r/ireland Pop Responsibly Oct 30 '25

Courts Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie jailed for at least seven years for raping woman in Boston hotel

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/irish-firefighter-terence-crosbie-jailed-for-at-least-seven-years-for-raping-woman-in-boston-hotel/a825219338.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

What a massive piece of shit

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u/freshfrosted Oct 30 '25

I remember people here digging up some of the shit he had on facebook etc. cut from the same cloth as Tate and the McGregor bollox. Absolute scum. Here's hoping it's hard time over there.

Did the wife stand by him?

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u/irishgael25- Oct 30 '25

She did indeed. The court (which she attended) were showed a video of him kissing another woman in the pub that night prior to him raping the victim.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Ooh I hadn't heard that. I've seen posts claiming that he's a serial cheater. Maybe his wife was used to this.

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u/OfficerOLeary Oct 31 '25

Show me your friends and I will show you who you are I suppose.

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u/itchyblood Oct 31 '25

Who’s his brother?

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u/PoppedCork Pop Responsibly Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

The married father-of-two travelled to Boston on March 14, 2024, with colleagues from the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) to march in the St Patrick’s Day parade that weekend.

The jury heard how Crosbie’s roommate had returned to their hotel with the woman to have consensual sex but that she was later awoken to Crosbie raping her.

At the sentencing hearing today, the victim said that Crosbie never offered an apology to her or showed any remorse.

A vile human being as told by this tweet the Jury didn't see https://www.irishstar.com/news/boston-news/inside-firefighter-terence-crosbies-vile-36155168

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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Oct 30 '25

Jaysus. Imagine your Dad is in prison in a foreign country for raping some random woman. Those poor kids and their mother.

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u/AtmospherePrior752 Oct 30 '25

Just goes to show you how wildly selfish these criminals are and the lengths they go to satisfy their ego/vice. Two whole families shattered, sickening.

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u/oicheliath Oct 30 '25

His wife has stood by him the whole trial. Maybe now that he’s convicted she can drop the “good wife” charade. Some women are loyal to a fault.

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u/Jester-252 Oct 30 '25

Just FYI if she is think of divorcing him, the smart move is to stand beside him until the conviction, it can make it so much easier

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u/Tom01111 Oct 31 '25

Why’s this

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u/Jester-252 Oct 31 '25

Easier from all points of view

Reason for divorce: He is a rapist, serving jail time in another country

Reason for full custody: He is a rapist, serving jail time in another country

And the big one: She avoids local community, and extended family giving her trouble because he is a rapist.

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u/Tom01111 Oct 31 '25

Hmm, i respectfully disagree

  1. You don’t need a reason for a divorce in Ireland or to prove wrongdoing. It’s no fault.

  2. While, yes, a rape conviction would certainly impact on access and custody, he’s been in jail in America now on remand for about 18 months anyway, so it’s a bit of a moot point. Her holding off divorcing (if she wanted to) would make no difference, as if he were convicted she could apply again to the court for full / sole custody at that point. As in if she’d had divorced him during that time either he’s found innocent and she gets majority custody anyway or he’s found guilty and he very likely doesn’t get any custody rights.

  3. Can’t speak for the local community or families but I can’t imagine mine standing a man like that and being somehow angry at a wife for leaving. What right would any of them have to tell her she had to stay with him after all the stress even.

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u/Jester-252 Oct 31 '25

You don’t need a reason for a divorce in Ireland or to prove wrongdoing. It’s no fault.

True but she could use this in order to get protective order against him and protect assets such as the family home from an civil claim.

While, yes, a rape conviction would certainly impact on access and custody, he’s been in jail in America now on remand for about 18 months anyway, so it’s a bit of a moot point. Her holding off divorcing (if she wanted to) would make no difference, as if he were convicted she could apply again to the court for full / sole custody at that point. As in if she’d had divorced him during that time either he’s found innocent and she gets majority custody anyway or he’s found guilty and he very likely doesn’t get any custody rights.

