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| Richard Franklin Gooch |
Gooch: I told them exactly what happened. They gave me a public defender because I didn't have enough money for an attorney, nor did my parents at that time. They wanted to make a deal because I had already been in trouble for some petty crimes. (renting things and not returning them) They said because of the other crimes they would automatically think I was guilty of the rape and give me a maximum sentence, so they coaxed me into a plea agreement. I said I wasn't guilty of rape, but because they told me I could get a life sentence if it went to a jury trial even if I was innocent. Because they scared me, I was forced into a plea agreement.
SS: First, while we don't know the name of Gooch's attorney, there are some excellent lawyers who provide service to the state as public defenders. The Shoals area is not known as a financial gold mine for the law, and many proficient attorneys are happy to serve in this capacity and serve well. Second, anyone who is familiar with the law will know that Gooch could have opted for a "Best Interest" plea in which he asserted his innocence, if he had so desired. Also, the judge would have specifically asked Gooch if he had been forced in any way to accept the plea.
Mrs. Gooch: Well, we have seen several stories on Shoalanda Speaks and OB's Corner, etc. that you had raped this woman at knife point. Did you use a knife to threaten her?
SS: Until today, we have never mentioned Gooch by name and have never mentioned a knife. We linked OB's Corner on January 29th of this year and answered a comment concerning the alleged crime on January 31st. We have not checked OB's blog to see how often he has or hasn't mentioned Gooch, but no one has seen "several stories" concerning Gooch here because we have not published them. Our purpose in mentioning Gooch's presence at Sweetwater was to point out how easily any unscrupulous person could accuse him of a sex crime and win a large judgment from Sweetwater's owner, forcing her to sell the property to developers.
Mrs. Gooch: I believe the story on Shoalanda says you broke into the woman's
house and knifed her and raped her and left her for dead?
SS: Once again, we have two previous entries concerning Gooch--January 29th and January 31st. Please read these posts yourself and see if any of this was mentioned. It wasn't. Mrs. Gooch either has serious memory problems or intentionally added a great deal to her tale of woe. We leave that for you to decide.
Gooch: No, I didn't even have a knife. There was never any mention of a
weapon in my case. These stories have been fabricated. My case is
on micro fiche at the Colbert County Courthouse if anyone wants to
check it out.
SS: From the May 14th, 1991, TimesDaily:
Several other quotes could be examined, but we believe this gives the gist of Mrs. Gooch's post and its lack of veracity. We will add one more quote in the "just because" department. When asked what he saw in his wife, among his answers was this: ...and she doesn't look her
age. Ahh, we're glad Mr. Gooch has reached a point in his life where he knows what's important and what isn't.
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After reading our entry for today, we wish to offer an addendum. Only three entities know what happened on December 22, 1990--Gooch, his alleged victim, and God. Nor do we know Gooch's state of mind when he accepted the plea deal. Gooch says that he has turned his life around, and we sincerely hope he has. Our only problem with Gooch himself is the dissemination of false information about our blog. We hope both Mr. and Mrs. Gooch will go back and read anything that we have said previously. Perhaps they will be surprised at what we have and haven't actually said?
Shoalanda
This was my blog entry concerning a rapist at Sweetwater during art classes with children. I had posted a picture but removed it after the unknowing parents wanted it removed. It is the same picture that is on Mrs Gooch's website. I guess the parents thinking was by my removing the picture the rapist would go away. Here is my blog entry hopefully showing my concern about it..... Is there a rapist at Sweetwater? It seems so. The art historian/curator Phyllis White has married Richard Franklin Gooch. Gooch served 20 years without probation and has been at Sweetwater during some of the art classes. Personally, if this were true, my children would not be going there.
ReplyDeleteA little more on Mr Gooch,..
Is there no law in Alabama to keep sex-offenders from being around groups of children? I know Mrs.White-Gooch's son has had run-ins with the law. It seems to me even if she did't care about other peoples kids,that she would want a beter role model for her troubled son.
ReplyDeleteGooch is lying about not having to register in Tennessee or Florida. Look it up. How many lies does that make?
ReplyDeleteMr gooch did not rape the woman he is guilty of not giving her the dope she was expecting for her services.to think that a woman would do this to any man is unbeliveable
ReplyDeleteShe protested mr gooch because she thought he would kill her for lieing on mr gooch.when he got out she left the state
Unfortunately I have recently met Gooch. I live in TN and yes you do have to register sex offenders. I can tell you 100% certainty that Gooch has recently been around very young children and that he has acquired a meth problem along with other drugs. I called Killen Alabama police department to report this, because this is a bad guy. The person I met him through, said Gooch talks about sex nonstop and watches porno all day. This is a problem because he has recently started dating a girl with 2 toddler daughters. Luckily the kids have been removed from the situation, but that him being around young kids Plus doing drugs should be enough to get this predator off the street. Because this guy is a predator. I met him in August 2020 in Hohenwald Tn. If anyone knows if hes on probation or what town he lives in, please post, because he has broken the law by being around and staying the night in the same house as 2 toddler girls. We must get this low life off the street.
ReplyDeleteThis remark is not true whatsoever. How would you know what drugs if any someones is on. Or if he stayed at someones house with two daughters. And why are you on here saying these things what good does it help anyone?
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