Michelle Beadle Exposes Twitter Troll As Child Molestor
Michelle Beadle is about as real as they come. With over one million Twitter followers, ESPN’s crown jewel on-air personality (predictably) gets a lot of unwanted/gross attention in the social media realm. That’s a given. What we don’t expect, however, is for Beadle to go out of her way and dial up some FBI-type -ish and pull some relentless troll’s criminal record.
After posting a harmless tweet about everyone agreeing that Oregon needs “to clobber Florida State” in the College Football Playoff’s Rose Bowl game, ESPN the Magazine’s Molly Knight received some straight up disgusting feedback from some hillbillies complaining about women crying rape.
For the record, sexual violence has no inherent connection to college football, whatsoever.
The troll’s handle was @d_cochran, which no longer exists.
http://www.sportsgrid.com/media/michelle-beadle-exposes-twitter-troll-as-child-molestor/
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>FYI this is just a tiny taste of what female sportswriters deal with: (cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/d_cochran">@d_cochran</a>) <a href="http://t.co/UOYhMFSJa2">pic.twitter.com/UOYhMFSJa2</a></p>— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) <a href="https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/549695160913645569">December 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Everyone’s favorite SportsNation host then stepped in to regulate this psycho. Presumably using the sex offender database she has to keep offhand — because she’s dealt with stalkers for a few years now — Michelle Beadle ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THE TROLL AND POSTED A LINK TO HIS CRIMINAL RECORD. Ding ding ding — if you guessed “he’s touched children,” you were spot on.
This woman is doing God’s work. Wow. Excellent.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/d_cochran">@d_cochran</a>....less time worrying about boys playing football, and more time not being a molester. <a href="http://t.co/vrLbcUv6Hq">http://t.co/vrLbcUv6Hq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FSUTwitter?src=hash">#FSUTwitter</a></p>— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleDBeadle/status/549699326251765760">December 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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HEADLINE: “Florida Man Fails At Trolling Sports Journalist, Gets Sex Offender Status Blasted By Major Twitter Account.”
The internet is a weird, often horrible place.