Gary Glitter: Difference between revisions

|Image = Gary Glitter.jpg

|fullname = Paul Francis Gadd|alias = Gary Glitter<br>Paul Raven<br>Rubber Bucket<br>Paul Monday<br>Paul Russell|occupation = Musician<br>Singer-songwriter

|skills = Singing<br>Guitar|hobby = Performing glam rock<br>Looking at [[Child Pornography|child pornography]]|goals = To be released from prison (ongoing)<br>To finish his incomplete album (ongoing)|type of villain = Remorseful [[Pedophilia|Pedophile]]|crimes = Possesion of child pornography<br>Child sexual abuse<br>Attempted [[rape]]<br>[[Pedophilia]]}}

 

'''Paul Francis Gadd''' (born 8 May 1944), known professionally as '''Gary Glitter''', is an English former glam rock singer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was imprisoned for downloading [[child pornography]] in 1999, and was subsequently convicted of child sexual abuse and attempted rape, in 2006 and 2015, respectively.

 

After performing under the name Paul Raven in the 1960s, he changed his stage name to Gary Glitter in the glam rock era of the early 1970s, with a sustained solo UK chart run of hits including "Rock and Roll, Parts 1 and 2", "Do You Wanna Touch Me", "I Love You Love Me Love", "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", and "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". He became known for his extreme glam image of glitter suits, make-up and platform boots, and his energetic live performances. He sold over 20 million records, had 26 hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Singles Chart; twelve reaching the Top 10, with three charting at number-one. He is listed in the Top 100 UK most successful chart acts. Glitter's popularity waned in the late 1970s, followed by a successful comeback as a solo artist again from the 1980s. His 1984 song "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" is one of the most played Christmas hits of all time.In 1998, his recording of "Rock and Roll" was listed as one of the top 1,001 songs in music history. Glitter also released seven studio albums, and at least fifteen compilation or live albums.

 

The BBC described Glitter's fall from grace as "dramatic" and "spectacular". The late 1990s saw his image become irreparably tarnished, following his 1997 arrest and 1999 conviction and imprisonment in the United Kingdom for downloading thousands of items of child pornography. He was also charged at the same time, but acquitted, of sexual activity with an underage girl in the 1970s. Later, Glitter faced criminal charges and deportation from several countries in connection with actual and suspected child sexual abuse. He was deported from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. After he settled in Vietnam, a Vietnamese court found him guilty of obscene acts with minors in 2006. After serving his sentence, Glitter was deported back to the UK where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. In October 2012, he was arrested again as part of Operation Yewtree. He was released on bail, but was eventually charged, in June 2014, with historical child sex offences. On 5 February 2015, he was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980. On 27 February 2015, he was sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison.

<blockquote>{{Quote|I was in a very bad place in my life at that time and I had a lot of very serious decisions to make about my future. By the time I had taken my computer to PC World, I then had other allegations come in so the lawyers' fees and the lawyers' bills were tremendous. And I also missed my girlfriend who lived in Cuba. I couldn't get her out of Cuba. I still can't get her out of Cuba. I was drinking heavily, I was doing drugs, and the other thing of course is that I had to find this money to pay for the legal costs and studio, and I was asked by my management to seriously do the one thing which was absolutely terrible - which was to sell my songs to Universal Pictures, and I regret it. I was just in a bad place. I went to prison, I came out. I was remorseful and I am remorseful. I am so sorry. It changed my life forever. I lost my honor, I lost my family. It has to stop, all this internet pornography of children. It has to stop, no doubt about, no doubt about. I was abused as a child so maybe I was trying to work my own feelings out. Today it would not happen, I have no interest in looking at that awful porn now. Absolutely no interest at all, it has destroyed my life, it has destroyed my family's life and it has most likely destroyed all those poor victims' lives - I have total empathy for those poor children.|Gary admitting his actions|}}</blockquote>

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