REPOST of Nancy Baldacci (mother of Gary's victim) account of what
happened.
After lurking for several months, biting my lip every time I
read a Burnore lie, I have decided to set the record
straight about some things. My name is not important but
what is important is I am a friend of Rachael Baldacci and
was with her during some very hard times in her life.
First thing is first. I've read Gary Burnore's account of
how things went down and it disgusted me. He has attempted
to place himself in the best possible light and in the
process has come up with a pack of lies. He has also
attempted to paint my friend as a whore who instigated this
whole mess. It's all lies. The truth gets told now.
Gary has tried to downplay what happened by constantly
bringing up the fact that Rachael was 17 when he ran into
his legal problems. What Gary has left out of the story is
she was only 15 when they first met. She was a typical,
confused, troubled 15 year old girl. She felt awkward in
school, around boys, she often told me she felt like a
square peg in a round world. She had a difficult time
growing up, with a lack of a male parental role in the
household, but that is another story. When Gary came into
her life she was in need of parental guidance, a
role model. What she got was something much more sinister.
After reading some other accounts of what happened let me
just say Gary Burnore did not rape her in the traditional
sense of the word. A few weeks after her 16th birthday they
began having sexual intercourse and it was something she
thought she wanted. With the benefit of hindsight she has
told me she realizes she had just been manipulated by a man
old enough to ber her Father. But what do 16 year old girls
know about love? She thought she was in love but got taken
for a ride.
At the time Gary was pursuing a sexual relationship with
Rachael he was also nursing a relationship with her Mother,
a relationship Rachael says she now believes was started
so he could get closer to her. At about this time Rachael
started having reservations about was was going on. She told
Gary she wanted to break it off, that she didn't want
to hurt her Mother. This enraged Gary and he told her if she
broke it off he'd tell her Mom that she came on to him and
her mom would hate her and disown her for it. She
reluctantly continued their one sided sex affair up until a
few weeks after her 17th birthday.
I'm going to spare the torrid details of how things were
brought to a close, the court proceedings and the
restitution payments, that is all a matter of public record
anyway. It is true that due to a good lawyer and some clever
twisting of dates and facts Gary Burnore did not spend a day
in jail. They originally charged him with statutory rape but
his lawyer got it pleabargained down to a lesser offense.
Gary got off with a slap on the wrist but the emotional
damage he caused a young girl and her Mother are
incalculable. Gary's probation may be up but Rachael will
suffer because of this for the rest of her life.
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