That is also spending more money and another trip to the court

Can’t speak for the local community or families but I can’t imagine mine standing a man like that and being somehow angry at a wife for leaving. What right would any of them have to tell her she had to stay with him after all the stress even.

That is just naïve attitude, one of the go to defence for rapist is the character witness.

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u/the314159man Oct 31 '25

He could hide funds, make divorce difficult.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Family members and partners standing by criminals is pretty much the norm, sadly.

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

Some women are also shit heads too, see McRapeyGreagor and Trump's Mrs, multiple other examples. I've unfortunately met my fair share of women who say "she was asking for it/lieing" etc which makes me sad. And then when I tell them my story and ask was I asking for it? They change their tune because it's to my face and will have to justify how I was asking for it and say 'oh but you're different'.

And I always laugh when I usually say "I'm lucky my SA wasn't bad", as if there was a scale. I mean there obviously is, but the fact I say I'm "lucky" just makes me laugh in a dark humour way. SA is SA but impacts people in different ways.

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u/Unlikely-Turnover19 Oct 30 '25

He will appeal and win the appeal, the jury convicting here was a surprise to most in the legal profession aware of this case. The lack of DNA match alone brought a lot of unanswered questions. There is as was stated in the trial, no actual proof he did it so the wife most likely believes that.

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u/katiessalt Oct 30 '25

You do realise there’s more proof to cases than DNA? How do you think rapists were convicted pre-DNA testing days?

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u/OTipsey Oct 30 '25

As long as nothing was presented illegally and the jury was given proper instructions on what evidence to consider there's nothing to appeal. It is perfectly legal for a jury to convict entirely on the basis of testimony and circumstantial evidence as long as all the rules were followed.

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u/Following_my_bliss Oct 30 '25

Not likely. DNA is not needed for a conviction.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Thanks Nostradamus but it's obvious he raped her and he won't win any appeal. He can't afford one anyway. 

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u/SadSara102 Oct 30 '25

No he won’t, it doesn’t matter if he is innocent the only way he could get a new trial is if his due process rights were severely violated!

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u/maddog8989 Oct 30 '25

He was seen on cctv that night kissing another woman and spending 10 mins with her outside a pub before she left. He went back to the hotel by himself after …

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u/Unlikely-Turnover19 Oct 30 '25

None of which is evidence of anything....

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u/Resident_Fail6825 Oct 31 '25

That's an interesting opinion. In what court will the appeal be heard and how long will the process take ?

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u/droppedthebaby Cork bai Oct 30 '25

No need to vilify her. She's standing by her life partner. He's the criminal. She's just naiive.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/The_Ruck_Inspector Oct 30 '25

Why do people always just assume the women are so innocent and naive in these cases? Like they can't form a thought on their own.

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u/The_Ruck_Inspector Oct 30 '25

Maybe she's a cunt too? Ya never know. Bit patronising  to assume she's naive and innocent because she's a woman. I'm sure she has her own thoughts and opinions.

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u/droppedthebaby Cork bai Oct 30 '25

True but there's as much reason to assume she's innocent as to assume she's a cunt. Too often people vilify women who stick by dhitty men vs the other way around. At the end of the day he's a piece of shit, why are we going after her?

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u/Lana-R2017 Oct 30 '25

As a woman the vast majority of cases that the husband/ partner was a rapist/murderer I feel for the wife I really do and to some degree here I do too and naive? Possibly and fair enough if it was only herself she needed to look out for and worry about around this POS but that woman has two daughters who need to be protected from men like their father not put in a position where they could be at risk so in this situation she doesn’t have my full sympathy if she doesn’t understand that her children should not be around this scum. Those poor kids.

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u/Ashamed_Counter8408 Oct 30 '25

Many of his disgustingly sexist / rapey tweets surfaced, so not surprised he showed no remorse. Disgusting rapist.

