Comments about ‘Jury hears 2 versions in kidnap case’

They took the kids without the parents knowledge..
He was invited to the party so he knew the parents or at least someone that was there - so why did he not tell someone where the children were?
Just because there was drinking - does not mean that everyone was drunk.. does it?
They may have meant no harm in letting the children into their home... but they should have let the parents know!

Now seriously, you take someone's children into your house without letting the parents know where the children were? NO! You don't take other people's kids. If it acts like a perv it probably is one. Just because the gay community can be persecuted in many situations it does not automatically give it's members a pass on this behavior.

This prosecution stinks to high heaven. Bell's story sound completely true. The kids were wandering around outside, the parents were drunk, he took the little guys in. Has he any previous behavior that would indict him? Haven't heard it yet. The trial at this point looks like a kangeroo court.

I can see a neighbor taking my kids into a home after parting with me all night, without ill intent. After you are at a party, it forms a community, when you care and look out for each other. I am sure he felt like part of this community and felt like, "well if I am done parting and the parents are not, someone has to take care of the young ones." From his story, I don't see any ill intent here.

How did they know there the children were? I think it is very possible that the parents were drunk and the kids were wandering around. how many times have any parents turned their back and the kids had walked away to go play with someone they know? the fact that he has no previous charges is a good point normally there is a past record. and normally they act alone not with their partner

They forget the paart where the neighbors took the children out of the home, and instead of calling the cops, returned to beat the snot not only out of the person in question, but his partner as well - who was SLEEPING at the time. One of the thugs used a flat screen TV as a weapon!!!!This is a bad misunderstanding that turned into a hate crime.

there's a lot to be considered here. If they were all close friends, then the parents should not have burst into his house and beaten him. (I saw the news photos of his face after being beaten and it was AWFUL.) I wonder why he didn't call the authorities in this case, but I sort of think that he really didn't want the parents to be prosecuted. Does it seem innocent to anyone except me that at such a late hour, even with the children in his bedroom - which might be a normal place to be so late at night, early in the morning - that his doors were unlocked, showing that he wasn't trying to hide or restrain the children? The parents and neighbors evidently didn't have any trouble getting into his house and, for some reason, they knew right where to go. My heart tells me that he is innocent.

that when I said that Mr. Bell didn't call the authorities because he thought that the parents might be prosecuted, I meant that he didn't call the authorities at the time the children were with him, not after the parents had beaten him.

He should have called the police when he found the children wandering around.
He probably did not want to cause problems with his neighbors, but wanted to make sure the kids were safe.
What I do not understand is why the parents of the children were never charged with anything for neglegence of the children.
If you want to have a big party and drink until the wee hours of the night go to wendover or las vegas and get a baby sitter.

I have read the story from Mr. Bell's point of view, and to me, it rings far more true than what the parents are alleging. According to Mr. Bell, the kids actually came to his door for help finding their parents in the crowd of partygoers. All he did was let them in and get ready to go find the parents, when they burst in accusing him of kidnapping. It is a travesty that he is being tried, while there were no charges against the parents for either neglect, or for the attack.

"Many people in the gay community are furious that Bell, who is gay, is being depicted as a child molester."

Ok,OK, so WHY did these kids end up in his bedroom? It sounds like he is gay AND a child molestor. The "Gay" community should be outraged that this man was going to molest some children. So why aren't they?

Bell has not been charged with child molestation, so I don't even know why this is being brought up. He took children who were not his, without the parents' permission, into his home. The fact that the parents were so upset shows that this was not some "community" watch-out-for-everyone's-kids type of situation. Claiming Bell is innocent is like saying because I steal someone's money but then claiming I had no ill-intent doesn't mean I'm not guilty of stealing your money. It is still theft. Bell is still, by definition, a kidnapper - it doesn't matter what he claims he was trying to do, or whether or not he had intentions to molest the children (although having them in his bedroom certainly doesn't help). He's guilty of kidnapping, and the parents and their cohorts are guilty of assault and battery. End of story.

Let's see, a lone kidnapper who weighs about 150 pounds, breaks into a house full of partying Polynesians, abducts not one, but two children, climbs over a fence with them to his house next door which is also full of people (and would be the first place to be canvassed by the police).

Hmmm...Sounds like the worst crime plan EVER! Or maybe this kidnap story is just a smoke screen for some bad parenting.

what a difficult case to try - the jury has a momentous task ahead of them

What's with this prosecutor? Has he gone nuts? When it comes to helping a child even if it means taking them to someplace they feel wanted is not kidnapping, it helping them. This prosecutor is confusing giving aid to children with child neglect and parental abuse. You see a child wandering the streets its human nature to want to help them, especially when you know the lifestyles in their parents homes. Helping a neighbor, whether its a child or adult, seems to be illegal in the eyes of this prosecutor. Knowing the children and the parents this man was being kind, not criminal.

The parents of the children are on a rampage now because they got caught in child neglect, which is very much a consideration in the charges of kidnapping. In many neighborhoods there are safe houses for children to go to in times of need or safety and this was the man's intent.

You mess with mama bears cubs and you get what's coming to you. Bad parenting? No way. They were quick and saved their kids in the nick of time. Bell is lucky to be alive.

If he was trying to do something bad, would have taken the children into the room where his partner was sleeping? Come on now!!!

Sounds like the Prosecuter has nothing else to do but waste Tax Payers money. What about the family memebers who almost killed both of these people. i have seen Polonysian beatings and they are vicious. I also know the Bell Family and the are very even tempered and always willing to help. Our Youngest son was always over at the Bells house and never a worry or threat was posed. Time to change the Prosecution and go after the parents of the kids for neglect and the remaining family for the break in and the beatings.

So, children have no rights??

Mahershalalhashbaz, if mama bear were watching her cubs maybe they wouldn't of had to find someone to help them find their mama bear. And since when is it ok to beat a man to deth? Lets get all the facts.