Ex-coach facing sex charges

TellingItLikeItIs79 (anonymous) says...

By the looks of him, I'm surprised it was a girl.......

July 3, 2009 at 1:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

whalernut (anonymous) says...

JERK!

July 3, 2009 at 5 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ColdBud (anonymous) says...

The law needs to be changed so that there are only two sentencing options in cases like this. The judge should have to sign his/her name next to one that says:

"Death Penalty"

or one that says

"Let back out so that he can rape a child"

Our justice system currently chooses the second choice almost every time. I think if we worded it the way it should be worded, may that might change.

July 3, 2009 at 7:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

yeah, my first thought was....he is trying to get a little "boy tail".

He does look like a nancy.

July 3, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

whatelseisthere (anonymous) says...

And who among us thinks that this is his first try at this? How many other girls has he gotten? He won't get caught again.

July 3, 2009 at 8:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

The news said last night that there are possible others!!
Take him out behind the barn and show him how men who mess with little girls need to be handled!!
I have 3 girls and I would be ticked knowing that he is out and is able to do it again and possible RUN!!

July 3, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mikeinnc (anonymous) says...

ColdBud-

Do you have any facts or statistics to back up your ridiculous claim about how the justice system currently treats these cases?

I thought not.

Thatta boy, don't let a little thing like reality get in the way of the certainty of your opinions. Maybe there is a guest spot on Rush, Glen Beck, or Michael Savage in your future if you keep it up - just try to add a little more hate, narrow mindedness and outrageous rhetoric and you will be well on your way to your own satellite radio show. Good Luck!

July 3, 2009 at 9:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

shoelaces (anonymous) says...

Cold Bud.....wasn't there just a story a few weeks ago about the legilsature overriding a Sanford veto that dealt with child predators? I am sure I will get this wrong but Sanford vetoed it because he deemed it too "easy" on these scumbags and the legislature overrode to allow lesser sentences.

Is that right?

MIKEINNC....so you support these predators? Most of us can turn on CNN, HLN, or FOX and see for ourselves how many repeat offenders there are in the news....sometimes the national shows actually cover it.

MOMMAOF4....I am with YOU too!!! If someone ever touches my child they will wish they were behind bars. There is nothing worse than angering a moomma bear!!!!!

July 3, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jammer (anonymous) says...

mikeinnc must be related to the predator, and possibly one himself...

it's a fact that this kind of scum is let back out way too many times to ultimately as the progression goes rape someone's kid

ask the shrinks if there is any help for scum like this and they all say NO, they just counsel them for life for a paycheck

hopefully it won't be your kid one day mikeinnc that you have to face this reality with... this is one of many that need to be removed, now

July 3, 2009 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ColdBud (anonymous) says...

mikeinnc, your post is just all messed up, isn't it? Yes, there are TONS of statistics on repeat sex offenders. Repeat offenders because they were not kept in prison or put to death as they should be. As far as Rush and all of them go.. you couldn't pay me to be on any of those shows .

Way to log on to a news site and comment on the news though... good going. Oh wait.. you didn't comment on the news did you? Nope.. sure didn't. Just ran off at the mouth and made a fool of yourself, didn't you?

July 3, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...

Jammer and coldbud need basic reading courses, than again I remember which state I'm in. Sex offenders get lengthy sentences, they carry the brand with them the reset of their lives. I didn't see where Mike said or implied otherwise. Now pay attention you two or three reading challenged folks, no where did I say I approved of their behavior or favor sentence reduction or any other number of excuses to let them off. They do deserve long prison sentences at the minimum.

Your posts are based on hysterical drama driven "fact" those are the "facts" he is questioning. Your brand of "fact" driven drama filled hysterics are one of the reasons we are in the mess we are in. Sorry if some of us have other methods of arguing besides drama filled tirades. Thinking is fundamental, so is getting your anger under control. Carry on.

July 3, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vball (anonymous) says...

i cant believe people would be so quick to judge Coach Rhodes. he is a part of FB, and i do not believe any of this.

he is a great teacher, coach, and friend.

July 3, 2009 at 11:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jammer (anonymous) says...

UGator wth are you ranting about?

my brother deals with predators like this everyday, he's a pro counselor for repeat criminally sexual disturbed criminals and all too familiar with the court system and how they deal with this... I hear all about it way too often

read between the lines if you are capable UGator and you will see where our responses came from... as implied we replied

now pay attention... lol

July 3, 2009 at 12:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lovely_One (anonymous) says...

vball, read the following sentence from the article:

"Rhodes waived his rights and admitted in a statement to investigators that he engaged in the sexual conversation with the student, the affidavit said."

