Yesterday in my post about the wedding band I was kind of making light of the fact that by reading between the lines it sounded as if Megan McAllister and her family had not given up on the wedding, just that it wasn't going to happen in August. I was just having fun with the words, but it turns out that I was right. Despite the fact that Phillip told his family to give up on him, and that more news was coming and they should move to California, Megan just keeps standing by her man.
In a way it is really admirable and shows that when she loves someone she doesn't let something like murder charges get in the way of that love. So, I'm guessing a fight about leaving the toilet seat up is not going to cause a divorce.
That is the positive. On the negative, it is really starting to be creepy. She released a statement that her father read yesterday. I'm assuming her dad or her mom or someone in the family must be rational, but they really do think he is innocent. Does her dad? He read the statement and I would think he would have tried to talk her out of the statement if he thought the guy was guilty.
Here is what she said yesterday.
"To me and my family, he is a loving and caring person and in the eyes of the law and the constitution, he is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt," she said in a statement Monday. "I just can only hope that the criminal justice system will not be overwhelmed and persuaded by what is being put forth in the media. In the past two short weeks, my life and what I hoped my life to be has dramatically changed. I also love my fiancé and I will continue to support him throughout this legal process."
I don't think she has been questioned by the police yet. That is supposed to happen this week. I'm guessing when they start asking her questions and showing her or telling her things that all of this support might slowly fade away into nothingness. I understand that this is a huge shock for her and if true, probably would make her feel stupid for not seeing it because this is the guy she was supposed to marry. As long as she holds out hope he is innocent than she doesn't have to look in the mirror. That has to be a very painful proposition and so I sympathize with why she is holding off on doing that.
i feel sorry for her. but she really didn't need to release another statement. i'd say SHE'S the one who needs to wait and hear the details before throwing this asshole her support.
ReplyDeleteeven without the rest of what the police allegedly have, just him being on those surveillance tapes (which we've all seen...and it's HIM) should give her pause.
i get the 'for better or for worse' thing but hey megan, you're not his wife and from the looks of things, you never will be. get on with your life and consider yourself lucky to be rid of this sick fuck.
IMHO......she's got F&*^%'n rocks the size of icebergs in her head!!!!
ReplyDeletethe cynical part of me believes she's "standing by her man" and releasing press statements to get her name out there... then after a big trial with lots of publicity, she can get a book deal.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's hard to look inside yourself and say "My fiance is a violent, brutal, serial killer". She should not have come out with a statement, except that "I love my fiance, and am simply overwhelmed by what has happened. Please leave us alone while we go through the legal process." But no, she had to swear her undying love for the man. BTW, I think Baby Jesus will forgive your divorce if he is a serial killer.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting some bad homolka vibes from her.
ReplyDeleteI really don't believe for a single second that she doesn't know what he's been up to.
She is not going to let a little murder stand in the way of being a doctors wife. She still has hope that will be her life.
ReplyDeleteGood Lord, you people are mean. Imagine if this happened to you and your loved-one - would you BELIEVE it? No, you would not because YOUR boyfriend/fiancé/husband WOULD NEVER DO THAT! - Exactly. So give the woman a break, she needs time to process all of this.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, I read he has a court appointed attorny, because with $120,000 in student loans, he can't afford to hire one.
ReplyDeleteIf his future in-laws & family wanted to support him based on believing that he is innocent, you would think they would use some of the wedding money to hire the best lawyer out there. It doesn't look like they will be making a wedding real soon.
I simply don't believe that there weren't some warning signs, some red flags. If this woman is sticking her head in the sand NOW, it's not a stretch to think that she did so before.
ReplyDeleteno Sauvage, I'd shut the f*ck up right about now if I was her.
ReplyDeleteBelieve what you want, but keep it to yourself, the public doesn't need your completely biased opinion.
How can she not beleive it? I saw the CCTV camera footage and I could tell it was him and I'm not engaged to the guy...or HIS fingerprints they found at the scene? OR the fuckin victim's panties they found at his apartment?
There is hopeful and then there is denial.
Let's see how good of a fiance she is and maybe in 6 or 12 months we don't see a book or movie written by her.
ReplyDelete@ Sauvage. I might not believe evidence against my loved one initially, but I sure as hell wouldn't keep making public statements about it. She should process all this, but not to the media, the same media she is implying is putting out false information about him.
ReplyDeleteCut her some slack. Denial is the first stage of grief, and her entire future just dissolved before her eyes. Coming to terms with all this is going to be a painful process, and she'll have to get there in her own way. As much as we'd like to, we can't force the red pill down someone's throat. A little compassion goes a long way.
ReplyDeletesassafrass I think she is actually further along in medical school than he is. Sadly ( for my opinion of society ) I am going with Coley on this one!
ReplyDeleteI think we would all react the same way if it was a family member. We would never abandon them.
ReplyDeleteI still think she should RUN!
If this was MY finace, I wouldn't say a goddamned word to the press, whether I believed the charges or not. She's sounding more & more like a media whore.
ReplyDeleteI pass by her house on my way home from work, and you wouldn't believe the amount of news and media coverage camped outside of her house. For a small town, our area isn't used to this stuff. I want to feel sorry for her, but I can't anymore. This isn't circumstantial evidence any longer, these are cold hard facts that have been presented.
ReplyDeleteyeah, kristen--that's the whole point. she should try a little STFU for now. and her family should tell her that.
ReplyDeletewhat's this? her second statement since he got popped? just sit tight, girlfriend. oh, and cancel the flowers.
i think we all cut her some slack at first, when the first statement came out, now this second one is pushing it. if she doesn't watch her protests she could find herself investigated.
ReplyDeleteif she chooses to side with an animal that obviously has zero emotions after hearing all the cold hard facts, then fuck her.
IMO.
I'm with jax.
ReplyDeleteShe just found out something really terrible. Give her some time to process. I'm reserving judgment on her right now. I know when my ex was cheating on me, it was really hard to believe, even with pretty damning evidence.
In her heart of hearts I think she might have felt something was wrong but kept herself in the happy pink bubble of denial. As long as she didn't believe it of him in her little mind it won't be true.
ReplyDeleteShe's like a little kid with it's hands over it's eyes, saying as long as they don't have to look, it won't be REAL. Reality is going to be quite a slap in the face.
Not everyone is media savvy. If a reporter stuck a mic in any of our faces and asked for a statement, we'd probably give one along the lines of "Fuck off!" :) She, on the other hand, may think if she gives pat statements they will go away and let her process. Who knows. I still feel terribly sad for her.
ReplyDeletei think the whole damn thing is still sad and i do empathize with her, but by making these types of statements puts people off.
ReplyDeleteplus, people take sides real quick in this and you're either for or against a murderer. she's kinda f*cked either way.
For her to be completely overwhelmed and saying things she might regret later is understandable. What I do NOT understand is why her family (who cannot possibly be as duped as she is, nor incapable of seeing the hard evidence for what it is) let her do this, and even encourage her. They need to try to reign her in and, despite how terrible she must feel, make her shut up and deal with it in private. UNLESS, of course, as some of you pointed out, its more of a publicity deal than anything else.
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