Mousebumples said:
Jone Winter said:
I just think it's light given the criminal behavior described here. If some reports are correct this individual exploited underage individuals as well.
We have no evidence of criminally illegal behavior, which would include the exploitation of minors that you allude to here. If you or anyone else has evidence of that sort, we ask you to please forward it to the admin team. Our pm boxes and discord accounts are available.
We can only act on what we're made aware of. I'm on my phone between shifts today, but I believe our statement explicitly says that if new information is brought to us, we may adjust the punishment accordingly.
If you know something we don't, _tell us_.
Wholly unproductive posts where you accuse the investigation team of playing favorites doesn't do anyone any favors.
I understand this sentiment Mouse, and like I said I give you guys props for dealing with this situation. It is a sensitive issue but I would hardly say my posts have been wholly unproductive, as I am not challenging the admin team, merely discussing the implications of what you all have decided. I'm presenting questions to be asked, not looking for a fight.
If I find any information I will definitely forward that to the team. Favoritism isn't my point here, i don't think the team would play around with this issue, and as Lethen pointed out he would treat anyone similar. I do hope the victims I've heard about come forward and I feel for the pain you've had to endorse.
~Jone
Also "On December 13, 2016, Attorney General Trinnien announced an open investigation into allegations of harassment. The Administrative Team quickly moved to take over that investigation, due to the nature of harassment as a violation of the forum Terms of Service. With the initial investigation now concluded, and as a result of our findings, we have decided to issue forum member Anumia with an indefinite administrative ban, lasting until at least January 2018, with the possibility of review following that.
It is important, first, to address why it was necessary that this investigation be carried out by the Administrative Team. It is commendable that the Roleplay Government of the region took the initiative to draw attention to these harassment allegations. However, harassment is a violation of the Terms of Service, which the Administrative Team has both a legal obligation and a legal authority to enforce. Addressing issues with serious real world implications should not be subject to the trivialities of our roleplay politics and to the limitations of our roleplay court system. Additionally, an investigation such as this requires handling evidence coming from witnesses and victims who are unwilling to or may be further traumatized by being required to testify in public. Therefore, the investigation is best performed within a forum administrative framework, which provides the most flexibility for observing such privacy considerations."
If this is true the admin team acknowledges harassment is going on, which is prosecutable in many municipalities as a criminal act.