We are three episodes and two ambulances into this summer’s season of The Bachelorette and one of the frontrunners is a convicted sex offender. Another was recently outed for posting hateful tweets of some sort within the first week, but that is a whole nuther talk show.
Becca, who you may recall was given the final rose on the last season of The Bachelor until Arie decided he’d made a mistake and dumped her for the first runner-up, is the bachelorette in this season. Becca has kept nearly all of the black suitors. While she seems close to some of the white suitors as well and is kissing all of them at every opportunity, she seem particularly attracted to Lincoln. Well, that could be a problem.
News just broke that Lincoln was arrested in 2016 for indecent assault and battery that occurred on a cruise ship. The charge seemed to be that he was drunk and came on strong to some disinterested woman on the ship. He groped her breast and grinded on her and put her hands on his chest. If I am being honest this sounds like a drunk guy asking someone to dance in an aggressive manner. It’s something a good swift knee to the groin could handle if one so inclined. Instead he was arrested.
He was sentenced on May 21 a week before the show began broadcasting but after filming was over.
He was sentenced to a year in jail. The judge then suspended the sentence and offered a two-year probation. He also has to attend three AA meetings a week for those two years and register as a sex offender. Either he had a horrible attorney or the registering as a sex offender part is incorrect. That seems a bit much to me.
So, currently, Becca is engaged to the love of her life after struggling over who to choose of the TWO men she was in love with by the end of filming. That was the exact same situation Arie got hammered for all over the Internet.
Here is the thing, Becca’s celebrity crush is Michael Strahan. She seems to have a type. Lincoln has a bit of an accent. He seems very into to her. She seems very into him. On the last episode he cheated at a game the guys were playing to win time with her. She is attracted to a few of the guys at this early stage in the game. Lincoln is starting to get a bit of a bad edit. I’ll just have to wait and see.
I do not normally post about pretaped competition shows because I DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. THERE ARE SITES THAT KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS ALREADY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NOT SPOILERS IN COMMENTS. SPOILERS WILL GET YOU AN AUTOMATIC BAN.
UPDATE!
The Bachelorette has issued a statement.
“No one on the ‘Bachelorette’ production had any knowledge about the incident or charges when Lincoln Adim was cast, and he himself denied ever having engaged in or been charged with any sexual misconduct. We employ a well- respected and highly experienced third party who has done thousands of background checks consistent with industry standards to do a nationwide background check in this case. The report we received did not reference any incident or charge relating to the recent conviction – or any other charges relating to sexual misconduct. We are currently investigating why the report did not contain this information.”
The only thing that will make this worse is if she picked him.
Can’t spoil cuz don’t watch the show…but on another note. There was a white guy here who actually raped a woman and the judge gave him 6 months…cuz he didn’t want to give home too hard a sentence based on the way he grew up. Talk about bs. I have to agree this sounds like a case of drunken dance moves. No offense but white women always play victim when it comes to black men. Now he has to register as a sex offerender and his entire life is ruined because he had the gall to be drunk while black.
Do we know that the woman he groped is white? Just curious. The sentence does sound very extreme. I bartended for over 15 years and this is the type of thing that would typically get the guy kicked out of the bar and the girl a free drink. Not arrested. Unless grabbing her boob is an understatement.
He doesn’t have to register as a sex offender for life, only the two years he is on probation. Why did you have to add the insult onto white women? Women of all color have overreacted to men, not just white women.
Wow.
You manage to minimize sexual assault, assume facts not in evidence, and denigrate an entire race of people…all in one paragraph.
Him**
A registered sex offender? I agree with Tamara – that seems way over the top for the situation that was described. Imagine how many drunk, pushy guys would have to register if that were a normal part of terms and conditions of probation? Sounds way off, unless there was a lot more to it than we read.
I actually was leery of Lincoln – I didn’t find him genuine, just over the top. The way he cheated in the game showed a lack of character, and then running to her over the thrown photo was childish. I thought the guy who threw the photo should have been kicked out there and then, especially when it went in the pool. I wonder if they had to drain the pool to see if glass shards were in there? Any guy who can’t contain his emotions so early in the game, and who shows such jealousy over something so stupid, is a risk to others and needs to go.
I’m two episodes behind right now, but I’m really hoping that the male model get sent home. He’s the type of guy who’s a dime a dozen and is obviously there for the publicity, not to find love.
Well, I’m going to On Demand to get caught up. Haven’t watched the show for four or five years, but I’m enjoying this season.
No time in jail but has to register as a sex offender? Yeah, something isn’t adding up here. Sounds like a Brock Turner type of sentence which isn’t the norm for a Black man. Hope he appeals.
Don’t they watch UnREAL? Spin it, spin it, spin it!