Hollyoaks - Tony 'Pervert' Storyline
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I don't like it 
I know what Tony did was wrong, but I hate the way every man is instantly considered a pervert in those ways these days. And the way the police bully them. E4's episode just seemed quite upsetting.
I know what Tony did was wrong, but I hate the way every man is instantly considered a pervert in those ways these days. And the way the police bully them. E4's episode just seemed quite upsetting. 0
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I feel really sorry for Tony, if he had intentionally slept with someone who he knew was underage then I'd say he gets all her deserves but he didn't. I think this story brings up some very valid points about who is really in the wrong in a situation where someone believes that someone else is older than they really are and how because of this silly girl lying in the first place Tony's life could be ruined. To me Tony is the real 'victim' in all this and not Theresa.
I feel sorry for him big time. I feel a lot of sympathy for him i wud have done the same because she did look much older then 15 and was in a club and lied about been in university and very good looking.but it,s the law.but that airhead bint Cindy did over react big time.
Also wouldn't you think given what happened with Becca and how upset Jacqui got over that, that she would have even a modicum of sympathy (or failing that understanding at least) for the situation Tony found himself in?
Shouldn't the actual club hold some responsibility for not checking her ID? :S
I feel so sorry for Tony, it's really hard to watch.
That's what makes it a good story line.
Legally Tony is in the wrong. Ignorance is no defense in this sort of crime - he slept with a minor. End of. If found guilty he'd be put on the Sex Offenders register and it would ruin his life.
But morally it's a whole different story. Loads of guys will have unknowingly slept with underaged girls. Where does it move from being okay in the public's eyes (Tony/Theresa in Hollyoaks) to being abusive (Tony/Whitney in Eastenders)? Should Tony in HO have checked how old she was or just assumed, as he did, that if she's in a nightclub she had to be old enough? What age difference between bloke and girl makes it unacceptable?
I think it's a great storyline because it's not black and white and must happen to so many people every weekend.
That is how Tony could get out of it though of course, if the conflict of interest stuff came out in court its possible the entire case would have to be thrown out.
Well that's because the BBC worked for months with the NSPCC to make sure EastEnders got it right. This is why watching Tony perv and groom up Lauren is so uneasy to watch. Hollyoaks just seem to have gone for a quick shock storyline with their's, but these things do happen so anything that raises awareness is good.
The stigma, of being accused alone, will have for reaching repercussions, on his life which can never be reversed.
It's just, such an ugly, horrible storyline, and has not endeared viewers to the young girl, taking on the role, of the McQueen cousin.
Maybe Hollyoaks writers, are trying to make a point... with the build up to Christmas, and New year, more festivities and parties, maybe they're showing, just how easy it is, to misinterpret someones age, and how vunerable you then become when the truth is revealed.
I personally, wish they'd chosen a different character, to destory, for Christmas.
The other characters will probably forgive and forget when the story's finished though, like they did with Justin even though he basically got Becca killed with a similar lie.
Feel really sorry for Tony and I used to like Jacqui but she pushed tony away then she wanted him again and because he didn't want her she thinks its perfectly acceptable to punish him like this!
sorry i can't believe i'm getting so wound up about a fictional story but I am!