child, blames the child for his actions and then readily admits his confession was offered as the quickest path to get himself back in front of children?

How do these three admitted facts square in the mind of parents who's child may someday become star struck with such actor? How do you feel about the play and movie producers who will showcase this actor to your children in the future?

Undoubtedly, most will be outraged by the very thought that this man will walk out of jail in 60 days and resume an acting career which has catered heavily towards the children he apparently now has his eyes on. But as this story will likely have a short shelf life, how will most parents in the future even know of the man's crimes - as he will not be listed as registered sex offender.

Although the very thought of a 41 year old man molesting a 15 year old girl is repulsive, the real shocker is not so much the slap on the wrist 60 day stay he'll undergo at the county jail.

Yes, the sentence falls ridiculously short of true justice when you consider the obvious lack of personal responsibility that has not been shown by the admitted molester.

The real outrage however is that this man will be completely free to resume all activities with children the moment his 60 day R & R are up. This is a pretty scary thought considering Hollywood has an established track record of returning these tainted actors to duty regardless of public concern about it.

Anonymous · Aug 5, 2014

This outfit should try a Spelling Bee Fund Raiser...

Anonymous · Aug 5, 2014

This seems to be round #2 of "All told..."

Last week I read a story about a guy hired to help foreign students come to terms with the English Language.

The guy blogged a post about homophones - words with different spellings and meanings that sound the same - one of the larger ambiguity issues with learning English.

The guy was fired by the director of the school for promoting "homosexual" values at the school. I think that the school director must be a scientologist. They're all that stupid.

JohnnyRUClear · Aug 5, 2014

Night Owl said: ↑

This outfit should try a Spelling Bee Fund Raiser...

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Whet they knead is more clay maudlin.

CommunicatorIC · Aug 5, 2014

EDITED TO ADD:

New York Times: Broadway Actor Pleads Guilty to Backstage Sex Act With Girl, 15, in 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/nyregion/04actor.html

Correction Appended

A Broadway actor admitted on Thursday that in 2001 he seduced a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage, and agreed as part of a plea bargain to reveal that admission to anybody he works for in film, television or theater for up to the next three years.

The actor, James Barbour, was accused of having criminal sexual contact with a high school student who was an aspiring actress when she attended a performance of “Jane Eyre” in June 2001.

The student’s drama teacher arranged for her to visit the Brooks Atkinson Theater with her parents. Mr. Barbour told Justice Micki A. Scherer of State Supreme Court in Manhattan that the girl visited him in his dressing room before the final curtain call and that he fondled her, knowing that she was only 15 years old.

He also told the judge that he had oral sex with the girl in his apartment the next month. She did not come forward with her account for several years.

Under the negotiated deal, Mr. Barbour, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors, in exchange for a promise that he would be sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation.

Mr. Barbour’s lawyer, Ronald Fischetti, said his client accepted the deal because if a jury had convicted him of the original felony sex charges against him he would have been forced to register as a sex offender, “which basically would have ended his career.”

His lawyer said that the prosecutor’s agreement to a misdemeanor plea showed the weaknesses of its case. But Mr. Barbour had to agree to a lengthy series of conditions of probation that are very similar to those that apply to convicted sex offenders.

While he is on probation, he must inform the manager, producer or assistant director of any theatrical, film or television project he works in that he has been convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, “having engaged in oral sexual conduct and sexual contact with a 15-year-old child.”

And he has to get permission from the court or his probation officer to participate in shows employing child actors or to give backstage tours to children.

He must also attend sex-offender treatment and cannot visit playgrounds, arcades, amusement parks, school grounds or Internet chat rooms frequented by children without permission from his probation officer.

In a signed statement to the police in April 2006, Mr. Barbour said that he was just acting as a mentor to the girl, that he had done no more than touch her knees and kiss her and that he thought that she was 16.

But in court on Thursday when asked by Justice Scherer, “Were you aware of her exact age?” Mr. Barbour replied, “Yes.”

“What was that age?” Justice Scherer pressed.

“Fifteen,” he replied.

At least one Broadway veteran said on Thursday that Mr. Barbour, who played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast” for about one year, might find himself less marketable for family-friendly shows for awhile.

“I think if he did a show with adults, he might be entitled to a second chance,” said Emanuel Azenberg, a Broadway producer. “‘Sweeney Todd,’ O.K. But even then I certainly wouldn’t put it in the bio.”

