Amanda Brumfield, the eldest daughter of “Sideshow” Billy Bob Thornton, has been charged with child neglect causing harm or disability in relation to the death of a 1 year old girl whom she was babysitting.
Brumfield told detectives that a girl she was babysitting hit her head in a fall in an Ocoee home on Oct. 3, Detective James Berish said in a news release. Brumfield called for help more than two hours later when she couldn’t revive the girl, police in the city near Orlando said.
An autopsy determined the girl had a fractured skull and brain injury. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide and said the explanation Brumfield gave was inconsistent with the child’s injuries, police said.
When informed of the incident, Thornton’s publicist commented that “Sideshow” Billy Bob had not been in contact with Brumfield for “quite some time.” That’s some good parenting there.
Kind of hard to be surprised, eh?
I suppose all parents are in constant contact with their adult children, so this is somehow Billy Bob’s fault? You blame the death of this little girl on the parenting of Billy Bob Thornton? You are a dumb (fill in the blank)…
She didn’t blame the baby’s death on Billy Bob, you asshat.
She implied that not being in contact with your daughter for “quite some time” is bad parenting. And it is. I’m an adult and I speak to my parents at least once a week. That’s because my parents are good people and they like to show that their interest in me extends beyond their responsibility to provide me with the basic necessities of life. Parenting is a lifetime job, not an 18 year job.
Besides that, there’s a huge difference between “constant contact” and “no contact for quite some time.”
I didn’t imply that she directly laid the blame for the death on Billy Bob, but she was either blaming the parenting of Billy Bob or using this tragedy to make a dig at Billy Bob, both of which are out of line. I live 2 miles from my parents yet can go two weeks without talking to them and a month without seeing them…is this due to “bad parenting”, no. It’s due to the fact that we are all adults with busy lives. A parent/child relationship is a two-way street…and “quite some time” is a vague term. So before you join the Kelly bandwagon I think you need to think about things more before you jump to her defense like her liitle sidekick.
I have no feelings about Kelly one way or another. I have feelings about people misconstruing what other people say.
If you thought it was in bad taste to take a dig at Billy Bob, that’s what you should’ve said. Instead you said this:
“I suppose all parents are in constant contact with their adult children, so this is somehow Billy Bob’s fault? You blame the death of this little girl on the parenting of Billy Bob Thornton? ”
So yes, you were implying that she was laying the blame on Billy Bob’s parenting. Is there another way for what you said to be interpreted?
“Quite some time” is not that vague. It implies a lack of contact.
It’s Billy Bobs fault that I had to watch that fucking stupid Slingblade movie, I know that for sure. That’s way worse than what he did to his estranged daughter.
plainwhiteenvelope, you crack me up again…
Gotta agree with Rob N on this one. Maybe I can blame all of my past mistakes on how I was raised. Hell that would be great I could go commit all kinds of crimes and in the end just blame it on how I was raised and then get a free pass. BOO YAHHH!!!
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Well BBT is certainly not defending her, and she had two parents – it’s usually not the parents fault when an adult child makes poor decisions, a moment of bad behavior with a small child can and does result in death nearly everyday in this country. It’s amazing how many babies and toddlers are permanently injured or killed by their caretakers and their families.
This is very sad, those poor parents went out and came home to their child’s body. It’s going to change the life of BBT’s daughter – what a mess. But you can hardly blame a adult’s parent who lives 3000 miles away, and seems to have no relationship with the adult child for the crime. Many people don’t have close relationships with their families and aren’t smashing children’s skulls to the point of fracture. It’s called personal responsibility.
All the people involved in this must feel awful. My heart goes out to them.
Is it my imagination or is Billy Bob starting to resemble Micheal Jackson?