Do you know what ADMITTED means? If not, you should seriously visit www.dictionary.com and look it up.

July 3, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Boo15 (anonymous) says...

I understand and respect everyone is entitled to their opinion...This is the beauty of our democracy.

Please keep in mind family and friends of both sides of this situation before you post your comments.......

Thank You

July 3, 2009 at 12:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Charleston1046 (anonymous) says...

While DJ's conduct was unacceptable and he certainly should be punished for his conduct, the parents need to pay attention to the phone activity of their daughter.

"Sexting" is something widely publicized on TV, and it's sick to think that 12 year old girls are running around with cell phones having these types of conversations.

Also, DJ did not make a mistake. A mistake is when you accidentally forget to turn a light off, or when you forget to lock your car. Sending sex messages to a 12 year old girl is not a mistake- it's sick.

July 3, 2009 at 12:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

usna04 (anonymous) says...

vball, don't be so ignorant.

July 3, 2009 at 1:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

rejectedsoul (anonymous) says...

why did this teacher have his students number to begin with

kids dont need cell phones

we didnt have them when i was a kid and didnt need them

i blame the kid not this man i believe he was lied to by her kids dress and act like little whores as young as 6 years old. a little girl in my sons class last school year had a pierced navel she is six and wanted a tattoo and her tongue pierced she had a cell phone wore shorts up to her little butt and no panties because little girls panties give terrible pantie lines
her mom was an 18 year old kid herself

i blame the girl and her mom in this case
this school goes from kindergarten to grade 12
still wrong to try to date a student but if she told him she was of age then he may have thought it was ok and after all he had her cell phone number those arent kept in school records he got it from her

lock up this little sluts parents and the little slut she ruined this mans life and why post his name and pic

hes guilty before hes ever been to court. this man will never be able to get a job because of this should he be found innocent

July 3, 2009 at 1:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

proud2bme (anonymous) says...

Charleston1046, you are right on with your comment!

rejectedsoul, please learn decent grammer and punctuation. Your screen name and comment make me believe you may know first hand what this guy is going through as a result of his sexual preference and behavior.

July 3, 2009 at 1:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lovely_One (anonymous) says...

"a little girl in my sons class last school year had a pierced navel she is six"

WTH?!? I find this very hard to believe!

July 3, 2009 at 2:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ColdBud (anonymous) says...

UrGatorbait, lets look at reading skills since you brought them up.

In my post I made the point that sex offenders are let back out in society to offend again. The fact is, that happens in MOST cases.

mikeinnc asked if I had any facts to back up my statement and then, incorrectly stated that I didn't. He then accused me of being filled with hate, out of touch with reality and he made a few other comments I can't quite make any sense of.

My statement, which was, by the way, about the article, was correct. MOST sex offenders are released back into society to offend again.

In my second post I simply pointed out that mikeinnc was incorrect and that his post had nothing to do with the article.

Now, in this post, I'm simply pointing out that your post is also incorrect. Yours is even sillier as you bring up reading skills and yet must failed to understand any of the prior posts. .

July 3, 2009 at 3 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Time4action (anonymous) says...

Rejectedsoul, you sound as sick as Rhoades.

July 3, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

Charleston1046, what kind of person are you?
Rejectedsoul, you are just that, a reject!!
I knew it would all come back to the child. It is her fault this grown man texted her. WHATEVER!! The SICKO admitted he did it. Can you freaks not understand plain English! HE SAID HE DID IT AND TO OTHER CHILDREN!
Why don't we blame the cell phone companies while we are at it. People always want to place the blame on everyone else!
I would hang him by his gonads if he had texted my daughter. And if his family does not like to hear the truth that 99% of these comments are giving: Guess what, DO NOT LOOK AT THEM!!! CLICK ON ANOTHER SITE!!
One of the sadest part of this whole ordeal is his innocent baby. This child did not ask to be born into the chaos his/her daddy has caused. I hope his wife takes this and learns from it. The 12 year is not a baby but by GOD SHE IS STILL A YOUNG CHILD. I would hope she watches the child closely because it is a proven fact that sex offenders are REPEAT OFFENDERS!!!!

