Charges Dropped Against Men who Forced Son to Drink Hot Sauce
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors in Sarasota have decided to drop felony child-neglect charges against a man who forced his 13-year-old stepson to drink hot sauce as punishment for leaving a
gate open.
An attorney for Michael Massanelli says prosecutors have acknowledged that making the teenager drink hot sauce was NO different than washing a child’s mouth out with soap. In the words of lawyer Derek Byrd, “if giving hot sauce were criminal, then a lot of our grandmothers would have gone to jail.”
Sheriff’s detectives charged Massanelli in June and booked him into jail on child abuse charges. An arrest report says he told detectives he was upset because his two-year-old daughter could
have wandered out of the left open by his stepson.
After forcing him to drink the hot sauce, the Boy told detectives his stepfather wouldn’t allow him to rinse his mouth, which “felt as if it were on fire.” Detectives say they charged
Massanelli with child abuse because he intentionally inflicted physical or mental injury upon the boy.
Later, the prosecutors amended the charge to felony child neglect. But Byrd says once they examined the record, they realized
there was NO malice or criminal intent.
7 responses to “Charges Dropped Against Men who Forced Son to Drink Hot Sauce”
Where was this punishment when I was a kid? I would have asked if I could have a burrito too.
Please dad cause I have the tabasco instead of the belt? Oh please! ha funny stuff
Can you please take this crap off your site; the article is full of lies just like the cop that made the report. It’s been almost 3 years and I’m tired of seeing this crap when my name is searched.
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Michael Massanelli
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Michael your an animal. Had I been in your state, and been the arresting officer chances are you would not have wriggled out of your abusive behavior. I suffered this abusive form of parenting as a child and still have stomach issues to this day because of it. You are a monster and I am saddened that the DA in your state did not take more interest in your case and lock you in a cell with a fella who happens to like children. You need some general population correction…
evil jerk.. and dont bring religion into it, noone cares about faith.. its actions they care about… Maybe Jesus said.. turn the other cheek to apply more hot sauce?
I could not imagine forcing a child of any age to drink hot sauce! The amount of damage that could result such as stomach ulcers is sic! I can imagine placing a small amount of hot sauce on a child’s tongue to teach them a lesson of “watching what comes out of their mouth” “naughty words have bad consequences”. But never enough to actually swallow!!