Its Jimmy Tarbuck's turn today

Lapin

Jimmy Tarbuck arrested in child abuse inquiry


The complaint relates to an alleged incident in the late 1970s

Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested in connection with a historical child sex abuse investigation, the BBC understands.

North Yorkshire Police confirmed that a 73-year-old man was arrested in Kingston upon Thames on 26 April.

The entertainer and quiz show host was released on police bail pending further enquiries.

He was questioned about an alleged assault on a young boy in the late 1970s.

North Yorkshire Police says Mr Tarbuck's arrest came after information was passed on by Metropolitan Police officers working on Operation Yewtree.

The force stressed that this arrest "is not part of Yewtree, but a separate investigation" by North Yorkshire Police.

Operation Yewtree was set up following the death of Jimmy Savile in 2011, when hundreds of sex abuse allegations came to light about the former DJ.

Link from the BBC

And a link from the 'official' newspaper of After Hours



I wonder who's next.

I reckon Paddy Powers would love to open a book on it and take bets.

If only the subject matter wasn't so serious.

_Whimsical_

I'm starting to wonder if it was prerequisite for mainstream media success pre 1990.

I don't know who this latest guy is, but I'm starting to think it's never going to end.

Were times really that different then that people - not just clergy - felt they could abuse with impunity and without consequence?

Mind boggling.

belcampprisoner

he cant be gay hes married to Pauline


Jimmy and Pauline married when they were 17

Chuck Stone

Holy shit! Where's it going to stop?

Basil Brush?

Zippy?

BUNGLE? :eek:

Sooty and sweep !!!!

Cavehill Red

I'm still waiting for a single politician to be arrested.
I have no doubt whatsoever that, if this so-called 'culture' of abusing young women and boys was indeed rampant in the Seventies (and it was), then it was not only clerics and entertainers who abused the status of power and influence, but politicians too.

_Whimsical_

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Holy shit! Where's it going to stop?

Basil Brush?

Zippy?

BUNGLE? :eek:

We did all suspect something funny was going on with Bosco and Barney...but did anyone act, no.

belcampprisoner

well he did have his hand up basil brush


http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48785000/jpg/_48785917_000216825-1.jpg

_Whimsical_

Cavehill Red wrote: »

I'm still waiting for a single politician to be arrested.
I have no doubt whatsoever that, if this so-called 'culture' of abusing young women and boys was indeed rampant in the Seventies (and it was), then it was not only clerics and entertainers who abused the status of power and influence, but politicians too.

Politicians...doctors, parents,teachers. anyone who wielded any small power or influence over a young person and who also had the opportunity and inclination.

It's a horrible thought but is what's happening now among media stars just a reflection of abuse tendencies among society as a whole?
It just doesn't make sense that it would be prolific among one or two professions alone.Of course not every sector would've had the great influence to exert and sense of impunity because they were famous/respected, but did the same proportion of ordinary people still have the tendency or desire toward it if the opportunity was there?

That thought just gives me the shivers.

chasm

Was only chatting about this the other day after reading this article in the Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jimmy-savile-police-ageing-comedy-1857806. Why they black out the picture is a mystery to me when i guessed who it was straight away, from the article and the image as did many others i'm sure!

skimpydoo

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Key words - "it's claimed". I'm looking forward to "were arrested and charged."

Well they were not arrested and charged just as Jimmy Saville etc were not arrested and charged. Also as some of them are dead they can't be. I do think they used their power to cover their tracks just like the church did here.

30 years ago people thought you could trust your local priest and bank manager, would you trust them today?.

Cavehill Red

I recall some teachers in school that dark rumours attached to. It was a good school, so such teachers didn't generally stay more than a year or two.
Yes, I accept that those with any power and access to children may have been able to abuse with greater impugnity in those days.
What I'm driving at is that it seems we are now in an era of relative openness where victims feel capable of accusing their persecutors from those days. And yet, of all those accused, charged or convicted, where are the politician abusers, those who had the greatest power of all?
Are we to believe that politicians alone were of higher moral probity? Or are the dark rumours gathering on the internet, attached to places like Kincora boys home and dead politicians like Cyril Smith, only the tip of the iceberg?
I'm inclined to think the latter, but I think politicians will be the very last caste of people to be convicted for this sort of crime. I'd go further and say that only when they're banging up former cabinet ministers and senior politicians for sexual abuse committed in the past will I truly believe we have exorcised this cancer out of society for good.

