No more plastic hangers
Belgium parents in jail after chaining daughter to bed:
In Belgium (Wisconsin not the country) Lynn and Patrick Drollinger allegedly chained their 12-year-old daughter to the bed since September. They allegedly also used zip ties and beat the girl with plastic hangers.
They say they did this because she was stealing from stores and from them. What the hell did she steal from them, the Hope Diamond?
And in an unusual twist the husband says he went along with it because he was scared of his wife. He’s also out of jail for some reason.
Thanks to JJ for the tip.
Sphere: Related Content
May 27th, 2010 at 4:40 am
Well la tee da! Who gives a shit that he turned himself in. All that tells me is that he does know right from wrong. He knew that abusing his daughter was wrong, but his pansy ass continued to do it.
I'm not sure that your story about him being so scared of his wife is really going to hold water with the judge.
May 26th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
So first your brother is only guilty of not coming forward, and now you say he was hitting her….well…which is it? Coward or contender? I know….BOTH! He beat his child AND failed to protect her from her insane mother. He is just as bad as she is – worse, because he WASN'T crazy, he was sane, and let it continue anyway, and assisted in the abuse. Go peddle your manure in the farmland somewhere – I'm sure there is a farmer somewhere in desperate need of fertilizer for his fields.
May 26th, 2010 at 1:45 am
So he was a pussy? Is that what you are saying. And that makes his lack of taking action okay?
May 25th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
It's my fault now? I didn't even know where he was living, much less that he was hitting his daughter. He was bailed out by his parents, while her family chose to leave her in jail. Does that tell you something?
May 25th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Okay, you obtuse jerks. My brother Patrick was indeed scared of his wife. He should have come forth ealier to stop the cruelty, I grant you. What is unusual in this case was that he actually turned himself in. Not a whole lot of child-abusers actually giving themselves up to police. Make sure you've got all the information before making ignorant statements.
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:01 am
I am against abuse in any way shape or form but, he needed to woop her butt take those kids and run. I mean seriously woop her butt not jokes intended here. There is a difference between abuse and self protection and sometimes kicking someones butt is the only way out.
IF, and that is a big if, this guy really is a “good” person who was scared now he is in a world of hurt and he will deserve everything he gets for not protecting his kids.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I am the father’s brother; making me the uncle.
There is always two sides to a story. I hadn’t seen my brother for 15 years, before he turned himself in, the reason: His wife was paranoid. She thought the whole world was hell, and that her and her family were basically the only good people left. She insisted on the beatings, and stood watch over them as they took place. My brother never told anyone that his daughter was stealing from them, of that I am sure. He is a tender, affectionate man, with nothing but love for all of his children. He is also very passive, and withstood year upon year of abuse from his wife. The only thing he is guilty of is not coming forward sooner.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Why would anyone think you are a bad uncle? Although – you are kind of an ass if you think we are going to think your brother is innocent. Only guilty of not coming forward sooner? NO! He’s guilty of not protecting his child. He deserves everything he has coming to him.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Don’t blame his inaction on his wife. He is a grown man, with free will, who made the decision to be a fucking pussy and allow this to happen. Your brother should have grown a pair and protected a helpless child, but he CHOSE to be a little bitch. Fuck him.
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 am
As the brother to the kids’ father and the uncle to the kids, you should have reported them long ago.
Hello? You hadn’t been in contact with your brother for 15 years because his wife was crazy, and you did nothing? You don’t think that living with a crazy woman is a mentally, emotionally, and probably physically dangerous situation for children to be in? So you let it go on for 15 years? Hello? If you’re still not in contact with your brother after a short period of time because his wife is crazy, then she hasn’t sought help and those kids are still in danger.
So, not only do you not do anything to help your brother out of a potentially dangerous situation for him, but you don’t do anything to help his children either. Is defending him to a lot of anonymous people online your way of making up for that?
You say that the crazy wife stood watch over the beatings… so who was it that was beating this gil? Was it your tender, affectionate brother?
He may have withstood year upon year of abuse at the hands of the crazy wife, but he had a choice. He chose to stay with her. And before you suggest that I’m only saying that because he’s a guy, go back and read some of my comments in other discussions about women staying in abusive relationships and their children suffering for it. I have all the sympathy in the world for adults who have difficulty getting out of abusive situations, but add children to that equation and their primary responsibility, even above themselves, becomes those children. They need to get those children away from that situation. Period.
The only side to this story that matters is that a child was being tied to a bed and beaten, and it could have been prevented if the men in her life had the balls to step up and do the right thing. You’re brother deserves to be in prison. If he’s so scared of his crazy bitch wife, they should put them in adjoining cells.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:27 am
Daddy and Mommy Dearest, 21st century style…..probably stealing food or some valuable treasure…..
January 29th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Ug, Kathy, I agree! Seems there are always some ignorant morons (sorry, lady redundant woman) who think they have something important to share with the world.
I hope these monsters never get the chance to hurt this girl again, or any other child.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Like I said, Wisconsin is the new West Virginia.
January 29th, 2010 at 9:15 am
I read the comments tied to the article. First, some people are just plain idiots, and I’m NOT talking about the parents featured in the article. However, one post was a neighbor who said that the girl was always very nice. They let her have a beanie baby from a garage sale (note LET HER HAVE IT, not STOLEN). But, the mom made her take it back.
So, I begin to wonder exactly WHAT this girl was stealing. Food??? anyone want to guess? Seems there are at least 4-5 children and only this one is chained to a bed and beaten? There’s more to this story that we’re not hearing. I pray the child is now safe with the biological toxins out of her life.