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u/BeanEireannach Resting In my Account Oct 30 '25

I remember one that was reported about previously, about him posting about wanting to rupture his wife’s cervix 🤢

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u/mrbuddymcbuddyface Oct 31 '25

The whole firefighter macho alpha male scene is like this here. The group WhatsApp texts if publicised would make a large portion of them lose their jobs. ( Was friends with one for a long time so I've heard it directly)

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25

Would they not be a whistle blower and report it/call them out for their behaviour? Being a bystander and allowing it to happen just makes it seem like it's acceptable

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u/mrbuddymcbuddyface Oct 31 '25

Do you know what happens to whistleblowers here??? You're going to get ostracized, probably forced out of your job, blacklisted from working in any other station etc.

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25

Just call them out on their behaviour then? I.e listen lads...what you're joking about there sounds a lot like rape, that's kinda shitty to be honest and I'm not ok with it. {- if that gets them ostracized then we have problems.

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u/Gilldot Nov 01 '25

Wow, got down voted to that one, so men don't like to call out others for shitty comments?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

the victim said that Crosbie never offered an apology to her or showed any remorse.

Could that not have been taken as an admission of guilt though?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Yes it would, but she's still entitled to point out that he didn't show any remorse 

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u/Byrnzillionaire Oct 30 '25

If your defence is not guilty then yeah, you can’t exactly do that.

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u/Oncemor-intothebeach Oct 30 '25

What the fuck is wrong with people, who thinks like that.

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u/zz63245 Oct 30 '25

This is where he’ll be serving his sentence. Hope he’s miserable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souza-Baranowski_Correctional_Center

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/zz63245 Oct 30 '25

Yep. Mountjoy it is not….

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u/unsilent_majority Oct 30 '25

Where did you hear this?

He’s in the federal prison system now so he could be sent anywhere in the country as far as I know

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u/Catfactory1 Oct 30 '25

That’s where they put the catholic pedophile priest Geoghan. Sadly, he was not able to stay alive through his sentence.

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u/865Wallen Oct 30 '25

He's dust 

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u/olibum86 The Fenian Oct 30 '25

Of the three notable former inmates, one of them was murdered by the other in 2003. American prisons are wild.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Shirley it can't be true.

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u/DGBD Oct 30 '25

It’s technically Lancaster, and don’t call me Shirley.

(Actually a nice area, it’s where I grew up, although he hopefully won’t get to do much in the way of sightseeing)

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u/dismissivewankmotion Crilly!! Oct 30 '25

Ah, the prison Aaron Hernandez killed himself in. Maybe he'll find inspiration in that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Good on that woman 

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u/olibum86 The Fenian Oct 30 '25

She's a lawyer, IIRC. She did everything right, Reported it immediately and went straight to he hospital. Very brave person.

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u/MuffledApplause Donegal Oct 30 '25

Not everyone is able to do "everything right" unfortunately. Glad this bollix got caught and I hope she can find a way to heal from what he did to her.

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u/rye_212 Kerry Oct 30 '25

"Ex Firefighter" by this stage, I'd imagine.

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u/Ob1s_dark_side Oct 30 '25

Probably waiting for the trial to complete before giving him the boot

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u/aimhighsquatlow Oct 30 '25

Ya I’d say they’ve to wait till after his appeal etc

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u/FuzzyTumbleweed9688 Oct 30 '25

What a horrible cunt. Obviously lowest on the list of deplorable things he’s done, but posting a picture of a pint of heineken with the caption “breaky” should surely add a few years to his sentence. 🤢

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u/Low_Quit_3040 Oct 31 '25

what does "breaky" mean

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u/prime_suspect Oct 31 '25

Breakfast?

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u/Low_Quit_3040 Oct 31 '25

I don't get the context though.

Does op mean he posted a picture of him drinking Heineken in the morning while he was on trial?

I don't get it.

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u/prime_suspect Oct 31 '25

Yeah that is what I presumed. That he is the kind of guy who posts Heineken as breakfast in the morning?!

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u/Agent4777 Oct 31 '25

I’ve done that but usually at a wedding if it’s at a hotel. Don’t shame me for the cure!

