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"Pete Townshend targeted as a 'sex offender' before Super Bowl"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this recent article in the New York Post discussing the controversy that has been brewing ever since the legendary rock band "The Who" was announced as the entertainers for the Super Bowl halftime show.  Here are the details from the article: A child advocacy group has sent out leaflets warning of the arrival of a sex offender to Florida -- legendary guitarist Pete Townshend. The activists are outraged that the 64-year-old rocker will perform with "The Who" at the halftime show during the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 in Miami. The group is upset because Townshend was busted in 2003 for accessing child porn on the Internet. At the time, Townsend was placed on the sex offender registry for five years after he admitted using his credit card to view the images...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).