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Man allegedly assaults woman for cutting off Wi-fi as he played Fortnite (www.northcentralpa.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't beleive it would but it did

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A Mount Carmel man who is a registered sexual offender allegedly assaulted and injured his wife after she cut off Wi-fi as he was playing the video game Fortnite with young children online.

Also the stuff about the wife’s boyfriend makes me think this guy spends time on 4Chan.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I just immediately thought this guy must be a regular on /b/

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The "with young children" bit is definitely inflammatory and uncalled for. Unless he was playing a "12 and under only" game mode, that bit is only in there because it makes the sex offender bit sound scarier.

"Oh no, the kidz are playing with sex offenders online!" style fear mongering. The loser was playing with randos, 95% odds, and if there was evidence that the 5% predation odds was what was actually happening that would be half the article

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The wife decided to cut off the Wi-Fi because she didn't want him talking to kids online. He might've been in an 18+ game but the wife thought he was there to creep on kids and got a TV allegedly thrown at her for it.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that in the article? How did I miss that

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

She told police she came downstairs and found Griest was talking to young kids online on Fortnite. She did not want him to have contact with the children because he is a registered sex offender, according to the affidavit. The wife then cut off the Wi-fi, which caused Griest to throw the television at her.

Fourth-ish paragraph. That's what she told the police.