Saying on Thursday that those conditions could turn out to be “a big price to pay,” Mr. Azenberg said producers might be concerned about the moral and legal liability involved in casting an actor convicted of endangering a child.

Producers could be wary of financial and artistic repercussions, he said, because casting directors would feel obliged to reveal Mr. Barbour’s conviction to the parents of any children who might audition for a show, “and then your casting choices would be compromised.”

But Jay Binder, a casting director who said he had begun Mr. Barbour’s career by casting him in “Beauty and the Beast,” said he would make decisions based on talent.

“James Barbour is a first-rate Broadway leading man,” Mr. Binder said. “If he were the actor that the entire creative staff agreed upon, there would be no professional reason not to hire James Barbour.”

Mr. Fischetti said he expected his client, who will be sentenced next month, to be out of jail in time to perform in “A Tale of Two Cities” if it comes to New York. Mr. Barbour played Sidney Carton during a pre-Broadway tryout in Florida last year. The producers of the show declined to comment on Thursday.

He said Mr. Barbour was recently married in a civil ceremony — his wife accompanied him to court on Thursday — and was planning a formal wedding in Hawaii. Mr. Fischetti said the woman Mr. Barbour was convicted of endangering is now an actress.

Campbell Robertson contributed reporting.

Correction: January 10, 2008

An article on Friday about a guilty plea by James Barbour, a Broadway actor, to endangering the welfare of a child for seducing a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage misstated the length of time he played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast.” It was about one year, not “about eight.”

Master Sgt. Candy · Aug 5, 2014

Barbour is buddies with Grant Cardone. I'm am sure they are NOT part of the Hollywood pedophile ring that no one talks about.

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Master Sgt. Candy · Aug 5, 2014

CommunicatorIC · Aug 5, 2014

http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthre...eligious-event&p=952588&viewfull=1#post952588

Smurf said:

PTS said:

That scuzball got off pretty lightly I'd say.

Seriously. I'm sure because he was a Broadway celebrity & it was a Manhattan court room.

https://www.facebook.com/james.barbour2

https://www.facebook.com/dstackpole (wife)

"Transform your body with GYROTONIC®". I wonder if she trains the SO staff at the Super Power building.

http://danastackpole.com

James has an active YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBarbourNow/videos

CommunicatorIC · Aug 5, 2014

EDITED AGAIN TO ADD:
Fox News: Court Gags Lawyer of Broadway’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Actor James Barbour
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/0...quobeauty-and-beastrsquo-actor-james-barbour/

Excerpt:

NEW YORK – A lawyer for a Broadway actor accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl may not publicize the teen's name in an effort to learn whether she has falsely accused anyone of molesting her, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

The appeals court rejected the attempt by lawyer Ronald P. Fischetti to lift the limited gag order imposed on him by the judge who is overseeing the sex abuse case of actor James Barbour, who played the beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

Fischetti told a lower court judge the district attorney's office set up a telephone hot line to receive calls about Barbour and he wanted to do something similar.

"I want to put up a hot line with her (the victim's) name on it (and place it) in the newspapers," Fischetti said. "We believe that this alleged victim has made these false allegations before."

The court upheld the judge's decision not to allow it, saying that Fischetti had shown no good faith basis for suggesting the girl had a history of falsely accusing anyone. It said that without such a showing, the policy interest of having sex crimes victims come forward without fear of exposure "outweighs what would amount to a fishing expedition."

Ogsonofgroo · Aug 5, 2014

In Scilontology the victims are always 'pulling it in'/lying/wrong, its the way they swing.

Ugh.

RightOn · Aug 6, 2014

He's married? He is wearing a wedding band in the Axiom poster.
Wonder what his wife thinks about all this?
Oh that's right, she can't really say and is prolly busy with her cheerleading and homework

DeathHamster · Aug 6, 2014

Night Owl said: ↑

This seems to be round #2 of "All told..."

CommunicatorIC · Aug 6, 2014

ANOTHER EDIT TO ADD:

The Weekly Vice: Disney Actor James Barbour Blames Child After Fondling Her Sexually
http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2008/01/disney-actor-james-barbour-blames-child.html

Excerpt:

Another Disney actor, 41 year old James Barbour has crossed all of those lines and more.