Chrome Crusader

Jimmy Tarbrush? Scouser with bad teeth?

Wattle

One by one my hero's fall They'll be going after Cheggers next.

mfceiling

Unbelievable news.

I never would have guessed it.

He was a comedian?

Freddy Smelly

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I'm starting to wonder if it was prerequisite for mainstream media success pre 1990.

lol it seems pre 1990 you had to be a pedofile to get on tv
post 1990 you have to be gay to get a job on tv

snubbleste

Rumours circulating about Bosco

Duggys Housemate

Cavehill Red wrote: »

I'm still waiting for a single politician to be arrested.
I have no doubt whatsoever that, if this so-called 'culture' of abusing young women and boys was indeed rampant in the Seventies (and it was), then it was not only clerics and entertainers who abused the status of power and influence, but politicians too.

In the UK - definitely.

Lapin

Cavehill Red wrote: »

I'm still waiting for a single politician to be arrested.
I have no doubt whatsoever that, if this so-called 'culture' of abusing young women and boys was indeed rampant in the Seventies (and it was), then it was not only clerics and entertainers who abused the status of power and influence, but politicians too.

Have you forgotten the Hamilton case?

And only last week, Nigel Evans, the deputy speaker of the House of Commons has stood aside amid allegations of sexual assault and rape made against him.

Calling for the arrest of politicians (or anyone else) simply because they may not be popular is a dangerous means of baying for blood considering the precident of false allegations made in the past.

The police have to thread carefully as further wrongful arrests of innocent people will jepordise any investigations into cases that may be genuine.

fergiesfolly

That's three men, named and unnamed that have been defamed without any proof against them in this thread. These are serious crimes we're talking about. I know this is ah but making light of it and tarnishing the names of men who havn't been accused of anything is just wrong
.Are there any mods watching this at all?

Arpa

Rolf Harris has been formally arrested too? I find that a bit suspect. Not saying you can judge someone completely by their persona, but he seems unlikely...he just seems to much of a soft eejit to be involved...but I guess you can never tell.

They should stop milking this and drawing it out...a new celebrity every week. It's becoming like a soap opera all on it's own and that's not how a case like this should be handled. Just round them all up in one go, stop making a drama out of it.

D-FENS

Bloody Tarby…..can’t wait to hear what Roger Mellie makes of this

the_monkey

My God, David Icke was right .... he was saying there would be LOTS MORE when Saville was found out ...


I don't like it when lunatics like him are proved right, sadly this is the case lately, Alex Jones has been spot on lately.

Duggys Housemate

fergiesfolly wrote: »

That's three men, named and unnamed that have been defamed without any proof against them in this thread. These are serious crimes we're talking about. I know this is ah but making light of it and tarnishing the names of men who havn't been accused of anything is just wrong
.Are there any mods watching this at all?

Report the posts. I did. This is serious for boards too.

SEPT 23 1989

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Report the posts. I did. This is serious for boards too.

The Irish Sea protects us from the British lawyers

humanji

fergiesfolly wrote: »

That's three men, named and unnamed that have been defamed without any proof against them in this thread. These are serious crimes we're talking about. I know this is ah but making light of it and tarnishing the names of men who havn't been accused of anything is just wrong
.Are there any mods watching this at all?

As said above, report the posts.

For everyone else, DO NOT MAKE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PEOPLE! It's common bloody sense.

dr.bollocko

Number of posts removed.
Cut out the speculation please. It's only going to land us in crap.

The Barefoot Pizza Thief

the_monkey wrote: »

I don't like it when lunatics like him are proved right, sadly this is the case lately, Alex Jones has been spot on lately.

Even a stopped clock..

fortwilliam

Jimmy Tarbuck is due to be on a TV show about the 60's at 3:15 today on BBC called "Rewind the sixties"
The description is; Jimmy Tarbuck joins Lulu to chat about his time as a Butlins Redcoat.