July 3, 2009 at 4 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

how can anyone defend this pathetic piece of ^*@%?!!!!

People, he is married, his wife is expecting...and to show his respect to her, he is trying to get in the pants of a 12 yr old- sounds like an all around winner in my book!

Throw the book at the bastard, that is what I say.

And for the moron who said this was a mistake? A mistake is accidentally leaving the stove on, or locking your keys in your car. He did this thinking about it, and corresponded over a 2-3 week period. It's just a shame we can't see him on To Catch A Predator. Chris Hansen appears..."so you're saying you've done this before?"

July 3, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

rejected....seriously, dude...you blame the kid and her parents? Man you live in some sort of alternate universe that is so from reality it is scary. I just really hope that you don't live anywhere close to me, because you are that messed up, or that ignorant- I am just trying to figure out which one it is, or both.

I have no idea how you could make such a ridiculous statement like the one you wrote. Is he your brother? Either way, he probably will find out what it feels like to have a 300 lb hairy man skin to skin behind him. Enjoy!

July 3, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

in_my_opinion (anonymous) says...

Pardon my lack of grammar because i am just going off in a tangent. i attended FB for some time and graduated while DJ was still employed at the school. I never had any respect for him because he was such an arrogant stuck-up person. Unless you were one of his big time baseball players you might as well have been the gum stuck on the bottom of his shoe.He took Mr. Harris' place when he was killed a few years ago and was the best teacher i ever had and for a scum bag like DJ Rhodes to take his is just an insult. As for him in regards to this situation, i mean come on, 12 years old what kind of sick twisted pervert would even think of doing something like that!?!?!? It makes me so angry to know that there are people out there like him and this will unfortunately probably happen again. And then his poor wife she is one of the nicest people you could ever know and i hope she has enough self respect to LEAVE HIM!!!! Also it is horrible that sick people like him are the ones that give Christianity such a bad reputation. Anyway knowing that perverts like him get the worst punishment in jail he will pay for what he did because even hardcore criminals hate child predators

July 3, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

triumph110 (anonymous) says...

This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. This year they have documented over 275 of these types of incidents. In 2008 they found 478 of these kinds of cases.

July 3, 2009 at 7:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

collegegirl92 (anonymous) says...

I just want to say that first of all I am not excusing DJ's behavior at all but having been family friends with his family and worked with him for a period of time. this was completely shocking, this is not his type of lifestyle at all. as someone pointed out he did have favorites at school and they did tend to be the baseball team but what do you expect he had coached most of them for four years and one of them was his baby brother. As for the charges, everyone always wants to blame the guy, but as a former female FB student there are plenty of girls walking around acting way older than their age. WHy didn't this 12 year old simply not respond to text messages. If a coach texted me my first response would be to say this is not right don't text me again not to engage in a sexual discussion with the man. Yes she is 12 and he is 26 but that does not excuse her lack of judgement in the situation. As far as people's comments of the fact that letting him go would be allowing a rapist to go free...nes flash Rape was not committed. The allegations that there is more than one girl are ridiculous. This is simply copy cat girls coming out of the woodwork just like when more and more girls began to accuse Coach Vail back in 2005. I only hope that this family can get through this that Drew can go on and enjoy his college years, that Fran will give birth to a beautiful healthy baby who will be given the chance to know its Daddy, that Mr. Dusty (Dj's dad) will continue to recover from a recent surgery and that DJ will learn from this. God forgives and I hope this whole family will lean on Him to get them through this very difficult time.

July 3, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jammer (anonymous) says...

collegegirl92 this was not rape ONLY because he was caught before he succeeded... I know you must be blind sided by this but you can NOT afford to be blinded by the fact that you knew him

"this is not his style of lifestyle" ... yes it was young lady, because he was a good coach doesn't make him a better person than what you are now finding out he is

prisons are full of talented well spoken people that seem to have hearts of gold, but they are all called criminals for a reason

a man who even lets himself get to a place where he's asking a 12 kid to give him oral sex is nothing more than a scum of the earth pervert

all of us Men have had girls, kids, come on to us at times... it's because KIDS go through stages with their hormones, it's all part of growing up and developing

a Man puts the little girl in her place quickly and makes sure he's never in a situation around that girl where they are alone... or even further than hearing distance from others

boys come on to girls, girls come on to boys, boys come on to women, girls come on to men... it's all part of nature and we should take advantage of that instance to TEACH our children how to be mature in their sexual prowness... not take advantage of THEM

plain and simple the guy's a perverted wackjob that had plans to rape this girl, he himself admitted it... what more can you say??

