ARTICLES LINKED FROM THE INTERNET ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORIGINAL POSTER AND ARE INTENDED TO FOSTER THOUGHT AND CONVERSATION ONLY.
ANY NEWS ARTICLES REGARDING ANY OF THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR PAST LEGAL ISSUES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
A MISSPELLED NAME LED ME TO THE GEORGE CREAR INFORMATION AT THE FOLLOWING LINK THAT CAN BE FOUND WITH A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH.
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/michigan/miedce/2:2005cv74191/206085/84
EXCERPT: One witness was Ms. Kerr, a sitting elected prosecutor and former assistant prosecutor in Genesee County, alleged that she had victimized by petitioner. Ms. Kerr had been a student of petitioner's in the 1970s, contemporaneously with Elizabeth Crear (petitioner's second wife). Ms. Kerr also had contact with witnesses from Florida who were pursuing a civil suit against Mr. Crear following his acquittal on charges there. Ms. Kerr stated that she went to Whittier in 1976-1977, later graduated from college and law school, and was at the time of trial the elected prosecutor of Charlevoix County, Michigan. (Tr. Vol. IV, pp. 459-461) Ms. Kerr claimed a sexual relationship with petitioner during her eighth grade year. (Tr. Vol. IV, pp. 469470) She did not report these acts to her parents or school officials at that time. (Tr. Vol. IV, p. 485) She continued her relationship with petitioner, according to her testimony, during her high school and college years. He was the center of her life. (Tr. Vol. IV, p. 486) They had numerous acts of oral and vaginal sex. (Tr. Vol. IV, pp. 495-499) She later became mad, or at least upset, at him after he changed his phone number to an unlisted one and she was unable to contact him. (Tr. Vol. IV, pp. 559-561) While shopping at a mall in 1987, she ran into Linda Craig, a woman she had known in school. After her conversation with Linda Craig, she decided to go to school officials in Flint and make a complaint about petitioner. (Tr. Vol. IV, p. 527) -6- She also made an anonymous phone call to the Miami school system about Mr. Crear and had thought about getting such revenge when she was 18 years old. (Tr. Vol. IV, p. 530) Ms. Kerr also admitted that she had contacted many of the other witnesses. (E.g. Posner FL Dep. Tr. 213, FL trial Tr. 114-115)
Notorious Flint sex abuse case surfaces in northern Michigan race for judge
LINK: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/10/molestation_victim_from_flint.html
EXCERPTS:
FLINT, MI -- After nearly two decades, one of Flint's most notorious sex abuse cases has resurfaced in an unlikely place -- a campaign for a judgeship 200 miles north of here.Mary Beth Kur, a former assistant prosecutor in Genesee County and candidate for Charlevoix County Circuit Court judge, has been targeted by an internet blogger who is questioning her character and judgment -- not as a prosectuor, but as a crime victim.
In the blog and anonymous fliers, Kur has been identified for the first time as one of the young sex abuse victims of George Crear III, a former Flint School District band instructor convicted of five counts of criminal sexual conduct in 1997.
AND HERE: The Flint Journal-MLive could not reach a representative of the "The Pretty Lie or The Ugly Truth" blog by phone to verify email comments, but a posting on the blog site says it did not produce the fliers that also raise questions about Kur's involvement in the Crear case.
PLEASE SEE THE EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE REPORTER AND MYSELF AND YOU WILL SEE THAT HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH ME -HE JUST DIDN'T LIKE MY CONDITIONS FOR INTERVIEWING ME.
ALSO, THE FLIERS WERE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE BLOG'S NAME AND WEB ADDRESS AND THE VEHICLE THAT DELIVERED THE FLIERS WAS ALSO CLEARLY MARKED WITH LARGE SIGNS. THERE WAS NOTHING ANONYMOUS ABOUT ANY OF THIS.I SAID THAT I PERSONALLY DID NOT CREATE OR HAND OUT THE FLIERS BUT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POSTING IT ON THE BLOG.
MLive-The Flint Journal trying to reach you
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I’m
a reporter with MLive-The Flint Journal, trying to reach you regarding a
story I’m pursuing about the Charlevoix County Circuit Court election
and your involvement in it, particularly about the questions you have
raised about the case
of George Crear.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience, and thanks in advance for your help.
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Hi again.
I spoke with our attorney and he said to send you the post that I was
working on. It covers quite a bit of information. He said for me to have
you write out any questions you may have for me and I will answer them
and send them to you after he reviews the information. Thanks for your
interest,Flint Journal trying to reach you
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Ms. Beal:
I’m a reporter for MLive-The Flint Journal, trying
to reach you regarding information that’s been posted on your blog site
about George Crear and Mary Beth Kur.
