Australian jazz musician James Morrison has written a character reference for an American saxophonist who indecently assaulted a woman while studying at a prestigious South Australian music academy.Matthew Allen Harkins was a student at the James Morrison Academy when the assault took placeHis lawyer asked a judge not to record a conviction because it would harm his client's career
Bill Boucaut SC, for Harkins, urged Judge Rauf Soulio not to record a conviction against his client's name because it would jeopardise his ambitions to become a music teacher in the future."His father is a talented pianist — he inherited his father's gift. He is a highly accomplished musician."
He wrote a character reference that basically stated that this particular student had never been in trouble before. It's standard procedure. The reference does not get him exonerated, but rather just reduces the sentence slightly, as the student had no prior criminal behaviour.
James goes really down in my estimation doing that!
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Should be banned from teaching for life.
get, and I cannot stress this enough, fucked
Get fucked
Church buddies
Stab an iconic musician for giving a character reference in a sexual assault claim, the SAS for operating in the field of war where supposed innocent people were killed, continual Black lives matter posts, climate change ABC you have lost me
Trying to waive a conviction because James Morrison states he goes alright on a piano? Fuck me
Throw the book at him and James Morrison is scum.
Morrison isn’t guilty of anything, this guy is and should face the music.