I predict some hasty rescheduelling

Dyr

fortwilliam wrote: »

Jimmy Tarbuck is due to be on a TV show about the 60's at 3:15 today on BBC called "Rewind the sixties"
The description is; Jimmy Tarbuck joins Lulu to chat about his time as a Butlins Redcoat.

I predict some hasty rescheduelling

With all these celebrity kiddie fiddlers, they're running out of programs to show in its stead though

Tigger

belcampprisoner wrote: »

he cant be gay hes married to Pauline


Jimmy and Pauline married when they were 17

big difference between being gay and interfering with kids

Dyr

big difference between interfering with kids and f**king corpses

monkeysnapper

Wattle wrote: »

One by one my hero's fall They'll be going after Cheggers next.

I'd say he was to pissed .

Tigger

Bambi wrote: »

big difference between interfering with kids and f**king corpses

who was fu<king corpses?

AllGunsBlazing

Can't be long until they run out of has been TV celebs from the 70's to chuck on the bonfire. Has been footballers from the 70's might want to start getting their press statements ready in advance.

Wacker The Attacker

the_monkey wrote: »

My God, David Icke was right .... he was saying there would be LOTS MORE when Saville was found out ...


I don't like it when lunatics like him are proved right, sadly this is the case lately, Alex Jones has been spot on lately.

How can you call someone a lunatic if they are proven correct on something?

Lapin

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

How can you call someone a lunatic if they are proven correct on something?

Ah come on.

Icke is a complete fruit loop.

Just because he called it correct on this one doesn't mean we should all sit up and take notice of everything he says. His opinions on this issue might be worth noting given his previous position as an employee with the BBC in the 80s.

But his pronouncements and predictions on other events are so bizzarely ludicrous that the man has very little credibility to trade with.

I'd take anything he says with a pinch of salt unless he comes up with hard evidence to back up his claims.

Dyr

Tigger wrote: »

who was fu<king corpses?

You'll never guess

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/was-jimmy-savile-a-necrophiliac-too-8216476.html

monkeysnapper

Bambi wrote: »

You'll never guess

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/was-jimmy-savile-a-necrophiliac-too-8216476.html

OH MY GOD!!

Dyr

It's a moral conundrum, is corpse f**king worse than kiddie fiddling?

Chavways

Zig and Zag will be next.

Tigger

Bambi wrote: »

It's a moral conundrum, is corpse f**king worse than kiddie fiddling?

mabey it was kiddy corpses
i'd rather be fidked when dead then when a child

kfallon

Jesus Christ the old episodes of Celebrity Squares are gonna look like Paedo Connect 4 now!

briany

I keep reading about these accusations but what I never read about is any evidence apart from some claim. Any witnesses, photos or dried fluids to back this stuff up? I'm seriously having a hard time caring as these claims get ever more tenuous. Didn't a woman claim that DLT jiggled her breasts once in the 1980s? I want to see fingerprints.

Aidric

Gotta say, this tweet from Limmy cracked me up.

Limmy ‏@DaftLimmy
Am I the only one wondering if a young boy's cock can fit through the gap in Jimmy Tarbuck's teeth?

stoneill

If John Noakes is ever implicated my entire childhood existence will just become a black fog of lies and regret.

Ruudi_Mentari

You don't wanna be a young lad star struck; by the tar buck.

Fully conscious it leaves the door open to suggesting that men tar I, but I had to take in on the chin in order to get that off my chest

Dyr

stoneill wrote: »

If John Noakes is ever implicated my entire childhood existence will just become a black fog of lies and regret.

Think How I feel now about rolf harris and his third leg

Roger_007

stoneill wrote: »

If John Noakes is ever implicated my entire childhood existence will just become a black fog of lies and regret.

If only Shep or Petra could talk..........(you have to be a certain age to understand this)

stoneill

Roger_007 wrote: »

If only Shep or Petra could talk..........(you have to be a certain age to understand this)

In fairness he never tried to hide it when asking Shep to go down.