Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ex-NFLer to parents: Don't punish me for kids' bad behavior

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VERY BAD.

THEY TRASHED THE HOME OF A FORMER NFL STAR.

THE TEENAGERS BREAKING INTO FORMER RAIDERS AND PAT REITS PLAYER BRIAN HOLLOWAY'S UPSTATE NEW YORK VACATION HOME THROWING AN OUT OF CONTROL PARTY.

ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

WHY IS THE FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER FACING A POSSIBLE LEGAL BATTLE? BRIAN HOLLOWAY AND HIS SON JOIN US.

GOOD EVENING.

>> HELLO.

>> HOW'S IT GOING? >> VERY WELL.

I'M TEAM HOLLOWAY ON OH THIS.

ANYWAY, THE STORY IS EXTRAORDINARY.

FIRST TO YOU, SIR, BRIAN, SR.

WHAT HAPPENED? >> SO I WAS AT HOME IN FLORIDA AND BRIAN CALLED ME AND SAID THERE IS SOMETHING GOING DOWN.

HE SENT ME OVER A BUNCH OF TWEETS.

HE GOT WORD FROM A FRIEND WHO PICKED UP THE CHIRPING ON TWITTER THAT THERE WAS A PARTY AT THE HOUSE.

WE QUICKLY DISCOVERED 170 TWEETS OF PEOPLE AT THE PARTY DRINKING, WHATEVER.

SO WE WERE SHOCKED.

BLEW WAY PAST FURIOUS.

TOLD BRIAN TO CAPTURE ALL THE DIGITAL DATA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THEN I HAD TO FOCUS ON WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS BROKEN CAN BE FIXED.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS STOLEN CAN BE RETURNED.

TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SAVE THESE 300 LIVES.

THAT WAS THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST WAY FOR ME TO LOOK AT WHAT OCCURRED.

BECAUSE IT WAS OVERWHELMING IN MANY WAYS.

>> LET ME GO TO BRIAN, JR.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED, HOW THE PICTURES OF THE CULPRITS ENDED UP -- WHERE? >> PEOPLE WERE UPDATING THE STATUSES AND SITUATIONS THAT THEY WERE AT AND ALL THE FUN THEY WERE HAVING AND HOW THE CRAZY NIGHT, HOW THEY CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER IT.

IT WAS A BLUR AND THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THE FRIENDS THEY MADE, BUT THEY WILL FORGET THE PARTY.

A BUNCH OF -- A CLUSTER OF UNDER-THE-INFLUENCE ET TWEETS, I WOULD SAY, AND SO THAT WAS UNRAVELING IN FRONT OF US.

OF COURSE THE AFTERMATH OF SEEING HOW GREAT THE PARTY WAS.

WE LOOKED BEFOREHAND ON, I GUESS THERE WAS A LEAD--UP TO THE PARTY AS WELL.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT THERE IS $20,000 IN DAMAGE.

YOU HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE TEENAGERS WHO DID IT.

YOU HAVE THEIR PUBLIC PHOTOS BECAUSE THEY UPDATED AND TWEETED, TALKED ABOUT IT.

YOU THEN PUT IT ON A PARTICULAR WEBSITE.

IS THAT RIGHT? >> WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE PICTURES THEY TWEETED ABOUT AND POSTED THEM ON HELPMESAVE300.

COM.

>> WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE TEENAGERS WHO ARE PART OF THE TRASHING AND THEIR FAMILIES? >> I THINK THEY WERE IN SHOCK.

ALL I DID WAS REVEAL STUFF THEY HAD ALREADY POSTED.

SO WHAT I DID WAS BRING TO SURFACE A CONVERSATION THAT WAS GOING TO ALLOW THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THIS, HOW SHOULD WE BE ACCOUNTABLE, WHERE DID WE GET OFFING TRAB AND HOW DO WE FIND OUR WAY BACK? >> YOU ARE A LOT NICER PERSON THAN I AM.

YOU PUT THE PUBLIC PICTURES THE TEENS PUT ON A WEBSITE.

I MAY HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO TRACK DOWN PICTURES OF THE PARENTS WHO LOST CONTROL OF THEIR CHILDREN OR HAVE EVEN RAISED CHILDREN WHO THINK IT IS OKAY TO BREAK INTO A HOUSE AND TRASH THE JOINT.

>> I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.

I COULD SEE WHERE IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE SOMEONE WOULD COME IN AND I COULD TAKE THAT A LONG WAY.

UH KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

>> BRIAN, JR., DO YOU KNOW THESE KIDS? >> I KNOW ABOUT A DOZEN OF THEM.

THEY WERE CLASSMATES OF MINE GROWING UP.

THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE WERE GRADES UNDER ME.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW A MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS THERE.

>> BRIAN, SR., LET ME EGO BACK TO YOU.

UH TAKE IT NOW THE PARENTS FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE YOU PUT THEIR HOODLUM VANDAL TEERNLS ON THIS WEBSITE.

HAVE UH THEY THREATENED YOU WITH A LAWSUIT? >> WELL, THERE WAS CHATTER ABOUT THAT.

I'M PREPARE ED FOR THAT IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE WITH THAT.

IF IT UH DOES HAPPEN, YOU WILL KNOW.

I I WILL POST IT RIGHT ON THE SITE.

I WILL POST ALL THE DOCUMENTS.

AND THERE ARE MANY LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO SAID IF I NEED THEIR HELP IN ANY WAY THEY WILL STAND READY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT MAKES SENSE WHERE YOU WILL PRESS CHARGES.

THEIR CHILD WAS IN MY HOME, STEAL ING, VANDALIZING, DOING DRUGS, DRINKING OR JUST BEING THERE.

AND YOU'RE MAD AT ME FOR POSTING A PICTURE THAT I GOT FROM YOUR CHILD'S OR THEIR FRIENDS' TWEETS.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S BREAKING THE LAW.

>> CAN I TELL YOU ONE THING THAT'S AMAZING? I UNDERSTAND YOU PUT OUT THAT YOU WANTED THE KIDS TO HELP CLEAN IT UP.

JUST BASICALLY TEACH SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED SHOWED UP.

THAT'S THE KID I WOULD WANT TO HIRE.

SOMEONE WHO MADE A MISTAKE AND HAS THE COURAGE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND OFFER TO CLEAN IT UP.

>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

I SAID, NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR THE COURAGE TO STEP FORWARD AND STAND ACCOUNTABLE.

I SAID, NUMBER TWO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION -- YOU AND ME -- ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED.

THERE IS AN INJURY HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECONCILED.

NUMBER THREE, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS GO TALK TO YOU ARE I DON'T FATHER BECAUSE OF OH WHAT YOU DID TO TOTALLY EMBARRASS AND DISREGARD EVERYTHING THAT FATHER TRIED TO PUT IN YOU.

I SAID, GET ON A WORK CREW AND CLEAN UP.

HE DID.

>> THAT'S THE KID WHO MAY HAVE DONE WRONG BUT STEPPED UP AND SHOWED SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

FOR SOME REASON THAT KID IS AMAZING TO ME.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

I HOPE YOUR HOUSE IS CLEANED UP AND I HOPE YOU DON'T GET SUED.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NOW TO A GRUESOME MYSTERY UNFOLDING IN ALASKA.

AN ANONYMOUS NOTE LEADING POLICE


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