Bat~man Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 i stopped reading when it said he said what happened , horrible and i cant believe he revealed this , hes gonna get chewed up in trash talk on the field now tho , sad as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironmic Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 damn....don't even know what to say.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0crates Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I don't like this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sick Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I don't like this thread. I know. I liked it better when I could totally hate him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 This is a sad story. I can't hate him anymore either. My Coles' jersey will get a little more use from now on, no doubt....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 me too heidenreich. I'm glad he's coming forward. Hopefully it can make at least one kid feel like his life isn't over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Hunter #21 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 My heart goes out for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jempet Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Wow. Hard to hate the guy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneskins Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 :applause: :applause: :applause: Takes alot of Guts to come out like that! :applause: :applause: :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Pepper Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Just out of morbid curiousity, id like to know what his reason was for going public.[/quote I am with you on this one. What could he posibly gain from going public with this? Sympathy?Money? An excuse why he can't get open or catch? Seems mighty strange alright. I do think it was a messed up thing that happened to him and shouldn't ever happen to anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmorris Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Just out of morbid curiousity, id like to know what his reason was for going public.[/quote I am with you on this one. What could he posibly gain from going public with this? Sympathy?Money? An excuse why he can't get open or catch? Seems mighty strange alright. I do think it was a messed up thing that happened to him and shouldn't ever happen to anyone! Simple really. By coming out with this he can continue any healing that still needs to be done, as well as inspire others who've lived in their own private hell. Sometimes life is a hard pill to swallow, and it's not always pretty. Congrats to Coles for having the courage to open up his personal life like this. :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 That's way sad. As much as I don't like him, I do feel bad for him. Hope he's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHateMe Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Apologies, I searched and didnt find. But now I see another version was in 'Around the League' forum. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/09/18/coles.jets.ap/index.html Coles shares secret Jets receiver reveals he was sexually abused as child Posted: Sunday September 18, 2005 10:21PM; Updated: Sunday September 18, 2005 11:50PM EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Laveranues Coles held a dark secret that caused him nightmares for many years, one he never told any of his New York Jets teammates. The Pro Bowl wide receiver thought he was alone in his inner struggles, and too proud to let any outsiders into his personal prison. But Coles recently decided to free himself of his secret: He was sexually abused as a young boy by his stepfather. "I haven't talked about it in ... forever, but I know that holding something like that inside has been a burden for so long," Coles said Sunday after helping the Jets beat Miami 17-7. "For me to get on this platform that I have, having been in the league and have all the media attention that we have, I think it's something that should be said. "If it gets one kid to come out and say, `Look, this is happening to me,' ... I think it's right." In a story first reported by The New York Times, Coles acknowledged he was molested from ages 10-13 while growing up in Jacksonville, Fla., by the man his mother later married. He was only in sixth grade when the incidents started, but Coles kept it to himself. When a fight in school two years later prompted the police to question his violent behavior, Coles came out with the revelation. "It still bothers you," Coles said. "I mean, there's certain things that you really don't want to deal with, you don't want to remember. But I had my peace with it. It's something that's not happening anymore. I used to wake up in the middle of the night and think about it, but now I'm fine." According to the Times, Coles' stepfather, whose name the receiver didn't want to reveal, was sentenced to nine years in a Florida prison in 1992 after pleading guilty to the infractions. He served 3½ years, but was later convicted of another crime and has been in prison since 2001. Coles' mother, Sirretta, divorced her husband when the abuse was first revealed and sought counseling for the youngster. Coles realizes that coming out with this now publicly will reopen old wounds for the family. "We'll talk about it," Coles said. "I love my mom and we love each other and we'll talk about it briefly and put it behind us again." Coles doesn't worry about what others might think or say about what he went through. He's proven himself to be a star on the football field, now in his sixth NFL season -- and second stint with the Jets after spending the last two years with Washington. "I think with age comes maturity, and I think now that I'm a little older, I think I can deal with it a little better and I just want to help kids because I think it happens to more people in this world than actually allow ourselves to believe," Coles said. "Coming up, I always felt like I was the only one that ever happened to. Then, when I started going to different sessions, they let me know that it happens to a lot more people." Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgjk9 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha :doh: Imagine if it was you in his shoes buddy. Show some maturity and respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbrittain Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 :doh: Imagine if it was you in his shoes buddy. Show some maturity and respect. Smells like a ban to me...sniff...sniff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveStrongSkins Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha You make us younger posters look like idiots. Something like this has nothing to do with football. Show some maturity and maybe 1/8th of a brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins11 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Damn, that's messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzSkinsFan63 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha WTF???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I agree. That was very stupid dawgjk. Laugh at a bad game, but there's nothing funny about childhood trama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Laugh? Oi. I don't like Coles either, but dern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter's Better Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha Can we ban this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard saunders Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 That's too bad. That's probably the worst thing that can happen to a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Wow, could September '05 be considered a bad month for registrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 hahahahaahaahahahahahahahhahahaahahha That's twelve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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