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Townshend Speaks Out On Child Porn Arrest
Last Updated 11:52 28/09/2012
The Who's Pete Townshend has spoken out about his attempt to expose the spread of child abuse images on the internet, which resulted in his arrest and extensive damage to his reputation.
The songwriter and guitarist was eventually cleared of possessing illegal images of children in 2003, but by then much of the damage to his image had already been done after he was placed on the sex offenders register for five years.
At the time, he claimed to be looking at a website while conducting research for a campaign against images of child sex abuse on the internet.
In an interview to publicise his autobiography, Who I Am, Townshend said his actions were a misguided attempt at "white knight syndrome".
Elaborating on what he cites as his attempt to be a hero, the rock star said:
"It's a product of success. I had experienced something creepy as a child, so you imagine, what if I was a girl of nine or 10 and my uncle had raped me every week?
I felt I had an understanding, and I could help. What I did was insane,"
He said he intended to reveal the financial trail of child abuse from Russian orphanages to British banks by paying a £7 fee to access a child pornography site with his credit card.
The transactions were picked up by officers investigating the sites as part of the FBI-led Operation Ore crackdown.
Townshend also revealed that he thought attempts to try to clear his name following the scandal would prove futile.
"I've had the misfortune to read online comments where I'm judged as a paedophile because I've got a big nose," he said.
After months of investigation police established that Townshend "was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images," but had accessed a site containing such images in 1999.
The Who star was talking to The Times which is serialising the tell-all book.
Who I Am will be released on October 11.
Townshend Speaks Out On Child Porn Arrest
Last Updated 11:52 28/09/2012
The Who's Pete Townshend has spoken out about his attempt to expose the spread of child abuse images on the internet, which resulted in his arrest and extensive damage to his reputation.
The songwriter and guitarist was eventually cleared of possessing illegal images of children in 2003, but by then much of the damage to his image had already been done after he was placed on the sex offenders register for five years.
At the time, he claimed to be looking at a website while conducting research for a campaign against images of child sex abuse on the internet.
In an interview to publicise his autobiography, Who I Am, Townshend said his actions were a misguided attempt at "white knight syndrome".
Elaborating on what he cites as his attempt to be a hero, the rock star said:
"It's a product of success. I had experienced something creepy as a child, so you imagine, what if I was a girl of nine or 10 and my uncle had raped me every week?
I felt I had an understanding, and I could help. What I did was insane,"
He said he intended to reveal the financial trail of child abuse from Russian orphanages to British banks by paying a £7 fee to access a child pornography site with his credit card.
The transactions were picked up by officers investigating the sites as part of the FBI-led Operation Ore crackdown.
Townshend also revealed that he thought attempts to try to clear his name following the scandal would prove futile.
"I've had the misfortune to read online comments where I'm judged as a paedophile because I've got a big nose," he said.
After months of investigation police established that Townshend "was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images," but had accessed a site containing such images in 1999.
The Who star was talking to The Times which is serialising the tell-all book.
Who I Am will be released on October 11.
