They are saying Melissa drew this at age 2 years of age as far as I can tell. When a court appointed psychiatrist interviewed her he found that while someone may have molested her it was definitely NOT Sig. His name was Dr. Dunne I think. 2 year olds can barely communicate. I think the truth will come out that it was Sig's ex wife that put the idea that Sig molested her into her head. Look up childhood amnesia and false memories.
Not sure I like this false memory theory. It was used to discredit victims of SRA and protect the pedo abusers. I also have children and I know for a fact that a 2 year-old can very well explain what happened to him/her without problem. When Melissa says that she doesn't like her daddy because he hurts her bum and that he puts his big peepee there, she's almost certainly not making this up. At that age, they can't be coerced yet. They can't lie. Their brains have not developed enough yet to be part of a deception. That's my take on it.
I can't find anything that would suggest that the abuse went on for years. It only says it happened after her parents got separated in 1990 and that the maternal grandmother and mother found Melissa's rectum to be blue and discoloured. I guess she drew the diagram at 2, but that while explaining what had happened to her, it was indeed Ms. Bridges that wrote the ages and names on the drawing. Note that she confided in Ms. Bridges and also the examining physician, Mr. Dunnes.
You know what, the article is written so poorly that you might be right. I'm not seeing that it said it stopped anywhere in the article. It would be highly unusual for a two-year-old child to have those kinds of memories. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is unusual. Then there's the fact there's no follow up on the abuse at the time. If a psychiatrist found evidence ... ???? And if there were physical evidence "on" the child, I'm taking this to mean semen. Not sure why the child wasn't rushed to the hospital since semen would prove it happened. Lots of questions about this story. I tend to believe victims of this type of abuse, and I'm on that side of things, but there are lots of unanswered questions for me. Hopefully, more will come out about this in the trial and support her allegations.
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The_Kuru ago
That sketch is suspicious. It looks like a small child's drawing with mature handwriting on it.
quantokitty ago
Please read the affidavit again. She's saying "I" who I take to be the psychiatrist/therapist so, yes, that's mature handwriting on there.
YingYangMom ago
Maybe she was questioned later on, when she was older (4 or 5) about the incident?
mikerasmussen ago
They are saying Melissa drew this at age 2 years of age as far as I can tell. When a court appointed psychiatrist interviewed her he found that while someone may have molested her it was definitely NOT Sig. His name was Dr. Dunne I think. 2 year olds can barely communicate. I think the truth will come out that it was Sig's ex wife that put the idea that Sig molested her into her head. Look up childhood amnesia and false memories.
YingYangMom ago
Not sure I like this false memory theory. It was used to discredit victims of SRA and protect the pedo abusers. I also have children and I know for a fact that a 2 year-old can very well explain what happened to him/her without problem. When Melissa says that she doesn't like her daddy because he hurts her bum and that he puts his big peepee there, she's almost certainly not making this up. At that age, they can't be coerced yet. They can't lie. Their brains have not developed enough yet to be part of a deception. That's my take on it.
quantokitty ago
Does it say how long the abuse went on?
YingYangMom ago
I can't find anything that would suggest that the abuse went on for years. It only says it happened after her parents got separated in 1990 and that the maternal grandmother and mother found Melissa's rectum to be blue and discoloured. I guess she drew the diagram at 2, but that while explaining what had happened to her, it was indeed Ms. Bridges that wrote the ages and names on the drawing. Note that she confided in Ms. Bridges and also the examining physician, Mr. Dunnes.
quantokitty ago
You know what, the article is written so poorly that you might be right. I'm not seeing that it said it stopped anywhere in the article. It would be highly unusual for a two-year-old child to have those kinds of memories. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it is unusual. Then there's the fact there's no follow up on the abuse at the time. If a psychiatrist found evidence ... ???? And if there were physical evidence "on" the child, I'm taking this to mean semen. Not sure why the child wasn't rushed to the hospital since semen would prove it happened. Lots of questions about this story. I tend to believe victims of this type of abuse, and I'm on that side of things, but there are lots of unanswered questions for me. Hopefully, more will come out about this in the trial and support her allegations.
YingYangMom ago
True.
PM_Me_Your_Clam_Pics ago
it could have been the dr writing what she told him as she was too young to write at that age.