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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:37 PM Jan 2016

man posts groveling apology for forcing girlfriend out into the street naked




The woman, 22, who was allegedly forced to walk the streets of New York City naked by her boyfriend Jason Melo, 24, is breaking her silence

Melo is accused of choking and hitting her in front of their newborn daughter before threatening to throw her down stairs and slash her face

Melo then allegedly forced her to walk around the streets of New York City naked while yelling abuse, calling her a 'b***h' and a 'w***e'

He was arrested Wednesday evening and is awaiting arraignment on charges of choking, child abuse, coercion and assault

Melo posted a series of Instagram videos in which he appears to confess to the crime before begging for forgiveness

Just hours earlier however he had posted another video mocking the cruel punishment




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The woman, who is initially wearing a towel, is then stripped and made to walk around in the street while trying desperately to cover herself with the dust jacket from a motorcycle (right)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3410748/Man-24-choked-beat-girlfriend-forcing-walk-naked-streets-New-York-arrested-begging-forgiveness-social-media.html#ixzz3xveGUK1N

In a post alongside apology videos (pictured) he released, Melo writes: 'I hope my family is OK, I have a world ahead of me with goals to achieve, I won't do anything else to affect my life, I apologize to ALL the mothers'


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man posts groveling apology for forcing girlfriend out into the street naked (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 OP
take a good look ladies and pass his face around with a warning to stay away saturnsring Jan 2016 #1
.^that 840high Jan 2016 #2
if women didn't let guys like this pass on their genes, the breed would die out yurbud Jan 2016 #27
that's why pass his face around saturnsring Jan 2016 #30
it should become a common practice yurbud Jan 2016 #41
I really don't get it. How does any woman end up married to a dipshit like that? Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #3
They're not terribly obvious. sibelian Jan 2016 #8
actually they ARE obvious Skittles Jan 2016 #14
You're probably right actually... sibelian Jan 2016 #15
they steer WAY clear of someone like me Skittles Jan 2016 #16
LOL I can't imagine anyone like that getting the better of YOU, darling sibelian Jan 2016 #17
Cuz they KNOW you'd kick their ass. nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #18
damn straight Skittles Jan 2016 #21
I can't disagree more strongly. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #31
They can be quite good at hiding their dipshit-ness jeff47 Jan 2016 #12
^^This.^^ Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #26
Sad Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #32
girls want "bad boys" Piasladic Jan 2016 #37
Yeah, I think that's one of the things. sibelian Jan 2016 #39
Can this phenomenon be discussed in DU? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #45
I don't know, there's this mess around the term "nice guy" now... sibelian Jan 2016 #49
Righteous punishment: "The sweetest of moral pleasures" attr. Aldous Huxley. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #53
Some of us believed we don't deserve nadine_mn Jan 2016 #54
On the other hand, lots of us females ignore the signs and malaise Jan 2016 #34
Fortunately, in FL authorities don't need a woman's go-ahead to prosecute... Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #44
It starts well, with them focused on each other, they slowly goes to shit uppityperson Jan 2016 #46
He's sorry he got caught. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #4
^That EllieBC Jan 2016 #6
Exactly! These bastards are never sorry for what they do to anyone else. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #11
I'm guessing he wanted to get caught Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #7
I doubt that completely. cwydro Jan 2016 #52
Sad, Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #5
I've seen worse things happen when the other person Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #10
Probably a gun culturist like these guys... onehandle Jan 2016 #9
Let me guess, she goes back to him. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #13
Sure, he's "sorry." He included THIS typical abuser comment with his "apology": tblue37 Jan 2016 #19
See? Obviously he's the real victim here. Orrex Jan 2016 #28
Bingo! Abusers ALWAYS have to drop that one into any "apology". bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #35
Total dickhead. sibelian Jan 2016 #38
It's all about him. Don't need to read a single thing. Rex Jan 2016 #20
Crocodile tears LittleBlue Jan 2016 #22
I hope they both learn from this. mythology Jan 2016 #23
If she allows her daughter to grow up with this jerk or some other abusive man in the tblue37 Jan 2016 #40
Here's the NY Daily News link - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #24
I hope she takes the child and gets Ilsa Jan 2016 #25
I think is hepcat apologia is aimed at her. Such poor sick puppy eyes. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #43
"But look what you pushed me to do" Oneironaut Jan 2016 #29
sociopath Javaman Jan 2016 #33
this guy deserves everything coming to him, and I hope he changes radically steve2470 Jan 2016 #36
Punishment phase: NYC. Lot of snow. Needs clearing. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #42
I'm glad I don't run into shit like this. Next thing I know I'd wind up in jail for screwing up.. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #47
I bet she goes back to him. nt ladyVet Jan 2016 #48
I hope his subsequent posts are all made from jail. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2016 #50
Let's hope she's now his ex girlfriend Warpy Jan 2016 #51
 