James Barbour, the actor who played 'the beast' in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" has plead guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Barbour, who also works as a Broadway actor met the child when she was brought back-stage to meet him following a Broadway production he was starring in. Barbour admitted it was then that he began touching the 15 year old girl sexually.

The sexual touching continued the next month when the girl visited him at his New York apartment. He admitted to the court that he had known that the girl was 15 at the time.

Barbour agreed to the charges in exchange for a reduced sentence. 60 days in jail and three years of probation. Sentencing is currently scheduled for February 29th, 2008.

By pleading guilty to the arrangement, Barbour will not have to register as a sex offender. According to his attorney Ronald P. Fischetti, "By pleading guilty to misdemeanors, he doesn't have to register, and that's important. He wouldn't have been able to travel without reporting, and he wouldn't have been able to work with children."

And Now For The Outrageous Part:

Although Barbour admitted to sexually touching a minor child that he knew was under aged, he blames the child for the entire thing.

His Attorney publicly lashed out at the child, blaming her for Barbour's legal troubles and questioning her motives. Barbour's attorney issued a statement claiming "She initiated both of these sexual encounters and then waited five years before filing a complaint against him".

Barbour, through his attorney took the blame a step further by attempting to publish the minor child's name in newspaper ads in an attempt to solicit responses from other men who might have experienced the same supposed advances from the child.

The Court of Appeal's Judge hearing the case was forced to ban Barbour from running the ads.
The Weekly Vice Reaction:

I'd like to begin my response to this story by asking you a question. How do you feel about a man who sexually gropes a child, blames the child for his actions and then readily admits his confession was offered as the quickest path to get himself back in front of children?

How do these three admitted facts square in the mind of parents who's child may someday become star struck with such actor? How do you feel about the play and movie producers who will showcase this actor to your children in the future?

Undoubtedly, most will be outraged by the very thought that this man will walk out of jail in 60 days and resume an acting career which has catered heavily towards the children he apparently now has his eyes on. But as this story will likely have a short shelf life, how will most parents in the future even know of the man's crimes - as he will not be listed as registered sex offender.

Although the very thought of a 41 year old man molesting a 15 year old girl is repulsive, the real shocker is not so much the slap on the wrist 60 day stay he'll undergo at the county jail.

Yes, the sentence falls ridiculously short of true justice when you consider the obvious lack of personal responsibility that has not been shown by the admitted molester.

The real outrage however is that this man will be completely free to resume all activities with children the moment his 60 day R & R are up. This is a pretty scary thought considering Hollywood has an established track record of returning these tainted actors to duty regardless of public concern about it.

CommunicatorIC · Aug 6, 2014

http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/j/james-barbour.html

James Barbour in Scientology's Published Service Completion Lists

The following 8 individual completions for James Barbour appear in official Scientology publications:

James Barbour PURIFICATION RUNDOWN Celebrity 357 2004-04-01
James Barbour BASIC STUDY MANUAL Celebrity 357 2004-04-01
James Barbour SCIENTOLOGY DRUG RUNDOWN Celebrity 363 2004-12-01
James Barbour HAPPINESS RUNDOWN AUDITING Celebrity 365 2005-04-01
James Barbour PTS/SP Course Celebrity 367 2005-07-01
James Barbour ARC STRAIGHTWIRE AUDITING Celebrity 367 2005-07-01
James Barbour GRADE 0 COMMUNICATIONS RELEASE Celebrity 370 2005-12-01
James Barbour HUBBARD QUALIFIED SCIENTOLOGIST COURSE Celebrity 370 2005-12-01

Note: The dates listed above are the approximate publication dates of the magazines, which may be weeks or months later than the actual date the service was completed.

James Barbour in Scientology's Publications

The following 1 mentions of James Barbour appear in official Scientology publications:
James Barbour Honor Roll Impact 114 2006-09-01

CommunicatorIC · Aug 7, 2014

Convicted child molester James Barbour concert scheduled at Scientology CHURCH.

KittyKatSpanker · Jan 15, 2015

http://tonyortega.org/2015/01/15/ph...-scientologist-and-child-molester/#more-19358

CommunicatorIC · Jan 15, 2015

Change Org Petition: Do not hire a pedophile to star in the Broadway production of the Phantom of the Opera
https://www.change.org/p/cameron-ma...oadway-production-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera

RightOn · Jan 15, 2015

wowzers^
that is fucking fantastic

moxie · Jan 15, 2015

RightOn said: ↑

wowzers^
that is fucking fantastic

It is. I so signed this.

