All the stories in today's press re Jeremy Forest

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Unbelievable. Her father is just sick. His father is the worst kind of apologist - everyone but his previous son to blame. How they can lay this at the door of his wife is beyond me.

I won't link as its the daily mail but my god, all of those people are just awful. Clearly the sort who actually frequent the comments section on this foul publication.

Sorry that should be precious.

Its all very sad and angry making. I presume his parents agreed to publishing that letter from her to them.

And yes, blaming the ex-wife is just totally unacceptable.

The whole thing is just awful.

Her dumbass dad is giving her absolutely no room to manoeuvre and grow out of this "relationship". Most dads (about 99.999%) would really hate their daughter to get married so young never mind marrying someone just out of prison. I strongly suspect he is point scoring against his former wife.

Jeremy Forrest must have been incredibly indulged during his childhood and seems to be still thoroughly spoilt now. He and his family are a disgrace.

It's just a huge mess, and yet none of them have the decency to just STFU. I agree, he clearly has been indulged all the way into adulthood. It's the attacks on his wife that are just the worst. I hope she is getting all the love and support she'll need cos his family are determined to peddle the poor not-in-control-of-his-own-actions Jeremy line to the nth degree. Just an utterly foul family.

I suspected he was a spoiled and indulged golden child type from a dysfunctional family after they took the stand in his defence and basically blamed everyone except their darling boy.

Certainly looks to be the case doesn't it?

Agree with every word thecrackedfox
I find the whole thing just shocking his family's reaction is quite bizarre as is the girl's

I am not the slightest bit surprised that he wants to marry her when he gets out of jail. All the better to bind her to him and try to stop her outgrowing the 'relationship'. He'll very likely want to start a family ASAP too.

And yes, her father and his entire family are beyond disgusting. Agree that Forrest is clearly still their pampered little prince. He's probably never been held accountable for anything in his life before.

Is there a way I can read this without a mail link? Or can someone briefly tell me what the family have been doing?

I don't see how his family have acted badly. If it were your child in this position, would you not try and defend him or at least give him some credibility or character reference?

The man was weak and abused his position and trust and in doing so broke the law. His severe sentence was set as an example and deterrent to all the other thousands of men who have similarly broke the law. He didn't murder anyone or rape babies. The Daily Mail accusations of paedophile and pervert are just stupid and smack of a witch hunt. Do people actually know what these terms mean?

The couple however who left their baby to die in a cot while they got pissed at a party have been given a few months in prison....

I know it's not a popular opinion on here but I can't find it within myself to feel any particular vitriol for Forrest and if their relationship is genuine, then I wish them well.

The 2 stories are not comparable tryharder.
His family are defending his illegal behaviour they could still stand by him but disown his actions instead they have chosen to believe he has done nothing wrong. That in itself is wrong and that's why he won't grow up and see he's acting disgustingly

Not only are his family defending what he did, they are actively blaming others for his choices and his actions. That is what makes his family despicable IMO. How on earth can his marriage of 2 years and how his wife behaved cause a grown man, in a position of authority, to seek out a young,unhappy, vulnerable child to groom, and then force him to decide that fleeing with that child is his best option? It's bullshit, and appallingly crass of them to embark on this road of blaming others for what their son is. Notice how they don't take responsibility for his choices or actions, yet his wife is the bad guy here? He is the only person responsible for what he did, both before and after he fled with a vulnerable child. And their efforts to deny that are sickening to read.

People may be interested to know that JF's lovely, supportive family have set up a facebook fan page on which they are encouraging underage girls to write to him.

I repeat, with gusto, his family are appalling and the worst kind of apologists.

And, they've put his parent's actual address on the page. Which suggests that as well as being apologists they are also rather dim. If anyone wants the link posted let me know.