Tim Patterson

And she went upstairs and this kid comes downstairs and he looked like little Rodney Allen Ripley. I mean, he looked like royalty. He was just a real different looking kid. He stuck out. He didn't have no nappy hair. He didn't have no messed up clothes on. You know, he was really something special. You could tell this guy wasn't a normal kid. At least I could tell.

And she went upstairs and this kid comes downstairs and he looked like little Rodney Allen Ripley. I mean, he looked like royalty. He was just a real different looking kid. He stuck out. He didn't have no nappy hair. He didn't have no messed up clothes on. You know, he was really something special. You could tell this guy wasn't a normal kid. At least I could tell.

If I was five or six, he was either three or four. Yeah.

If I was five or six, he was either three or four. Yeah.

Okay, so that picture there says a lot. And I really want to put context into a lot of the things that are being said now. You know, you got to kind of get to know a person's beginnings. You kind of got to get to know their firsts before you can really put a guilty sign on. You have to kind of know where they came from. And that's what I really want to specify and go into detail about.

Okay, so that picture there says a lot. And I really want to put context into a lot of the things that are being said now. You know, you got to kind of get to know a person's beginnings. You kind of got to get to know their firsts before you can really put a guilty sign on. You have to kind of know where they came from. And that's what I really want to specify and go into detail about.

And at the same time, I do not want to condone and I don't condone any of the things that he's been accused of. But Sean is special to me. We were big brother, little brother type of moves. And There's no way I can sit back and allow this to happen without giving context to his life and to his story. Sean was born a really good kid, really good kid, gifted kid.

And at the same time, I do not want to condone and I don't condone any of the things that he's been accused of. But Sean is special to me. We were big brother, little brother type of moves. And There's no way I can sit back and allow this to happen without giving context to his life and to his story. Sean was born a really good kid, really good kid, gifted kid.

When you talk about having everything he needed, he was just ahead of his time from day one. Going back to your question, that picture, that picture was random picture, random day. My dad was really into taking pictures. So he would catch us at any time of the day and say, hey, pose like this, pose like that. That's my dad posing us. And we stand there, he took the picture.

When you talk about having everything he needed, he was just ahead of his time from day one. Going back to your question, that picture, that picture was random picture, random day. My dad was really into taking pictures. So he would catch us at any time of the day and say, hey, pose like this, pose like that. That's my dad posing us. And we stand there, he took the picture.

And if you notice in the picture, there's a big difference in our clothing. There's a big difference in, you know, our getup. Sean's wearing jewelry. He's got on white shoes. What is he like? Could be five, six years old in that picture, if that. He's got on dark socks. He's got on a bucket hat already.

And if you notice in the picture, there's a big difference in our clothing. There's a big difference in, you know, our getup. Sean's wearing jewelry. He's got on white shoes. What is he like? Could be five, six years old in that picture, if that. He's got on dark socks. He's got on a bucket hat already.

Very stylish. The type of clothes you'd see a grown-up wearing, you know, he was wearing. Then on the other hand, you see my clothes, it was nervous.

Very stylish. The type of clothes you'd see a grown-up wearing, you know, he was wearing. Then on the other hand, you see my clothes, it was nervous.

Yeah, so when we moved into the house, it was a win-win for everyone. Sean gets another boy in the house now in similar age. My mom and Sean's moms, who were friends. And then on top of it all, you had a man of the house in the home. It was my dad. So he was able to do the things with me and Sean that dads do while he could.

Yeah, so when we moved into the house, it was a win-win for everyone. Sean gets another boy in the house now in similar age. My mom and Sean's moms, who were friends. And then on top of it all, you had a man of the house in the home. It was my dad. So he was able to do the things with me and Sean that dads do while he could.

So yeah, he was really instrumental in our lives, as was Sean's mom instrumental in my life.

So yeah, he was really instrumental in our lives, as was Sean's mom instrumental in my life.

Like you said, Sean never had a chance to experience a dad in the household. And at that time in his life, besides his grandfather, my dad was probably in proximity to closest man in his life.

Like you said, Sean never had a chance to experience a dad in the household. And at that time in his life, besides his grandfather, my dad was probably in proximity to closest man in his life.