How Robert Richter's 'vanilla' comment sparked outrage and why he said it

When George Pell's lawyer, Robert Richter, described his crimes as"no more than a plain vanilla sexual penetration case" the comments lead to an instant and widespread backlash on social media.

They were made to the judge in open court as part of a pre-sentencing hearing, part of the normal plea discussions in such cases, according to Professor Jeremy Gans from the Melbourne Law School. "How can they say that? These are children, they were children, two of my children were treated to such rape," Ms Foster said, speaking outside court.

Judge Kidd addressed the court after the incident, warning he would see it as a"really serious example of contempt" if anyone was caught assaulting Mr Richter.Bog standard plea discussion

Those who denigrate the legal profession and in particular defence counsel want to hope they never run foul of the law and ever need the services of someone like Robert Richter.

Qldaah I don't care what legal reason he said it for, he said it! Nothing excuses child rape, he said it, so own it! Don't expect people to treat you with respect when you try to minimise the harm to kids!

Maybe if Mr Richter was slapped in the head, it could be considered as a vanilla assault and not anything more serious.

Now members of the legal profession are defending the appalling choice of words used by Richter. The boys club to the rescue, again, they have no f-ing idea, they have lost touch with social norms. No wonder people like Pell get away with this type of behaviour for so long.

6 mins of plain vanilla abuse just confirmed his grubby client is guilty.

Any kind of sexual fiddling on a child from an adult is disturbing to their development as a sexual person. Whether it happens in an institution or at home. It should never be trivialised

And thanks to this man we have now learnt that Pell held the boys heads. Think about that image for a minute. Did Richter go to a private boys school? Just asking.

‘Bog standard’ is the sort of institutionalized response that perpetuates the hubris of the offenders. More respectful and appropriate words should be the accepted standard.

Dear Robert’s practice has made big bucks from defending this fraudulent so called religious freak. He has successfully exposed the church for their superior attitude toward lesser people for all the world to see + finally he has exposed himself. How embarrassing, but well done

. This is standard practice for lawyers. They will do anything, legal or not, immoral or not etc.

Clearly this was a ghastly choice of words. It is however the counsel’s job to try to mitigate the sentence, which is difficult as Pell expressed no remorse because he maintains his innocence.

Must admit it’s dented his reputation badly after what has been probably a long and respected career. Sad for him, but he made a very poor choice of words that will haunt him for ever. Best he retire now......

I'm still trying to work out - if that's your defence, how do you mount an appeal after that?

Don’t care why he said it, it’s disgusting

It doesn't matter why he said it! He is an absolute disgrace!

There’s nothing plain, or vanilla, about this case. It’s an abuse of power by a powerful community leader on underage & powerless victims! So I’d call that the full Gelato! burninhellPell!

Couldn’t care less why he said it .. there are plenty of decent words he could have used .. he didn’t

it would appear that vanilla comment was aimed at the media designed to outrage the community and form basis for appeal about unfair trial claiming undercurrent of hysteria nice try richter but no cigar

Vanilla is a term to heterosexual culture... The closest icecream flavour I can relate this act to is rocky road...

Time we started treating paid mouthpieces with the contempt they deserve...

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