Jack McClellan
Jack McClellan (b. roughly 1963) is a self-identifying pedophile, who beginning in June 2007, gained widespread publicity after extensive media coverage of his now-defunct website, Stegl. Stegl featured a rating system for ongoing events at which readers could watch girls, leading to accusations of incitement. McClellan remains controversial among the public and other childlovers alike.
McClellan has been featured on multiple national news programs because of his views and legal battles surrounding his beliefs and opposition to them. After a shortlived relocation to Portland, Oregon, McClellan moved back to Los Angeles.[1] He soon relocated back to Portland.
On the web
McClellan is a semi-frequent poster on GirlChat. He has also run multiple websites where he documents his experiences and findings. While he resided in Washington state he ran "Seattle-Tacoma-Everett Girl Love" (Stegl) and later "Los Angeles Girl Love" after moving to California. One of his sites was taken down by his Internet service provider, while his first site was voluntarily taken down after pressure from the local community. He later put his website back up, in October 2007, detailing Portland area festivals and events.[2]
Timeline
- August 4, 2007: A California judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent McClellan from being within 30 feet (9.1 m) of a child at any time in the state of California. The lawyer who pushed for this move (Anthony Zinnanti) went on to be a frequently consulted talking-head in the media storm that followed.
- August 14, 2007: McClellan was arrested on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on suspicion of violating his restraining order by unknowingly sitting by a daycare facility for children aged three months to three years. He was told by campus police not to return. Later, after being released on his own recognizance, he was arrested on charges of trespassing while being interviewed in a campus parking lot.[3]
- August 24, 2007: A judge narrowed the restraining order and issued a permanent injunction that prohibits Mr. McClellan from coming within 30 feet (9.1 m) of schools, playgrounds and other places where children congregate. In response to this McClellan stated he will leave California, calling the rulings "Orwellian".[4]
- August 27, 2007: McClellan was briefly considered a person of interest in the murder of a 10 year old girl in Washington. This was because an intersection in the area where the girl disappeared had been listed in his past website "Seattle-Vancouver Street Prostitution Guide" and one he had visited in the past.[5]
- January, 2009: The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles upheld the 2007 Superior Court injunction in California, after an appeal by McClellan.[6]
Further actions
In Portland (where he settled in March 2008) McClellan has been excluded by the city's transport system, Powell's City of Books & The Grotto, an outdoor Catholic shrine.[7]
In reaction to McClellan's activities, California Assemblyman Cameron Smyth has introduced a bill to make similar actions a criminal misdemeanor. The bill would make it illegal to engage in surrograte stalking, "the act of publishing photos, physical descriptions, and/or locations of children with the intent that another person uses that information to commit a crime against a child".[8][9]
Internet hysteria
After hearing about McClellan on the news, blogger and webmaster Ron Tebo created the website JackMcClellan.com. Tebo said that his fight against McClellan was personal, partly in reaction to his own abuse at the hands of a neighbor when he was six years old. Tebo used his site to keep web users up to date about McClellan's activities and whereabouts. Before starting the site, he contacted McClellan and had several e-mail conversations with him, and publicly refers to him by his first name.[10] The two have appeared on television programs together, and at one point Tebo defended McClellan on The Steve Wilkos Show against what he described as a bullying studio audience and talk show host.[11] After joining Girl Chat, Ron Tebo later changed the site so that rather than focusing on Jack McClellan, it provides links for child safety, to KidsHealth and NetSmartz.org articles.
Mistreatment
McClellan claims to have been pursued, harassed and mistreated by police officers on multiple occasions, whilst in and out of custody.
See also
- List of anti-pedophile quotes - Attacks on McClellan.
External Links
Audio:
Video:
- ↑ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/339460_blogger14.html
- ↑ http://www.annabelleigh.net/messages/411566.htm
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/us/15pedophile.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=jack+mcclellan&st=nyt&oref=slogin
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/us/27pedophile.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20071024195404/http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0807/2701_mcclellan.html
- ↑ http://www.the-signal.com/news/archive/8142/
- ↑ http://wweek.com/editorial/3419/10685
- ↑ http://www.hometownstation.com/local-news/smyth-mclellan-clarita-2008-04-29-15-53.html
- ↑ http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/1630/
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/30/earlyshow/living/parenting/main3110525.shtml
- ↑ http://oldsite.the-signal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=49992&format=html