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  • Blue Angels Commander Removed For Alleged Misconduct

    Capt. Gregory McWherter, a top Navy officer and former Blue Angels commander, was relieved Friday of his post as executive officer of Naval Base Coronado.

    The decision was carried out by the commander of the Navy Installations Command, Vice Adm. William French and was “based on initial findings of an ongoing investigation into recent allegations of misconduct and inappropriate command climate” at the Blue Angels at the time during which McWherter was the commander. The investigation, which initiated in March, stems from a complaint filed by one individual, according to Cmdr. Mike Kafka – a spokesman for the Naval Air Force Atlantic Command based in Norfolk, Va.

    The US Navy clarified in its statement that “the allegations refer specifically to the period when McWherter served as Blue Angels commanding officer, from November 2008 to November 2010 and again from May 2011 to November 2012.”

    This statement was released with no additional details regarding the specific nature of the alleged misconduct.

    The former Blue Angels Commander was also an instructor at the Fighter Weapons School, known more colloquially as TOPGUN. In fact, Capt. McWherter even mentioned the film of the same name serving an initial inspiration during his earlier years. When he visited Marietta’s Dobbins Air Reserve four years ago, he listed the Tom Cruise film as being a motivation for his career path.

    “That was it. I wanted to fly,” McWherter had intimated to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

    Capt. McWherter was the executive officer of Naval Base Coronado since November 2013. He spent November 2008 to November 2010 as well as May 2011 to November 2012 as commanding officer and flight leader of the Blue Angels. McWherter, a F/A-18 Hornet pilot, logged 5,500 flight hours as well as 950 aircraft carrier landings for training missions and deployments. When he was on his second tour with the Blue Angels, he was awarded for his demonstration of “leadership and contributions” to the North American air show industry.

    The 20-year Navy veteran has been provisionally reassigned to Naval Air Forces in San Diego.

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  • Woody Allen’s Adopted Daughter Claims Sexual Abuse in Letter

    The adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen has come forward with allegations that she was sexually abused as a child.

    In an open letter reported by NY Times, Dylan Farrow, 28, came forward describing a traumatizing event she experienced as a child in 1992.

    Farrow begins the letter with an open-ended question to her readers: “What’s your favorite Woody Allen movie?”

    She then leads into a very descriptive story of her life growing up as a child:

    “He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother’s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me.”

    At the tender age of seven-years-old, Farrow writes that she was taken to the attic room of her home where Allen abused her:

    “For as long as I could remember, my father had been doing things to me that I didn’t like. I didn’t like how often he would take me away from my mom, siblings and friends to be alone with him.”

    Farrow details how her mother even at times didn’t believe her claims against Allen. After the two split in 1992, Mia admitted Farrow into therapy where she was doubted even more.

    Although Allen was never convicted, his own son believes Farrow’s story.

    On Jan. 12, Allen was the recipient of an honorary Golden Globe award. Ronan Farrow posted on Twitter his obvious ill feelings towards his father’s award.

    Accusations against Allen appeared to become even more plausible amidst the reports of his relationship with Mia’s other adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, which he married in 1997. Farrow refers to it in her letter:

    “I didn’t know that my father would use his sexual relationship with my sister to cover up the abuse he inflicted on me.”

    According to an article published on The Daily Beast, producer and director Robert B. Weide of “Woody Allen: A Documentary,” counterattacked the accusations against his industry friend, whose career seems to still thrive:

    “I am not in a position to say they didn’t, any more than all the people on the Internet calling for Woody’s head can say they did. The point is that accusations make headlines; retractions are buried on page 12, and coerced accusations are as much a reality as coerced confessions.”

    However, Farrow’s letter takes a stab at a few of Allen’s industry friends that may have been well-aware of the abuse:

    “What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett? Louis CK? Alec Baldwin? What if it had been you, Emma Stone? Or you, Scarlett Johansson? You knew me when I was a little girl, Diane Keaton. Have you forgotten me?”

    As she concludes her letter, she yet again asks a very important question:

    “So imagine your seven-year-old daughter being led into an attic by Woody Allen. Imagine she spends a lifetime stricken with nausea at the mention of his name. Imagine a world that celebrates her tormenter.

    Are you imagining that? Now, what’s your favorite Woody Allen movie?”

    Allen’s reps have yet to respond.

    An interview with Allen denying the accusations:

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  • Former Major League Baseball MVP Braun Suspended

    Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers has performed a non-denial denial when he responded Monday to allegations of performance-enhancing substance use. Braun, who was named as an MVP in autumn of 2011 after the World Series, claimed in his statement that he never used any steroids in spite of accepting what essentially amounts to a ban from baseball.

    The Twitterverse is, of course, abuzz as the baseball world makes their opinions known…

    The executive director of the MLB Player’s Association, Michael Weiner, released a press statement that reads: “I am deeply gratified to see Ryan taking this bold step. It vindicates the rights of all players under the Joint Drug Program. It is good for the game that Ryan will return soon to continue his great work both on and off the field.”