I wasn't re-hashing anything, just putting my OWN thoughts down, as I have been for ages on my FB page, since before the trial even began... As to Eliza thinking he may have abused his own daughter, why on EARTH would you think that, Eliza? Rolf is on record as saying he was selfish in his younger days, not giving Bindi anywhere nearly enough attention through being off around the world all the time..... She resented him bitterly for that...Many children of famous parents feel the same, I know, I was married to one such man and his parents attitudes towards him broke he and his brother, for both of them were relatively well-known in their time, in the 40s... She grew, however, to come to understand her Dad's talent drove him onwards and as she's grown out of the his shadow, in her own artistic talent, she's also grown to like him far more... Does Rolf have Aspergers? Possibly....it would certainly explain his rendition of Jake The Peg in Court, when nerves probably got the better of him. Many famous people are on that spectrum/circle, being able to be one person whilst on stage, somehow covering up their nerves, but being unable to cope out of that 'safety net' they create for themselves....Rolf apparently prefers his own company when at home a lot too, which would also fit in, as would his being unable to understand that Alwen was so lonely when he was off on yet another gig/trip.. The main crime here is that he had affairs whilst being married..and many people live with that 'crime' every day of their lives...Some have open marriages, knowing the other does that, doing so themselves too, but none of it is the business of the public at large... As to Bindi's friends medical notes, well, who knows what they were about. Maybe she was ensuring a back up for a later date? If Rolf's name was revealed in them, why did no-one speak out earlier? The prosecution barrister even tried to infer that the 'slow walk' to court each day was put on, just a publicity stunt...saying that Bindi waited around the corner for her parents, in a cafe, only getting into their car at the last moment, so they drove to Court together...Well, why would she NOT do that? She doesn't live with them, has her own life, would have parked her car close by to drive home in afterwards.....And the 'slow walk' was because not only are both Rolf and Alwen in their 80s now, but Alwen can barely walk at all..I'd imagine she may well have very bad arthritis.... The lawyer twisted EVERYTHING around, using EVERYTHING she could, even daring to say that Bindi was only backing her father to ensure she got his inheritance...... He didn't stand a chance, not without having a lawyer who was as hideously and grossly gross as that one was..and sadly, he didn't..... Now, the press are turning him into Savile, using all the lurid adjectives they never got the chance to throw at Savile, at Rolf instead.
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