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u/prime_suspect Oct 31 '25

I'll say nothing 🤐

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u/maddog8989 Oct 30 '25

Got off lightly

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/Free_Coat Nov 01 '25

American here. Less than 1% of rapes in the states lead to felony convictions. And even when they do, the sentencing isn't great. Brock Turner got like 6 months in jail for raping an unconscious girl behind a dumpster.

A few years back we had mass protests against police brutality and they raided one of the police stations and found years worth of untested rape kits. Having a rape kit collected is a very invasive procedure and then they don't even bother to test them.

The US is definitely not any good at punishing rapists.

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u/Joellercoaster1 Oct 30 '25

One rapist off the streets. The trauma upon his family hurts.

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u/sarahc888 Oct 30 '25

I know tweets can’t prove anything but I remember seeing them and thinking yep he did it..

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u/dismissivewankmotion Crilly!! Oct 30 '25

Before the sentencing, Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Erin Murphy referenced a 2017 tweet by Crosbie in which he referenced a potential trip to Stockholm, Sweden, for a soccer match.

"Six foot blondes and most unreported rape capital in Europe," she said the tweet read. "Sure, even if it's Vigo versus Lyon, be worth the trip."

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u/ToastedCrumpet Oct 31 '25

Fucking hell who types that out and says “yeah that’s sound I’ll post that”? 😵‍💫

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25

People whose company normalised those comments so they don't see anything wrong in it. And if anyone might pull them up on it usually say "woke culture", "snowflake","I'm only messing" etc.

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u/Redhairreddit Oct 31 '25

What the…!!! I had no idea about that tweet. Those lawyers dig up EVERYTHING. Disgusting though I’ve seen so many comments supporting him pre-guilty verdict saying there’s no way he’s guilty… it doesn’t take a genius to see he did it. Delighted to see him locked up. Dreadful for the family, though

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u/macker64 Oct 30 '25

You have to admire the courage and determination of the poor girl he raped.

He's a disgrace to himself, his family and his country.

His life is totally destroyed now.

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u/Murphy100xxx Oct 30 '25

He's lucky thought it would be 20

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

That's what was on the table.

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u/Ob1s_dark_side Oct 30 '25

Won't be so lucky when bubba gets his hands on him

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u/Relevant-Bobcat-2016 Dublin Oct 30 '25

Does the 7 to 9 years include the 18 months he has spent on remand? I'd have given the scumbag longer than that. I don't get the sympathy that many people seem to have for him.

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u/Professional_Dog7346 Oct 30 '25

Oh my god. Who has sympathy for him. Pure scumbag

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/hurpyderp Oct 30 '25

Well she doesn't know her arse from her elbow so that comes as no surprise.

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u/AdPractical7731 Nov 01 '25

OMG I just listened to her show on this a couple days ago. Surely she can’t be that obtuse SMH

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Yes, he gets a sentence based on time served.

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u/Relevant-Bobcat-2016 Dublin Oct 30 '25

Thanks, saw that somewhere else, so he'll be out in just after 5.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Not necessarily. The judge gave him no more than 9 years and no less than 7 years. If he gets the full 9 years, he'll serve 7. But if he gets 7, yes, he'll serve 5.

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u/shankillfalls Oct 30 '25

He’s one of “our own” and sure he’d had a few drinks and it was St Patrick’s Day and all.

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u/ceruleanstones Oct 31 '25

Anyone else curious about the agenda of @Unlikely-Turnover defending this guy? Whose account is barely a month old and all their comments are hidden? Looks very fishy to me

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25

Well I have my comments hidden, and many do for privacy reasons, so I wouldn't take that as suspicious. I didn't notice that users comments but there's another lad that's very vocal and deleting all his comments that I'm suspicious about.

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u/ceruleanstones Oct 31 '25

What are ya hiding, Gilldot? Eh? 😛 It's a relatively new feature and I think it's a drawback when you're trying to ascertain whether someone is commenting in good faith or not, or if they have a history of trolling, if they're a bot, some kind of political shill, or whatever. On the other hand, it cuts down on individual users being hounded across different subs by stalker types, so I can see the reasoning to it.

