Child Abuse Protesters Issue Pete Townshend Warning Leaflets - Picture

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January 29, 2010 by Scott Colothan | Photo by Splash News

Child Abuse Protesters Issue Pete Townshend Warning Leaflets - Picture

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Child abuse campaigners in Florida are sending out sex offender warning leaflets about the imminent arrival of The Who's Pete Townshend.

The guitarist was placed on the sex offenders register in the UK for five years in 2003 after he admitted downloading child pornography online which he claimed was research for a book.

Townshend is due to arrive in Miami on February 7th to perform at the prestigious half-time slot of the Super Bowl with The Who – much to the concern of some campaigners.

The leaflet from Protect Our Children Inc. – which you can see below – has been sent out to to 1,500 homes and local schools and says it has been issued in the “interest of public safety.”

Despite his arrest and admission of accessing child pornography on the internet, Townshend was never prosecuted.

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I can't blame them. Where is the book he was researching for!!!
~ by Jo 1/29/2010 Report
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Nice choice of photo. It actually makes him look like a perv
~ by Beam Me Up 1/29/2010 Report
I think this whole thing is disgusting, he was never charged with anything.
~ by anon 1/29/2010 Report
It's not a group. "Protect Our Children" is one guy - Kevin Gillick. That's it. There's a reason no reputable child abuse groups care about Pete Townshend. He's no pedophile. He was investigated by Scotland Yard and cleared. Being registered as a sex offender for the minimum five years was a statutory consequence of accepting a police caution for accessing an illegal website. Nothing more.
~ by Tim Eimiller 1/29/2010 Report