July 3, 2009 at 9:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

collegegirl, I bet the family really appreciates you using their names! Here is another instance where one should think their action through before hand!!
As an adult and as a teacher your friend should have had more sense to text a child! If she were my child, I would hug her and be proud that she stood up and told on this freak!

July 3, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

aptlytitled (anonymous) says...

It is ridiculous to blame a 12 yr old for lack of judgment and luring this man into trouble. As a man, you have the responsibility not to place yourself in situations that may even appear to be unlawful and unethical. He took the first step, and he is guilty for it.

July 3, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

stono10 (anonymous) says...

I never had him as a teacher or coach, but ive heard plenty of friends that went to the school say that he is sickining and perverted, way before he tried to rape a 12 year old. I hope he does stay off the streets for a long time and I hope the other criminals in prison make him pay. My heart goes out to his wife, her expecting baby, and his dad.

July 4, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

theronce (anonymous) says...

When you give your children virtual unlimited access to the internet and to a private phone and other communication devices, then you just invite every degenerate hacker into your child's world. It's a crap shoot, and you're willing to take the chance. Don't be surprised when one is caught. Worry about the ones you don't know about on the trail to your child's toys.

July 4, 2009 at 11:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vball (anonymous) says...

lovely one...thats quite an overstatement name to give yourself.

anyway, yes i know what admitted is.

do you know what judgmental is?? if not you should seriously visit dictionary.com

thankyou =]

July 4, 2009 at 11:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

vball do you know what the word PERVERT means try looking it up at dictionary.com But if you are a more visual type person, check out yesterdays's paper and look at the photo under the caption: Ex-coach facing sex charges.There you will find the picture of a PERV!!! Boy when big JOHN gets to him in jail he won't be smiling like that!! Or when judgement day comes, believe you me his JUDGEMENT will be a JUST one!

July 4, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

fersure (anonymous) says...

DJ was always a douche. i was in his class at FB. I hope ms. fran leaves him.

July 4, 2009 at 9:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

stono10 (anonymous) says...

I would hope his wife would leave him too. Good lord that man needs help

July 5, 2009 at 9:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

wonderdog (anonymous) says...

No matter how many people tell us what a great guy he is, nothing changes the fact that he was interested in a sexual relationship with a 12 year old. To me, that negates anything "wonderful" about him.

July 5, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

egotrip (anonymous) says...

I am not surprised. He has the eyes of a pervert. The eyes are what I pay attention to when I visit my children's school. I am not trying to stereotype him, but he just looks criminal to me.

July 6, 2009 at 5:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

workingmom33 (anonymous) says...

FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BEFORE ANY OF YALL BADMOUTH HIM WHY DON'T YOU SIT BACK AND WAIT UNTIL MAYBE HE GOES TO COURT, WHEN ALL THE FACTS ARE OUT ON THE TABLE, BEFORE FORMING AN OPINION SO FAR ALL ANYONE KNOWS IS WHATS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE NEWS STATIONS; WHICH IS ALL THE "VICTIMS" SIDE OF THE STORY! HAS ANYONE STOPPED TO THINK WHEN HE TURNED HIMSELF IN, HE DID SO BECAUSE HE WAS PROBABLY SCARED TO DEATH BEING HE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG BEFORE, OR BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW?!? WHAT ABOUT HOW THE WAY POLICE OFFICERS TREAT PEOPLE WITHOUT KNOWING BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY! I BELIEVE HE WAS MANIPULATED AND PURSUADED TO WAIVE HIS RIGHTS AND ADMIT TO SOMETHING THAT HE MORE THAN LIKELY DIDN'T DO! BEFORE THIS OVER WITH, I HOPE THE 12 YEAR OLD UNDERGO'S AN INVESTIGATION AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE SHE'S INNOCENT! HELL, SHE ALLOWED THE TEXTING FOR 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE SHE TOLD RIGHT?

IF THE 12 YEAR OLD IS INNOCENT AND HE REALLY DID EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING HE DID, THEN HE DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED!

ALSO, I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY THAT ARE COMMENTING ON THESE ARTICLES, BUT HOW ABOUT STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR SAYING BEFORE YOU GO POSTING OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES ON HERE AS WELL! JUST BECAUSE HE IS BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE HIS ENTIRE FAMILY BAD, & THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS!!