Ogsonofgroo · Jan 15, 2015

Me too.

Anonymous · Jan 15, 2015

moxie said: ↑

It is. I so signed this.

Ogsonofgroo said: ↑

Me too.

Ditto!

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Disambiguation · Jan 15, 2015

yup

RightOn · Jan 16, 2015

this is getting good

Mr. Magoo · Jan 16, 2015

Signed.

Closing in on 2000 signatures.

Disambiguation · Jan 16, 2015

Sofia Amaya SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR

3 days ago

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Because Broadway is better than that, Broadway is the place where we feel happy and safe, because Phantom is better than that, because Phantom is a musical with thousands of young girls around the world as a fanbase, not to mention all the girls that are part of the cast, all the young girls who play Christine or Meg or are part of the ballet, so don't you dare endanger them in a place where they are happy, don't you dare hire a pedophile and wait for us to pretend the safety of all this girls doesn't matter.

Sydney Viard HOUSTON, TX

1 day ago

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I am signing because no one who has taken away a young girls comfort, peace of mind, and trust in all things, deserves to be living other peoples dreams, or his dreams, not even just a little bit. People say, "oh its been years" Well I can tell you one thing. That underage girl he took advantage of, will never forget what happened, no matter how many years ago it was.

cindy mallien ST. PETERSBURG, FL

1 day ago

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Because as a scientologist, he is protected from any other member reporting him to the authorities and because they will sell him faux cures for his little "problem", and because scientologists believe that children are really adults, but just in small meat bodies.

anda C HONOLULU, HI

3 days ago

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This is so awful, particularly considering the thematic content of this particular show itself. By hiring this criminal they are paying him to nightly enact something very much like his crime... Skews a taor that already is slightly questionable (possessive, controlling, older man obsessed about innocent young girl) to the darker limits of its interpretation by carrying an actor with a record of child molestation and abuse of power. Additionally there are currently some very young actresses who are obligated to act opposite to him, which is upsetting in is overnight. Add to that the fact that they are likely too new to the profession to make much of a fuss if they feel uncomfortable.

RightOn · Jan 17, 2015

Phantom Pedo can hopefully kiss this gig goodbye

Mr. Magoo · Jan 17, 2015

More from the "because" comments, this one from ex-scientology kid Sharone Stainforth:

I grew up in Scientology and at the age of 10 had a similar thing happen to me.All swept under the carpet, like it never happened. Many years later, I found out the scientologist in question had been given Kha khan status for being an upstat scientologist. His indiscretions were forgiven. After all, in scientology children are not really children, they have lived multiple times before, they are considered "old thetans" in little meat bodies.James Barbour has scientology course completions as late as 2006.Hiring pedophiles puts children at risk.

Some from others:

If the Phantom of the Opera crew can't publicly say what this man admitted to doing, because they very well know that the ticket-buying public will be repulsed, then he has no place on that stage.

Seventh Heaven ex-star Stephen Collins is never going to work in showbiz again after admitting to touching young teen girls and forcing them to touch him. James Barbour deserves the same fate. Barbour should never work again, especially not in a capacity which brings him around underage girls who are destined to become his admirers and think of him as a desirable, romantic figure.
Barbour's case is quite similar to Collins' case; in fact, Barbour admitted to oral sex with the girl, which in my opinion goes several degrees beyond "touching," not that I desire to take anything away from Collins' child sex victims.
How Barbour managed to get the charged reduced to "endangerment of a child" is beyond me. As I understand the case, not only did Barbour molest the girl backstage, but also took her to his apartment.
To quote Sam Prosser, above, "A man who has used his power as a Broadway actor to abuse children has no right to go back to Broadway."