As you may know, Crear’s conviction here attracted
national media attention and Kur testified to having been a victim in
the case but was never identified publicly until now.
I’ve spoken to both candidates in the Charlevoix
County Circuit Court judicial race about this issue and would like your
input for the story I am working on as well.
Thanks,
Ron Fonger
MLive Media Group
Reporter
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Wendy:
Can
you contact me by phone? I’m working on the story today and my
questions involve the decision to identify a sexual abuse victim online
and in printed fliers.
If you would like to respond with a written statement, I’d be glad to include that in our story.
Thanks for responding. It doesn’t look like I have received any other email from you to this address.
Ron Fonger
MLive Media Group
Reporter
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Wendy Beal <tplotut@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks
for getting back to me. We were recently hacked, but I don't know if
that has anything to do with it. I'll be back in touch soon.
From: Wendy Beal [mailto:tplotut@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 12:28 PM
To: Fonger, Ronald
Subject: Re: george crear, mary beth kur
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 12:28 PM
To: Fonger, Ronald
Subject: Re: george crear, mary beth kur
Hello. I have responded to yor emails. I don't have
a problem with an interview but as I have said, I need to run any
questions past my attorney so I don't get myself in trouble and
discredit what we are trying to do with the blog. Please
let me know if you are getting my emails. Thank you.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Fonger, Ronald <RFONGER1@mlive.com> wrote:
I am a newspaper reporter for MLive-The Flint
Journal, writing a story about some of the issues you are raising
regarding the George Crear case.
Please contact me regarding this as soon as possible.
Ron Fonger
MLive Media Group
Reporter
mobile
810.347.9963
email rfonger1@mlive.com
address 540 S. Saginaw St. #101, Flint MI 48502---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fonger, Ronald <RFONGER1@mlive.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: Statement From The Pretty Lie Blog
To: Wendy Beal <tplotut@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hughes, Clark" <CHUGHES3@mlive.com>, "Longley, Kristin" <KLONGLEY1@mlive.com>, "Mickle, Bryn" <BMICKLE1@mlive.com>
Wendy:
Thanks for your email.
First,
I need to talk to either yourself or your attorney to verify some basic
information about the blog, your involvement in it and this statement.
I do see where you responded to Art Busch’s letter on your blog and may quote from that for our story.
Also,
because we don’t plan to re-try the George Crear case, I do need to
have a very concise response about your decision to identify Mary Beth
Kur, who was
a sexual abuse victim.
As you know, it’s unusual for a victim to have the crime committed against her used against her in a political campaign.
Feel free to call me tonight or Tuesday morning.
Thanks again,
Ron Fonger
MLive Media Group
Reporter
mobile 810.347.9963
email
rfonger1@mlive.com
address 540 S. Saginaw St. #101, Flint MI 48502
From: Wendy Beal [mailto:tplotut@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 3:53 PM
To: Fonger, Ronald
Subject: Statement From The Pretty Lie Blog
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 3:53 PM
To: Fonger, Ronald
Subject: Statement From The Pretty Lie Blog
Mr. Fonger:
In
response to your apparent questions from your e-mails, I feel that I
must respond. First and foremost, the incidents involving Ms. Kur and
Mr. Crear are appalling.
Mr. Crear deserves the punishment that he was given in the Flint case.
The issue is not that this terrible tragedy happened; the issue is what
was done to prevent this from happening again.
Ms.
Kur is running for Circuit Judge. In her campaign, she put her “life
experiences” front and center in her ads along with her experience as a
prosecutor “protecting
victims.”
A
simple review of the Crear debacle showed that Ms. Kur was an attorney
and quite possibly working in the Genesee County prosecutor’s office
when the 16 year old girl committed suicide in Florida. This girl
committed suicide in 1992 and Ms. Kur started in the prosecutor’s office
in May of 1992. Ms. Kur testified that she made one call to Florida
anonymously. Ms. Kur knew that Mr. Crear went to
work in another school district in Florida. Ms. Kur knew Mr. Crear
victimized girls as she testified that he had sex acts on other girls in
front of her. As she was in the prosecutor’s office, it is assumed that
she was made aware that this type of individual
will not stop victimizing girls. That is common knowledge.
So
while Ms. Kur states that she is a voice for victims, she did nothing
to stop a known predator. That is the issue here, not the fact that it
happened. It is
a shame that this happened to her and many other girls. If your
daughter committed suicide at the abuse of this man and you found out
that a prosecutor knew what this man has done in the past and knew that
this prosecutor knew he went to your daughter’s school,
wouldn’t you question why nothing was done?
Here is a link to the federal case:
http://docs.justia.com/cases/
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