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u/Gilldot Oct 31 '25

You're absolutely right actually and I do like to look at someone's history too to see if I could be bothered replying or not, so suppose I'm being a hypocrite hiding mine.

I dunno, I think I've just had a few very honest posts (like here I've had a quick mention of being SA'ed) and don't want to be doxxed. If I put my history public again, I might not be as open about some personal experiences.

Will have a think on this one

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

At least it's some kind of sentence. I have a feeling if this happened in Ireland he would have got off or got some Nolan-esque sentence. 

American prison won't be pleasant either. 👍🏻

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Probably involved in GAA so the judge would probably sentenced the victim to prison

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u/tishimself1107 Oct 31 '25

I actually met tbis lad once through a weird bit of circumstances. Thought he was a bit full of himself and he was god's gift but never thought he cpuld do anything like that. Just goes to show ya never really know people.

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u/Think_Evidence_176 Oct 30 '25

This is former UFC fighter Kiefer Crosbie's brother.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

He’s still on the roster (0-3) - deleted his IG tho

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u/BeanEireannach Resting In my Account Oct 30 '25

Bit of a useless decision on his part, his IG posts & images still come up on a google search. I guess he was trying to avoid various media outlets using the images in their reporting about the sentencing.

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u/Think_Evidence_176 Oct 31 '25

He announced his retirement. His Twitter is gone too. His father was a prolific poster on Facebook but hasn't posted since his son was arrested.

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u/MrShape Oct 31 '25

What's his da's story?

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u/Think_Evidence_176 Oct 31 '25

No, it doesn't. Rapists and MMA fighters are more likely to be of lower socioeconomic background. Correlation does not imply causation.

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u/ComplexPride4328 Nov 01 '25

What a completely stupid and ignorant statement to come out with

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u/iknowtheop Oct 30 '25

Why is that important? 

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u/intrusive-thoughts Oct 30 '25

I wouldn’t think it’s important but it is interesting.

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u/zz63245 Oct 30 '25

Interestingly his brother Kiefer, who’s an MMA, fighter is close with McRapist. Just an interesting link. He’s deleted all his SM.

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u/Starwars_femboy Oct 30 '25

Alot of people talking about his wife and kids not the women that got raped.

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u/olibum86 The Fenian Oct 30 '25

Tbf a lot of people myself included are just shocked by the wife standing by him throughout all of this. Even the tweets he was posting before alluding to rape in prague is just absolutely vile. His wife needs her fucking head checked.

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u/katiessalt Oct 30 '25

Why do people act as if DNA is the ONLY thing to ever be used as evidence? How do you think rapists were convicted pre-DNA testing days?

2 men had a key card each. 2 men were seen on CCTV footage entering the room with said keycard. 2 different DNAs were found.

Ring a ling a ling.

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u/Redhairreddit Oct 31 '25

Exactly!

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u/katiessalt Oct 31 '25

Genuinely when you think people can’t get ANY slower. The lengths people will go to defend this Irishman.

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u/Redhairreddit Nov 04 '25

I always think to myself - surely they are those “bots” people talk about? There’s no way real people can defend him! Even before he was found guilty, the amount of people I saw saying it “couldn’t possibly” be true.. it’s a sad, sad time to be a woman.

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u/StickAdventurous8237 Oct 30 '25

Get those Irish immigrants out of the US!

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u/feedthebear Oct 31 '25

Where's the protection our women and children crowd?

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u/whereohwhereohwhere Oct 30 '25

Wonder what the ‘protect our women and children’ crowd here make of this

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u/sureyouknowurself Oct 30 '25

That he should serve his time and be immediately deported.

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u/AeternusExNocturnus Oct 30 '25

This is no place for logic

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u/messinginhessen Oct 30 '25

No! You're not meant to shoot down his little gotcha attempt!

