Cliff Satell, Former Vice Chair Of Duke College Republicans, Faces Child Porn Charges

A Duke senior has been charged with obtaining and possessing child pornography, the Duke Chronicle reports.

Cliff Satell, the former-vice chair of the Duke College Republicans, was arrested in April of last year on five counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor and five counts of third-degree exploitation of a minor. According to the Chronicle, Satell had in his possession "digital videos of preteen and teen boys engaging in sexual acts."

Satell formerly made headlines in September, when former College Republicans Chapter Chair Justin Robinette accused the group of discriminating against him due to his sexuality. Satell and Robinette presented the Duke Student Senate with several incendiary e-mails to support Robinette's case.

Satell is due to appear in court next month.

Comments

[Greybeard53]

09:48 AM on 11/16/2010

He attends Duke, therefore his Daddy is rich. His Daddy is rich, therefore he will skate on these charges.
There are NO monied persons on any sex offender registry anywhere, period. Check it out. Google your State's sex offender registry and check the mug shots.

[XTABAY]

05:49 PM on 11/14/2010

He will be head of the Tea Party some day

[gypsysailor]

02:52 AM on 11/14/2010

Why does it seem like most of the people caught doing this are conservative, usually vote republican and most notably, (although lacking in this case), seem to follow some religion?

[teddyswims]

09:28 AM on 11/16/2010

Because the media covers it up or omits party affiliation when it's a democRAT.

[Vernie31]

06:28 PM on 11/13/2010

The boys in ORANGE are really going to LOVE watching ole SHORT EYES very soon.

[farmilyman]

06:41 AM on 11/13/2010

Great........another Rove in the making.

[corwin]

05:23 PM on 11/12/2010

Former Dem US senator leaves a woman to drown in a car.Se how easy/
And,as Siddhartha points out,in "Lord of Light" , the merits or frailties of a leader are no reflection of the measure of a cause.

[UnreasonableExpectations]

09:52 PM on 11/13/2010

One can hardly point to something that happened 40 years ago in one persons life as anything to hold weight on any argument about things that happen today.

One day I will perfect time travel and I shall travel back in time to dump rubbing alcohol in the mud puddle your lineage is developing in.

[billy goat]

03:32 PM on 11/12/2010

If this is one's attraction and it's illegal to look at images presumeably because of the effects on those whose images are protrayed, it seems like technology could assist in the development of images that involved no actual people. Would this solve the problem of exposing children and the underaged but allow an outlet for those who are disposed to liking this? Just a thought.

[billy goat]

03:28 PM on 11/12/2010

He looks like a kid himself.

[kmdelong2]

09:06 PM on 11/12/2010

Well, he is a senior in college... 22 is still very young.

[Vernie31]

06:31 PM on 11/13/2010

He is going to feel like a WOMAN, pretty soon.

[UnreasonableExpectations]

09:55 PM on 11/13/2010

Women shouldn't feel like that, hes going to feel like the b1tch he is.

[Sunking1456]

12:58 PM on 11/12/2010

Some of you people are terrible. This guy is dealing with a sickness. Secondly, he stood up for the gay kid at Duke - so it is not like he was going around attacking the gays in the first place.

[amd02148]

02:20 AM on 11/14/2010

So he stood up for some gay kid? what does that have to do with the fact that he commited a horrendous crime?

[kv3854]

09:10 AM on 11/12/2010

Sounds like a Republican. to me.

[rjmtx]

08:42 AM on 11/12/2010

Family values at work...

[Counterglow]

08:21 AM on 11/12/2010

This incident should put Satell solidly in line for a high position in the Republican Party. He'll fit right in.

[Gutts]

08:15 AM on 11/12/2010

Not surprised......privileged white male.

[UNLVGOP]

06:58 AM on 11/12/2010

I like how you are all generalizing and stereotyping....

If this was a black person I wonder how many of you would flip if I said well, just another black criminal....it's all they're good for!

Not an opinion I hold, just proving a point....

[Aardvaark]

07:26 AM on 11/12/2010

Point well taken about generalizing and stereotyping, but I think your example is a poor one.

In Republican's defense, a big part of the suit against DADT is Log Cabin Republicans, a group that fundamentalist Christian Republicans and Tea Party members wish would just go away.

It's ironic that the founder of modern conservatism, Barry Goldwater, not only a Senator, but a General in the Air Force Reserve, felt that gays should serve in the armed services. He felt that government had no place in the bedroom of individual consenting adults, and that gays would make excellent military men. He also thought that Bible thumpers were ridiculous.

[Michael Briggs]

05:10 PM on 11/13/2010

It makes one pine for Goldwater Republicans. It seems as if the party has devolved so much since then.

[Howard53545]

06:48 AM on 11/12/2010

Dude was a child lover after all that high price education, send him to Gitmo fr reducation.