Major Exposé On KGO's Bernie Ward Destroys His Defense

LIBTALK LIAR

TV Exposé Shatters Indicted KGO Host's "Book" Defense





*** 08 May 2008 Update Here ***


Okay, Mr Ward, would you care to change your story?

After his indictment on charges of possessing and distributing child porn were first reported here, KGO libtalker Bernie Ward hid behind a claim he was writing a book, with the images part of that "research".

And until now, he has continued to assert that defense strategy, even going so far as to push for a return to his former KGO radio evening timeslot, as though the charges weren't serious enough to warrant termination from the Citadel news- talker.

Now, however, Ward's contentions have been shredded to bits by an explosive exposé on the circumstances that led Oakdale police to launch an investigation into his alleged child porn file- sharing activities.

Wednesday evening, ABC's KGO-7 TV (now owned separately from KGO 810 AM) aired a bombshell report with previously- undisclosed details on the Ward indictment.

Investigative reporter Dan Noyes traveled to Oakdale, a cowboy town near Modesto, to get the full details. What he found upon arrival was unexpectedly shocking, calling into question everything Ward has so far asserted:

"We received a report from a local resident of Oakdale that she had gotten an e-mail message and pornographic material involving juveniles," says Chief Marty West with the Oakdale Police Department.

The woman gave police the photographs and a transcript of her online conversation with Bernie Ward.

It's Christmas week, three years ago. Ward's on his home computer using the screen name "Vincentlio." He begins the chat with "Good afternoon, mistress." The woman using the name "Sexfairy" answers, "How was your day, slave?" In explicit detail, Ward describes being humiliated sexually. At one point, he asks, "Are you going to make me feel dirty, mistress?" "Sexfairy" answers, "Yes, I am."

Ward discusses group sex he had at an infamous porn theater in San Mateo. Then, nearly an hour into the conversation, he brings up photographs, "I love trading pictures." "Sexfairy" answers, "and why haven't I gotten any pics, slave? Send me some."

Ward sends several pictures -- one of a woman and two children. Ward describes her as a mother in her late thirties, she's topless. He says the naked boy is 14, that the girl wearing clothes is 12. They're all touching in a sexual way.

"Sexfairy" writes, "brb," (be right back). A half hour later, she's on the phone with police, reporting Bernie Ward for child porn. They tell her to keep chatting with Ward.

"It would be important to the case to gather as much information as possible in support of bringing charges against the person that's sending these pornographic messages," says Chief West.

In the days that follow, "Sexfairy" asks Ward for more pictures -- he complies. Then, police get a search warrant for Ward's AOL account. E-mail sent and received by Vincentlio had pictures attached.

An investigator writes, "several of the photographs depicted children engaged in or simulating sexual acts with adults or other children." The ages of the children in the pictures -- four to 17 years old.

To see KGO-7's video reports, click here. Updated reports are also being provided at the I-Team's blog, found here.


Noyes and his investigative team deserve praise for leaving the comfort of their San Francisco studios and digging deeper to get the full story. Why didn't KGO TV's competitors think to do this? Is Oakdale too hard to find?

Aside from the fact that Ward's return to KGO radio now seems a virtual impossibility, one other point has been made clear: the feds don't waste years going after people unless they feel there's a strong case to be made.

The news media, as well as the "progressive" left, swallowed Ward's "book research" nonsense, now they must face the painful truth about the Bay Area's longtime libtalk icon.

Liberals lie.


UPDATE: previous Internet messages by "Vincentlio"

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