LETS GROW UP PEOPLE!!

July 7, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

WORKINGMOM33, I HATE TO YELL LIKE YOU DID IN YOUR POST BUT... I GUESS YOU FEEL THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE HEARD!!
WAIT UNTIL IT IS YOUR CHILD AND THEN LET'S HEAR YOUR COME BACKS. LET'S HEAR YOU EXPLAIN 2-3 WEEKS OF ALLOWED TEXTS GOING UNTOLD.
I PERSONALLY NEVER COMMENTED ON HIS FAMILY EXCEPT THAT I HOPE HIS WIFE DOES THE RIGHT THING.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU HAVE JUST PREACHED AND GROW UP.
THE GUY ADMITTED HIS GUILT AND I FOR ONE WOULD NEVER ADMIT TO SOMETHING IF I WERE NOT GUILTY.

I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE CHARLESTON COUNTY POLICE DID A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THIS BEFORE TAKING ACTION. MAYBE EVEN MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK YOU INFORMATION BEFORE SHOUTING LIKE A RAVING LUNATIC IN DEFENSE OF A PERVERT!

July 7, 2009 at 8:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

workingmom33 (anonymous) says...

mommaof4---
i do apologize for shouting as you called it! on the other hand, just because the text messaging went on for 2-3 weeks untold, makes every bit of it his fault is what your trying to say? PLEASE, the 12 year old obviously was interested to some degree to respond back! right? && practice what I preach?? newsflash hun, i'm not preaching anything i'm simply stating my opinion! && i don't recall asking you if you would admit to something you didn't do, like i said in my original post maybe everyone should sit back and wait until he has a court date and all the facts are on the table before forming a byist opinion!!! Also, maybe you should check into things alittle more thorough before you go posting remarks on here to me, because how do you get Charleston County was investigating this case for months when it just occurred! sounds to me that you are someone that is trying to make yourself feel important by pretending you know what your talking about when unfortunately YOU DO NOT!!!!

July 8, 2009 at 3:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mommaof4 (anonymous) says...

Ok, I take back the months, let me reword it and say they did investigate and had knowledge that this was going on. AND posting "LETS GROW UP PEOPLE!!" would be preaching in my book! AND, no you did not ask if I would admit guilt nor did you ask for MY OPINION!! Nor did I ask for your's BUT by posting/commenting on here, WE ARE GIVING THEM and NEWS FLASH, this is part of our First Amendment!!
BUT, please explain to me his ADMISSION TO HIS GUILT!!
AND, seeing how your name is "workingmom33" please tell me what you would think if your 12 year old told you an older woman/man has been texting her/him and asking sexual questions? I guess from how you are defending this man, you would side with the adult because, he/she hasn't had their day in court.
Look, I am past all this B.S. and moved onto new things in life. I feel confident the Justice System will do right by this little girl and if not HONEY, in the end God will take care of it ALL!!

July 8, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Mom2MGandE (anonymous) says...

This is a tragic situation. I knew DJ and his entire family since he was a youth. If he is guilty- which he apparently has admitted that he is- the people I feel most sorry for are the families affected by this. The victim and her family, for I'm sure she'll never be the same. And I will pray for DJ's family as they are going through a lot. His father is ill and this "indiscretion" on DJ's part will not make it any easier for him to recover. I feel for DJ's wife. There will be a stigma that follows him (and her) for the rest of their lives. Many of you don't know but their child was born and is in poor health. Imagine all that SHE is going through. The enbarassment of her husband having these charges as well as a sick, hospitalized child.

It is incidents like this that give Christians a bad name. I don't claim to be perfect but all I can do is pray- for DJ, and all parties involved. Everyone makes mistakes, I agree. But I know of students that attended First Baptist this past year and I was told he had the reputation of being a pervert. This is very disheartening and I can only hope that his family finds solace during this trying time.

That's not to say I don't feel for the victim. One in three girls is sexually assaulted in her lifetime. I agree that the school should do more conclusive background searches and possibly even psychological evaluations. But in this case it doesn't look like it would do much good. He had no prior record.

Isn't it sad that we live in a time where if a young man wants to be a teacher (and in some cases even a female) we always question why? Children are our most important asset. We should treat them as such.

July 24, 2009 at 7:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )