"Clinton has no morals"

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal...2Dpe%2Dmaryland

 

Fund-raiser for GOP pleads guilty in case of child pornography

Delgaudio took pictures of a 16-year-old girl

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By Allison Klein

Sun Staff

Originally published April 24, 2003

 

 

 

A prominent Republican fund-raiser who once said former President Bill Clinton was "a lawbreaker and a terrible example to our nation's young people" pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court to production of child pornography.

Richard Anthony Delgaudio, who was sentenced to two years' probation before judgment, admitted to taking lewd photographs of a 16-year-old girl he met in East Baltimore's Patterson Park in 2001. In some of the photos, he was engaged in sex with her, court records show.

 

Delgaudio, 50, of Burke, Va., is a frequent talk-radio guest and national figure in conservative politics. He is president of the Legal Affairs Council, a group that helped pay the legal bills of former Reagan administration officials Oliver L. North and Caspar W. Weinberger after they were charged in connection with the Iran-contra affair.

 

In his pornography case, there was additional evidence that Delgaudio took erotic images of at least one other, younger teen-ager, but that evidence was not admissible in court because police improperly stopped and searched Delgaudio, a judge ruled.

 

Largely because of that, prosecutor Adam C. Rosenberg offered Delgaudio a plea agreement, rather than taking the case to a jury.

 

"This is a satisfying outcome because it ends a lot of legal issues," Rosenberg said.

 

In yesterday's ruling, Judge John M. Glynn ordered Delgaudio to stay away from Patterson Park and the neighboring Butchers Hill area. The judge also publicly acknowledged Delgaudio's humiliation.

 

"Mr. Delgaudio has been very active in the state of Virginia and around the country. He was a respected member of the community," Glynn said. "This type of thing is a mortifying experience."

 

Delgaudio thanked the judge for his "good work." He is not able to appeal because of the conditions of the plea agreement.

 

After the hearing, Delgaudio - who is also an author of political books - refused to comment about his case.

 

In a letter to the judge, Delgaudio's attorneys - Bruce Fein and Howard L. Cardin - wrote that he was remorseful and did not know the girls were underage.

 

"He acknowledges the acute moral shortcomings of his conduct, and he will continue intense self-examination and professional and spiritual counseling," the lawyers wrote in the letter, dated yesterday.

 

Cardin also said he did not want to speak about the case after yesterday's hearing but described his client as "brilliant and eloquent."

 

Delgaudio, who has no prior record, was arrested in November 2001 with a book of obscene photographs he had taken of 15- and 16-year-old girls, according to court documents. The teen-agers went with him on several occasions to a hotel on Pulaski Highway, where they had sex and he paid them to pose in erotic positions for his camera, records show. The girls told Delgaudio their ages, according to police.

 

As part of his restitution to the community, his attorney said Delgaudio would contribute $5,000 to "young mothers who are in distress and in need."

 

Its always people like this, the holier than thous. Maybe I am being too harsh, it could be Clinton's fault: with the moral character of the white house destroyed he couldn't help but get young hookers.

[Guest NoCalMike]

bwahahahaha....same with Newt, Bob Barr and a whole slew of others.....

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Fucking Creep.

[Guest CED Ordonez]

Political hypocrisy. You know you love it.

[Guest Some Guy]

Good, this guy deserves to be punished and the hypocracy is a nice extra. I hate people who act righteous an then act the opposite way. How hard is it to not pay 16 year old girls to pose nude? I managed to go 21 years and never do it.

[Guest Vyce]

How hard is it to not pay 16 year old girls to pose nude?

Very hard. It's what I keep telling my probation officer.

 

BTW, isn't the age of consent 16 in MD? I know it is in VA. This guy lives in Burke, he should have just brought her home and.....oh wait, you can't bring them across state lines. DAMN YOU MEGHAN'S LAW!!!!!!

 

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See, this is the same problem that the jackoff from Green Bay had.

 

Never cop the morality card. If you don't like someone, just say it. "I think Clinton's an asshole." There you go. Don't start going, "I don't like him because he's immoral, etc.", because then you just look like a hypocrite when the police find bloody child's underpants in your closet.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"He acknowledges the acute moral shortcomings of his conduct, and he will continue intense self-examination and professional and spiritual counseling,"

 

That's lawyer-talk for "He's kicking himself for getting caught..."

[Guest EricMM]

In MD we have this whole 18 and older can't mingle with 17 and younger thing, OR it's 3 years, I can't remember which.

 

Either way... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. A 50 year old with a 16 year old (or younger) is totally dirty.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

stupid question: Why would he take pictures of a 16 year old when there are PLENTY of BETTER LOOKING 18+ chicks that are willing to go nude and do more?

[Guest Slapnuts00]

Here in Maryland I beliveve if your under 18 its a statute of limitations of 4 years. Therefore if the girl was 16 if this guy is over 20 its illegal...

[Guest Vyce]

stupid question: Why would he take pictures of a 16 year old when there are PLENTY of BETTER LOOKING 18+ chicks that are willing to go nude and do more?

All I'm saying is this: if you had nude photos of Lizzy McGuire, I'd buy them from you.