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DJ Dave Lee Travis Addresses Allegation (0 comments)
DJ Dave Lee Travis has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse claims. Has he "denied" wrongdoing ?
1. "I" First Person Singular Pronoun
2. "Didn't do it" is in the past tense
3. Event/Allegation Specific: "I didn't molest ____" (victim's name).
The reliable denial must be in the past tense, use the pronoun, "I" and address the accusation directly. For the innocent, this flows easily.
For the guilty, it is tough to do.
Statement Analysis gets to the truth.
An innocent person will say so, quickly, easily and will often not wait to be asked. What someone says first, is likely a priority. Another thing to remember:
There are no consequences, civil or criminal, to an innocent person who says, "I didn't do it."
In fact, even when an attorney tells a client not to talk about a case, when it comes to a disgusting allegation, the innocent will take a megaphone and climb to the top of his roof and tell the world, "I didn't do it!" and not say "On advice of counsel" or "I don't want to jeopardize the investigation" or "please wait for the full truth..." or any such thing. There is no need to delay.
Speaking outside his home near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, the 67-year-old protested his innocence and said he did not want his name associated with "bloody evil" child abuse.
He said: "This is nothing to do with kids, all right? That's the first thing. Because that to me is the most important thing in the world and I do not wish to have my name sullied around something that bloody evil, to be honest.
"The second thing I want is to say, yes, there's a complete denial there, but there's nothing else I can tell youbecause otherwise I might be stepping on the police's feet and I don't want to do that because it might affect their investigations."
1. Note the open question in a statement
2. Note that his priority is "the first thing" and this is that he does not wish to have his name sullied.
3. Note "to be honest" indicates that there are times when he is not honest.
4. Note the second thing comes after the first thing. His priority is his name. The second thing is to affirm that there is a denial, even though he does not make it, and it is because he does not want to affect the investigation.
He is unable to bring himself to say that he did not do it; therefore, we are not permitted to say it for him.
To him, the most important thing in the world is not having his name sullied, which he reports in the negative (important) and first (priority).
For someone else, the most important thing in the world is to say "I didn't do it" and express sympathy for the victim.
He is unable to bring himself to say it.
Note that the color blue is used to show the highest level of sensitivity. Twice he needs to tell us "why" rather than "what", making it very very sensitive. (doubly)
Note that he says that there is a "complete" denial; not just a denial, but he does not say where it is found. It is not found in his words.
The innocent say so, early, often, and without sensitivity.
Travis had previously denied allegations, made last month, that he groped two women while in BBC studios. One claimed he had put his hand up her skirt, while the other said he had "jiggled" her breasts.
The former radio One DJ told reporters today: "There's one very important point I want to get across here - when I read the papers this morning I could not believe it. It was like, you know, 'DLT caught in Savile probe'and all this.
"I'm going to make one thing extremely clear to you - the Savile probe is nothing to do with things I've been talking to the police about.
"I was accused quote of squeezing the boobs of a couple of women. One, you know... and the other was somebody from 19... God knows, 67 or something, which is incredible.
"So the point I want to make here is that none of the things I've been talking to the police about, or have talked to them about, is to do with children."
He still does not deny the wrongdoing.
He added: "I am and always have been completely abhorred by anything to do with children and anything to do with child molestation and anything like that.
He sermonizes against child abuse but does not deny child molestation.
"I don't really want to be in a headline where people look and see Savile's name and see my name and think 'Oh God, is he at it as well?'
Better to say, "I didn't do it"
"Not true, all right? You have a categorical denial about children. That is absolutely set in concrete, I promise you."
He says, "you" have a "categorical denial about children" but he has not made a denial, himself.
Note "I promise you" weakens his assertion. He continues to avoid saying "I didn't do it", and the length he appears to go to just to avoid the denial is striking.
Travis said he had willingly spoken to police and would happily continue to help them.
His comments came after his weekend radio show was taken off air "with immediate effect" by Magic AM following his arrest on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for Bauer Media, which owns Magic AM, said: "Bauer Media has decided to take (Dave Lee Travis) off air with immediate effect from his Magic AM weekend shows, which broadcast across the north of England.
"We understand that the allegations about which he was questioned by police pre-date his time as a freelance contributor to Magic AM.
"While we can make no judgement on the matters under investigation, we believe it would be inappropriate for him to broadcast until they are resolved."
It is likely that they have heard his non denial as well and made a good decision.
His answers are deceptive and he does not deny wrongdoing, as the article stated.
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