First of all. I'm not a middle aged woman. I happen to be only a few years older than the accused.

And I'm the one who called him out to begin with on an entirely different issue and it's skyrocketed from there.

As for my "maturity level", at least I'm mature enough to own up to my wrongs, and own my opinion and thoughts on this. Something you don't seem to be able to do publicly.

We're not friends. I, like the majority of his former friends, are sick of his lies. I've stood up for him for far too long. I've defended him. I've fought his battles for him. I'm done defending a liar, and a manipulator.

Like I said, friendship ends, horror stories come out.

Like I said in my own comment here, who is really willing to throw their friend under the bus? No one.

I came out. I attached my name to this. Tenshi's name is attached to this. Most of the commenters? No. Almost no one is attaching their full second life name to any of it. You want to say things, but you're too afraid to say it as who you are in world?

Did I say ignoring the issue here was right? No, I did not. Did I say it was okay that he did this? No, I didn't. Who wants to intentionally hurt their friends?

As to 14-17 year old, he lies from the get go about his age. Coincidentally it gets lower and lower each time age is mentioned. As for a little clique? Why is this even relevant? You and your friends are a clique and I know you'd have done the same exact thing if one of your friends was accused of this. You believe what you want to believe, and when you're friends with someone, you tend to believe their side. It's called loyalty.

When a friendship is over, people talk about their horror stories with the other party. It just so happens that his horror stories happen to be theft, and lies.

My hide? It's out there. I've attached my name to everything I've said about him because I have absolutely nothing to hide.

Not debatable.

Fashion designers in real life: Artists. Clothes (most of them) are art you wear.

Fashion designers in SL: Artists. You wear their clothes. Without their clothes, you'd look disgusting. The skins? Art. Makes you pretty.

It's not a personal vendetta at all. The fact is that if people had known he was doing this for the entire time, they let it slide because friendship got in the way. Is this an excuse for not coming forward? No. If you were friends with someone, would you throw them under the proverbial bus? No, you wouldn't.

Now that everyone is coming out with their horror stories, and realizing they're not alone in how they feel about him, they're more apt to talk about everything that happened. Ripped skins, begging for lindens, and manipulation they've suffered. People like to know they're not alone in things like this.

Besides just ripping/sending out stolen content, he has acted like a complete jerk, and has been rude and disrespectful to anyone who doesn't immediately become friends with him, or give him things. People are sick of him because of everything he has done, and lied about.

He says people hate him because of his "real life, lifestyle"? No. People dislike him because all he does is lie about "who he is". Maybe he could be telling the truth about something, but will people believe him? No. Why? Because all anyone knows of him are lies he tells. Where does the lying stop, and truth begin?

He "got away" with it for so long because he was a ‘Second Life celebrity’? What does he do? Is he a content creator? No. Does he do anything productive, creative on SL? No. The only reason you think he is a ‘SL celeb’ is because he was friends with people who do creative, productive things. Its just a scapegoat you use because you have nothing else to say- "he's a ‘SL celeb’ , that’s why he can get away with it". Um, obviously he's not getting away with it and that's why this is happening now.

Anyway. As a former friend of the accused, I'm not sorry that all of this is happening to him. I've known him for a long time, and as I was his friend, I wanted to protect him, and believe him, and stand up for him. But now? Now I'm over it. This sucks, but it's something he all brought upon himself.

When it rains, it pours.

3. Hmmm. Interesting. I can relate.

- I wish there were more bitter, catty secrets today

Blah blah blah all I keep reading from you is "durrrr i'm a raging bitch who has nothing better to do with life than create ignorant drama on a virtual world because I'm too disgusting to have any actual friends blah blah i've been wronged blah blah blah i want attention blah blah blah let me steal some prims and make people disgusted by me blah blah blah i will call this revenge blah blah blah. this is my biggest accomplishment in my life blah blah."

Dear Queef Solo, you're a dirty ranging cunt with a reserved sign next to Rasputin in Hell xoxo Emleigh Westland.

aw number five just warms my soul so much. <3

I'm with James. Laaaame.