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)
1. take a good look ladies and pass his face around with a warning to stay away
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jan 2016

may he never know the love of a woman again

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
15. You're probably right actually...
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 09:59 PM
Jan 2016

But that's an observation I can make only after years of experience, a lot of these guys come across all cuddly and confident and underneath there's this seething self-absorption... I can spot them now, I didn't used to be able to.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
17. LOL I can't imagine anyone like that getting the better of YOU, darling
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:11 PM
Jan 2016



Maybe if I'd had a big sister I'd have turned out luckier...

Skittles

(172,125 posts)
21. damn straight
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:43 PM
Jan 2016

I am not blaming the victims - it's complicated, but I had five brothers, served in the military, etc - if a guy ever hit me I would find the nearest baseball bat and beat the living shit out of him - this they know

KentuckyWoman

(7,408 posts)
31. I can't disagree more strongly.
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:56 PM
Jan 2016

Yes some women get sucked in because childhood abuse damaged their self esteem and they can't see clearly, or do see and think it's the best they can get. But these jerks are nearly always all rainbows and unicorns until the first child comes. Anyone can get sucked in by the master manipulators.


jeff47

(26,549 posts)
12. They can be quite good at hiding their dipshit-ness
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 09:29 PM
Jan 2016

until after they feel their victim is too entangled to walk away.

Xipe Totec

(44,563 posts)
32. Sad
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:48 AM
Jan 2016

There are a lot of good men out there.

Mostly ignored because they don't give out the "bad boy" vibe.

Piasladic

(1,171 posts)
37. girls want "bad boys"
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:00 AM
Jan 2016

I don't think the problem is that women are passing up the good men or the "nice guys" in favor of "bad boys," but rather sometimes nice women get fooled by bad boys pretending to be nice.

Lo

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
39. Yeah, I think that's one of the things.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:26 PM
Jan 2016

"Nice guys" can often tell that the obnoxious guys are wankers, too...

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
49. I don't know, there's this mess around the term "nice guy" now...
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 07:15 PM
Jan 2016

... with a kind of amalgam of genuinely nice guys and probably not very nice guys who THINK they are both being depressed about not really getting anywhere with relationships and a somewhat simplistic (although entirely understandable) response from a subsection of feminism behaving as if they are all of the PUA scene, which is actually a separate phenomenon altogether.

I really think if people were a little more specific in their terminology, particularly around gender, sooooo many of these discussions would proceed sooooo much more amicably...

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
54. Some of us believed we don't deserve
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:12 PM
Jan 2016

"Nice" guys. My mom has been married and divorced 5 times...my role model of what to expect from a man was pretty crappy and ingrained since birth. Fortunately, I married the best guy.

malaise

(296,823 posts)
34. On the other hand, lots of us females ignore the signs and
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:37 AM
Jan 2016

have this belief that we can change them.
Throw away the keys!

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
44. Fortunately, in FL authorities don't need a woman's go-ahead to prosecute...
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:13 PM
Jan 2016

in domestic violence cases. The state can prosecute without it, and does. Hoping NY has such a law.

uppityperson

(116,022 posts)
46. It starts well, with them focused on each other, they slowly goes to shit
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:26 PM
Jan 2016

Been there, done that, trying to explain to others how it's a gradual process. Rather like that frog sitting in the nice warm hot tub only to one day realize it's a lot on the stove with the chef standing by holding tongs and a knife.