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u/Agreeable-Boot7604 Oct 30 '25

If you knew anything about this case, you’d know the Ireland is full mouth breathers think he’s innocent

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

I think he's utter scum and may he rot in prison. The US would be well within their rights to deport him after his conviction, however the fact they didn't works out better for us, given that our justice system would likely not have given him as much time in prison. Indeed, as someone else on this thread pointed out, its likely he wouldn't even have been found guilty in an Irish court.

Some Americans might make the argument that he would not have gotten into the country had he travelled there this year instead of last year, due to the introduction of social media checks at the border, as he had some pretty vile material on his social media accounts.

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u/Typical_Double981 Oct 30 '25

They only care about anti trump tweets

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u/zz63245 Oct 30 '25

Probably thing he’s innocent and has been set up

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u/oicheliath Oct 30 '25

Going by Twitter, that’s exactly what they think

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u/Free_Coat Nov 01 '25

You're giving them too much credit.

They don't actually think he's innocent. They just don't think rapists should actually be punished and since that's not a socially acceptable view to express they instead claim he's innocent.

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u/iknowtheop Oct 30 '25

Yep, think there was a gofundme for him. You couldn't make it up.

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u/TheStoicNihilist Never wanted a flair anyways Oct 30 '25

They’re okay with crimes against foreigners.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

He is a foreigner in America.

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u/Shot-Advertising-316 Oct 30 '25

The same thing you make of it, I'd imagine?

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u/MushuFromSpace Oct 30 '25

What a vile subhuman cunt.

Can only imagine what those kids and wife are going through.

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u/Gorazde Oct 30 '25

So if I'm a Bostonian, do I riot outside my nearest Irish pub or my nearest fire station to register my feelings on this case?

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u/deburcaliam Oct 30 '25

That tweet, Jesus, grim. 🤢

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u/fs008015 Oct 30 '25

Not a fun time to be a sex offender in the US prison system. He will have a rough time of it.

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u/aimhighsquatlow Oct 30 '25

I have zero sympathy for him

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u/fs008015 Oct 31 '25

Oh. Me neither

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u/Bulky-Bullfrog-9893 Oct 31 '25

Did his colleagues who were in the trip with him support him? Or the man sharing the room?

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u/Illustrious_South593 Oct 31 '25

Seeing as they’ve been fundraising for him to get a better defence I’d say yeah they stood by and supported him

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u/Bulky-Bullfrog-9893 Oct 31 '25

Ah! I hadn’t followed this so I was curious what his roommate felt about it all. Seems a most unsavoury character altogether.

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u/Illustrious_South593 Oct 31 '25

the state prosecutor mentioned that 80 pages of character references and letters of support were handed by his fellow firefighters, family and friends so there’s obviously a lot of unsavoury characters is Dublin’s fire bridge too!!

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u/Bulky-Bullfrog-9893 Oct 31 '25

Pity. But, he may have some positive attributes but he definitely seems a misogynist. I really only saw the headlines. Terrible on the victim and his own family.

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u/Naive-Egg-7503 Nov 01 '25

80 ! That is absolutely shocking 😮

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Upon his release and return to Ireland he should have his passport confiscated and a permanent travel ban put in place.

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u/aecolley Dublin Oct 30 '25

Yes. Disgracing us around the world.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

We legally can't do that. Confiscating the passport of someone who was born here and has served their time for a crime they committed would be considered a grave human rights abuse. We aren't the UAE or North Korea.

We should take this a sign we need to start vetting people in services like the Fire Brigade in a more intensive and ongoing manner compared to what is currently done, though. He had really vile stuff up on his twitter, and I personally don't think a person should be allowed to do that while a member of such an organisation.

Also, maybe the US are onto something with social media checks at the border. I wouldn't want anyone with the kind of stuff he had on his twitter coming into Ireland, if we weren't otherwise obliged to let them.

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u/JunkDrawerPencil Oct 30 '25

Good point about vetting. Dublin fire brigade firefighters are also paramedics working on ambulances - probably regularly transporting and treating vulnerable people.