Scientologists (like James Barbour) believe that children are ancient spirits that are millions of years old, in child bodies. Inappropriate adult relationships with children is one of the less known dark sides of Scientology (particularly in the Sea Org), and James Barbour already has an established history. I doubt he has rehabilitated. Don't let another 'talent' get access to children because they are 'unreplaceable'. Jimmy Saville, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Bill Cosby, Sandusky etc etc etc

CommunicatorIC · Jan 17, 2015

Child molester James Barbour also performed at the Church of Scientology 2014 IAS Event in Los Angeles:

http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthre...4c012d&p=975584&viewfull=1#post975584

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Re: 2014 IAS Event

James Barbour convicted sex offender was one of the performers:

Broadway Actor Pleads Guilty to Backstage Sex Act With Girl, 15, in 2001

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Published: January 4, 2008
Correction Appended

A Broadway actor admitted on Thursday that in 2001 he seduced a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage, and agreed as part of a plea bargain to reveal that admission to anybody he works for in film, television or theater for up to the next three years.

Louis Lanzano/Associated Press
James Barbour, who played the lead role in “Beauty and the Beast.”

The actor, James Barbour, was accused of having criminal sexual contact with a high school student who was an aspiring actress when she attended a performance of “Jane Eyre” in June 2001.

The student’s drama teacher arranged for her to visit the Brooks Atkinson Theater with her parents. Mr. Barbour told Justice Micki A. Scherer of State Supreme Court in Manhattan that the girl visited him in his dressing room before the final curtain call and that he fondled her, knowing that she was only 15 years old.

He also told the judge that he had oral sex with the girl in his apartment the next month. She did not come forward with her account for several years.

Under the negotiated deal, Mr. Barbour, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors, in exchange for a promise that he would be sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation.

Mr. Barbour’s lawyer, Ronald Fischetti, said his client accepted the deal because if a jury had convicted him of the original felony sex charges against him he would have been forced to register as a sex offender, “which basically would have ended his career.”

His lawyer said that the prosecutor’s agreement to a misdemeanor plea showed the weaknesses of its case. But Mr. Barbour had to agree to a lengthy series of conditions of probation that are very similar to those that apply to convicted sex offenders.

While he is on probation, he must inform the manager, producer or assistant director of any theatrical, film or television project he works in that he has been convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, “having engaged in oral sexual conduct and sexual contact with a 15-year-old child.”

And he has to get permission from the court or his probation officer to participate in shows employing child actors or to give backstage tours to children.

He must also attend sex-offender treatment and cannot visit playgrounds, arcades, amusement parks, school grounds or Internet chat rooms frequented by children without permission from his probation officer.

In a signed statement to the police in April 2006, Mr. Barbour said that he was just acting as a mentor to the girl, that he had done no more than touch her knees and kiss her and that he thought that she was 16.

But in court on Thursday when asked by Justice Scherer, “Were you aware of her exact age?” Mr. Barbour replied, “Yes.”

“What was that age?” Justice Scherer pressed.

“Fifteen,” he replied.

At least one Broadway veteran said on Thursday that Mr. Barbour, who played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast” for about one year, might find himself less marketable for family-friendly shows for awhile.

“I think if he did a show with adults, he might be entitled to a second chance,” said Emanuel Azenberg, a Broadway producer. “‘Sweeney Todd,’ O.K. But even then I certainly wouldn’t put it in the bio.”

Saying on Thursday that those conditions could turn out to be “a big price to pay,” Mr. Azenberg said producers might be concerned about the moral and legal liability involved in casting an actor convicted of endangering a child.

Producers could be wary of financial and artistic repercussions, he said, because casting directors would feel obliged to reveal Mr. Barbour’s conviction to the parents of any children who might audition for a show, “and then your casting choices would be compromised.”

But Jay Binder, a casting director who said he had begun Mr. Barbour’s career by casting him in “Beauty and the Beast,” said he would make decisions based on talent.

“James Barbour is a first-rate Broadway leading man,” Mr. Binder said. “If he were the actor that the entire creative staff agreed upon, there would be no professional reason not to hire James Barbour.”

Mr. Fischetti said he expected his client, who will be sentenced next month, to be out of jail in time to perform in “A Tale of Two Cities” if it comes to New York. Mr. Barbour played Sidney Carton during a pre-Broadway tryout in Florida last year. The producers of the show declined to comment on Thursday.

He said Mr. Barbour was recently married in a civil ceremony — his wife accompanied him to court on Thursday — and was planning a formal wedding in Hawaii. Mr. Fischetti said the woman Mr. Barbour was convicted of endangering is now an actress.
Campbell Robertson contributed reporting.