I hope she gets the help she needs, with this being publicized.

EllieBC

(3,639 posts)
6. ^That
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:46 PM
Jan 2016

Threatening to kill the mother of your newborn? Beating her and making her walk naked in the cold?

He's not sorry. He's just sorry he's going to the big house.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. Exactly! These bastards are never sorry for what they do to anyone else.
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 09:24 PM
Jan 2016

They are only sorry they got caught and for how their reputations are going to suffer.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
7. I'm guessing he wanted to get caught
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:46 PM
Jan 2016

Which is why he recorded it and uploaded it to social media...

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
52. I doubt that completely.
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 08:15 PM
Jan 2016

He's a stupid criminal and thought he was being tough with his boys on that video.

I hope he gets prosecuted.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
5. Sad,
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:45 PM
Jan 2016

simply Sad....

I don't understand how anyone could treat another person in such a manner.....

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
10. I've seen worse things happen when the other person
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jan 2016

is suspected of being unfaithful...

Of course that in no way excuses such an unthinkable and shocking episode of abuse and humiliation...Nobody should have to go through that, and somebody needs to remind that dude that he doesn't fucking *own* the woman in his life...

tblue37

(68,444 posts)
19. Sure, he's "sorry." He included THIS typical abuser comment with his "apology":
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:27 PM
Jan 2016
I came from a woman, I have a daughter, and I have two sisters. But look what you pushed me to do (emphasis added). I am sorry for everything.

bullwinkle428

(20,662 posts)
35. Bingo! Abusers ALWAYS have to drop that one into any "apology".
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:50 AM
Jan 2016

Trust me...I've heard that one more than once.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
20. It's all about him. Don't need to read a single thing.
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:28 PM
Jan 2016

Run away fast and never look back.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
23. I hope they both learn from this.
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:54 PM
Jan 2016

Her to get away and get help for her and her daughter.

I hope he learns this is abominable and gets the help he needs along with a swift dose of criminal justice.

tblue37

(68,444 posts)
40. If she allows her daughter to grow up with this jerk or some other abusive man in the
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 01:48 PM
Jan 2016

father role, that little girl will also learn that this is the way women should expect to be treated by the men they are in a relationship with, and thus dooes the cycle perpetuate itself.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
24. Here's the NY Daily News link -
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:57 PM
Jan 2016
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/exclusive-man-forces-girlfriend-walk-streets-naked-article-1.2504623

snip
A self-pitying misogynist maniac was arrested for choking his girlfriend, parading her around the streets of Harlem naked and then posting video of the public humiliation online, police sources said Thursday.

Jason Melo, 24, beat and choked his 22-year-old girlfriend in their W. 142nd St. apartment in front of her 3-month-old daughter before forcing the woman into the cold for the medieval-style degradation, cop sources said.

Sources said Melo punched the victim in the face and crotch and threatened to kill her if she didn’t disrobe, put on a towel and leave the apartment.
snip


oh yeah he's sorry. So sorry he says "Look what you pushed me to do."

Ilsa

(64,429 posts)
25. I hope she takes the child and gets
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 10:59 PM
Jan 2016

as far away from him as possible. I hope he goes to jail. Maybe be forced to disrobe in front of others for a humiliating body check.

steve2470

(37,481 posts)
36. this guy deserves everything coming to him, and I hope he changes radically
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:54 AM
Jan 2016

I wish the woman all the best!!

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
47. I'm glad I don't run into shit like this. Next thing I know I'd wind up in jail for screwing up..
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:40 PM
Jan 2016

..this mother-fucker's face.

Warpy

(114,646 posts)
51. Let's hope she's now his ex girlfriend
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 08:14 PM
Jan 2016

Some men should be restricted to dating Real Dolls. He's a prime example.

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