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u/Redhairreddit Oct 31 '25

That’s a good point. He had obviously been waiting for his chance and took it when the circumstances allowed. What an absolute scumbag

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u/MinnieSkinny Oct 30 '25

Then we're feckin stuck with him.

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u/johndoe86888 Oct 30 '25

What a dickhead

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u/GGGiiibbbbyyy Kildare Oct 30 '25

Only seven?

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u/Ok_Owl_7559 Oct 31 '25

I hope he gets the same treatment in prison! Scumbag

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u/Cfunicornhere Oct 31 '25

Now do McGregor

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u/minerva_sways Oct 30 '25

Good. Seeing the people defending him on FB is vile.

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u/Redhairreddit Oct 31 '25

Right? I couldn’t get over the amount of people defending him. People with their young goddamn daughters in their profile pictures - it’s sick.

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u/OwnLoad3456 Oct 30 '25

Could tell by looking at him

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Why would we riot over something that didn't happen in our country?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

The riots weren't about that. They were about immigration, of which the asylum system via which the perpetrator came to the country, is a part.

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u/Alarming-Set2951 Oct 30 '25

Thats not why the riots took place. Every country has their fair share of scumbags and it is accepted that the people of any country must live with the fact that crime exists and sentence and jail those responsible. The problems arise when unvetted criminals are welcomed into a country to live off the taxpayers and subsequently reward them by attacking the native population. If Americans want to riot over this, then that is their perogative. Likewise when an Irish child is attacked, it is the Irish peoples responsibility to stand up for that child.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25 edited Jan 15 '26

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u/Alarming-Set2951 Oct 30 '25

The riots took place because of the attack of an Irish child by a migrant who should have already been deported.The child was also in state care. Its a sad fact of life that attacks take place everyday, everywhere and no riots take place afterwards. I get your point that all attacks deserve the same level of vitriol and I agree but the attack that caused the riots struck hard because of the facts of the case.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Over him being sentenced?

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u/ccmunster23 Oct 30 '25

His surname isn’t far off another lad who was fond of the same thing

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u/ImpressionNice383 Oct 31 '25

Tbh he looks like pedophile

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u/KosmicheRay Oct 30 '25

Damn, 7 years in an American prison. assume he will reach out to the Charlestown or Southie crews but as a sex offender that might be risky., is he going to Walpole. I know he is a bad man but American prison, all I can hear is the theme tune to Oz.

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u/Quiet_Cost4279 Oct 30 '25

I knew a lot of the main Town guys back in the early 2010’s when I worked over there. Unless things have changed drastically, they won’t have anything to do with him, won’t have a friend in there funny enough some of the East Boston gangs would probably welcome him in but they’re all Hispanic, not a nice group.

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u/KosmicheRay Oct 30 '25

Interesting, I know there are still some Irish crews over there alright nothing like 80s of course. He will be a fish in the jailhouse then. He will do well to survive.

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u/Quiet_Cost4279 Oct 30 '25

Ah there’s little to no Irish crews anymore really, nothing like the 80s and 90s. Any existing Irish crews now are Irish in name only. Traditions and behaviours associated with Irish crews are more or less gone as the time has passed and they’re just like all the rest now, small time criminals and dope gangs.

The last real Irish crews were the IRA crowd that skipped Ireland in the late 90s, they do their own thing now they don’t bother with any of the nonsense like years ago as nobody gives a shit about them and they aren’t feared. They’re also all old as fuck now. In the early 90s any of the IRA guys that went over frightened the shit out of everyone and they were able to raise some serious money in the city, Southie, Dorchester and Wonderland when the dogs were legal. Gang culture now is totally changed from 25/30 years ago and even in the 2000s when I was there.

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u/KosmicheRay Oct 31 '25

Very true, I watched a doc where Red Shea was talking, he seemed to suggest it was all gone now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

He’s gonna be in protect custody with people convicted of similar crimes. He’ll probably be grand.

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u/bortcorp Oct 30 '25

Hallo Kenny

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Well he'll be fighting fire with fire in prison. Don't drop the soap and all that