Correction: January 10, 2008

An article on Friday about a guilty plea by James Barbour, a Broadway actor, to endangering the welfare of a child for seducing a 15-year-old girl who visited him backstage misstated the length of time he played the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast.” It was about one year, not “about eight.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/ny...ctor.html?_r=0
http://www.eastgrinsteadcourier.co....son/pictures-23344688-detail/pictures.html#16
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meep meep · Jan 17, 2015

No. Fucking no.

Sci Pedo · Jan 17, 2015

From a Scientology site:

Stars Shine to Fight Human Trafficking
February 21, 2006

LA Country Sheriff Lee Baca, Anne Archer, Mary Shuttleworth and James Barbour at fundraiser to combat human trafficking

Performers Stacy Francis and James Barbour opened a memorable evening at the home of actress Anne Archer and her husband, sports producer Terry Jastrow, in Brentwood, California to raise awareness and funds for the growing problem of human trafficking in the United States. The gourmet dinner for a select one hundred and twenty guests was co-chaired by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and his wife, Carol. Over $50,000 was raised for Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI), the beneficiary of the evening, for their 2006 world tour and education program called 30 Days – 30 Schools – 30 Rights. YHRI combats human trafficking by teaching youth around the world the rights guaranteed under the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

http://www.theta.com/human-rights-education/20060221_hre_1.php

RightOn · Jan 18, 2015

^ The one in the center is actress Sofia Milos
And I am SO sick of seeing Nancy's over enthusiastic smiles ICK

227 · Jan 18, 2015

RightOn said: ↑

^ The one in the center is actress Sofia Milos
And I am SO sick of seeing Nancy's over enthusiastic smiles ICK

She probably did that smile when she found out her bankrupt former fiance jumped off the bridge.

Her she is a week ago on the Freewinds:

Participants included (left to right) Sandra Santiago, Noelle North, Michael Norris, Nancy Cartwright, Taron Lexton, and Deanna Meske.

https://seccheck.wordpress.com/2015/01/11/film-week-pro-2015-freewinds/

meep meep · Jan 18, 2015

CommunicatorIC said: ↑

Change Org Petition: Do not hire a pedophile to star in the Broadway production of the Phantom of the Opera
https://www.change.org/p/cameron-ma...oadway-production-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera

Signed

meep meep · Jan 18, 2015

Barbour’s defenders were equally vocal on social media.
“It’s healthy to want people to learn from their mistakes and move forward,” added Katie Lott on Facebook. “I’m sure he’ll do a fabulous job.”
Many wondered why “Phantom” casting was bringing so much controversy this time around. The actor previously appeared, post conviction, in 2008’s “A Tale of Two Cities.”
It could have something to do with the worldwide success of “Phantom” -- the longest running show on Broadway. Or it could be because the character of the Phantom obsesses over a young girl he can’t have.
“The Phantom of the Opera” defended the move, in a statement appearing on the musical’s Facebook page. “James fully accepted the responsibility of what happened 14 years ago,” they said. “While we know some will disagree, we believe James has completely honored the second chance he was given beginning 7 years ago.”

Learn from mistakes! lEARN? Wtf a grown man sexually abuseing a young girl does not need help LEARNING. It's not a judgement error! Grrrrr
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertain...a-Casting-Causes-Controversy--288931211.html#
Who is Katie Lott?

meep meep · Jan 18, 2015

http://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...ment-On-The-Casting-Of-James-Barbour-20150114

furball · Feb 22, 2015

https://www.change.org/p/cameron-ma...oadway-production-of-the-phantom-of-the-opera

Petition now has 2,120 supporters. Needs only another 380 now. Keep spreading the word far and wide, anons.

If this prick should somehow get the role, I'm down with a lulzy propaganda campaign to enlighten the masses and make them rue the day they hired this predator.

Ogsonofgroo · Feb 22, 2015

If the fucker ever had an enema he'd probably vanish...
The sooner the better imho.

helyw · Feb 22, 2015

https://whyweprotest.net/threads/valley-org-red-carpet.111294/

Anti-Pedo · Feb 22, 2015

The evil bastard needs castrating with rusty scissors.

1621 · Aug 15, 2015

Grant & Elena Cardone with James Barbour at Phantom of the Opera:

James Barbour convicted of child molestation headlines Scientology religious event

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