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Army to Dr. Laura's Son -- Did You Really Write That?!

Posted May 31st 2007 10:40AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned that the US Army is investigating whether the son of holier-than-thou talk show host Dr. Laura created an unbelievably graphic and offensive MySpace page including scenes of rape, torture and child molestation.

A MySpace page allegedly created by and containing a trove of photos of what appeared to be Deryk Schlessinger, Dr. Laura's 21-year-old son who is serving as a Specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan with the US Army, was pulled from the popular file-sharing site last week, as the Salt Lake Tribune first reported. We're told by an Army rep that it contained cartoon depictions of rape, murder, torture and child molestation, not to mention photos of soldiers with guns in their mouths -- among other scenes, and a picture of a blindfolded prisoner with the caption "My Sweet Little Habib." Lt. Col. Robert Tallman of the Army called the MySpace page "disturbing."

What's more, one blog entry on the site read, in part, "I LOVE MY JOB, it takes everything reckless and deviant and heathenistic and just overall bad about me and hyper focuses these traits into my job of running around this horrid place doing nasty things to people that deserve it ... and some that don't."

Lt. Col.Tallman tells TMZ that the Schlessinger investigation is "ongoing" and that Deryk is still on active duty. Deryk didn't respond to a request for comment by the Tribune, and Dr. Laura's rep suggested that the MySpace page could be a fake.

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76. Well if he didn't create this site, then why wouldn't he come right that to "The Tribune"? If he has nothing to hide, you'd think he'd be all over the placing clarifying this.

Posted at 8:50PM on May 31st 2007 by SinCity

77. The army needs to bring the facts out ASAP. If he did it, he needs to be court martialled. There should be zero tolerance of this type of psychotic behavior in the military, or anywhere else.

Posted at 9:52AM on Jun 1st 2007 by opi

78. Laura's kid has been a lost cause for years. I guess even the army couldn't straighten out a kid who managed to get himself kicked out of two colleges. I do think that this says a lot about Laura's theories regarding child rearing - the thing we should be most concerned about is that those following her "guidelines" are raising an entire population of seriously disturbed kids! This whole story is too weird to be anything but true - the real telling part is that Laura hasn't come out and denied the story (or even bothered to really address this).

Posted at 3:28PM on Jun 1st 2007 by priorORANGE

79. You bet it says a whole lot about Dr. Laura's child rearing theories how this kid turned out!

Posted at 4:26PM on Jun 1st 2007 by opi

80. I didn't even know that Dr. Laura was still on the air. When is her time slot? Two in the morning? She's such a smug, know-it-all, conceited twit.

Posted at 1:57AM on Jun 3rd 2007 by Teri

81. I love it when conservatives (i.e., Bush's 28% psychopathic, Christianoid, conservative base) invoke "the innocent until proven guilty" crap, except when it applies to liberals or Democrats (see Pres. Clinton). Such dire HYPOCRITES. It's like they want to still want to believe that one of their own's son (whack job, Dr. Laura), could not possibly be guilty of something like this––just like they still cling to the Bush/Cheney mantra "kill them over there before they get us over here" is still a good idea.
I sincerely believe that Doc Laura's son is gay. And, I believe she has known this from birth. It's such basic high school psychology, man. Go figure: her insistance that that Derwood,(or whatever his name is), take karate classes at a very early age to toughen him up. A thing she bragged about incessantly a few years back on her radio show. It was almost a daily occurence, add nauseum. Also, the belief that she thinks it's ok for boys to play rough and hard with other kids––especially when playing war games. And her whole fetish with Harley-Davidson motorocycle culture and how she promised the brat that when he graduated from high shcool they would venture off into the sunset together on a cross country trip on said bikes. So over compensating. So OBVIOUS. It's like we get it lady, 'ur son's straight. I hope and pray the kid is eventually discharged dishonorably for the some of the crap he has allegeldly pulled. Then Dr. Laura (w/ a Phd in physiology, not psychology) can brag she is the proud stay-at-home mom of a convicted little war criminal.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jun 4th 2007 by Pantywaist

82. What's taking the Army so long to report about this? I am concerned about a coverup - like with Pat Tillman. The Army had the power to remove all traces of the myspace page from every internet archive in seconds, yet it is taking WEEKS to determine who wrote the page? Baloney.

Posted at 8:07PM on Jun 3rd 2007 by opi

83. THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGELY APPEALING AND POETIC ABOUT SOMEONE AS SELF-RIGHTOUS, UPTIGHT, PRUDISH, AND ARROGANTLY JUDGEMENTAL AS DR. LAURA HAVING A SON WHO IS SO OBVIOUSLY INSANE.
I ADMIT THAT I OCCASIONALLY LISTEN TO DR. LAURA AND, YES, EVERY SO OFTEN SHE ACTUALLY DISPENSES SENSIBLE ADVICE -- THEN AGAIN, EVEN BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY.
AMONG HER MANY DEFICIENCIES, DR. LAURA IS FEVERISHLY, BLINDLY, SLAVISHLY PRO-MILITARY. SHE BEGINS HER DAILY RADIO SHOW BY INTRODUCING HER IN-STUDIO STAFF, THEN INTRODUCES HERSELF AS "THE PROUD MOTHER OF A DEPLOYED PARATROOPER! HOO-HA!!!" ("HOO-HA!!" IS APPARENTLY A MARINE WAR CRY, AND I'M SURE THE GOOD DOCTOR GETS A LITTLE MOIST BETWEEN THE LEGS WHENEVER SHE BELLOWS THAT INTO HER MICROPHONE).
THE PROBLEM WITH DR. LAURA IS THAT SHE LITERALLY THINKS SHE'S BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. SHE SUFFERS FROM A TERMINAL SUPERIORITY COMPLEX. IN HER MIND, SHE IS A SPEWER OF THE ABSOLUTE AND ALMIGHTY TRUTH, AND DAMNED BE THE LISTENER WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH HER HAUGHTY PROCLAMATIONS.
SHE IS A HARSH, SMUG, ULTA RIGHT-WINGER, STEADFASTLY CLOSED-MINDED AND TOTALLY UNACCEPTING OF CONTRARY POINTS OF VIEW.
KARMA WOULD DICTATE THAT SUCH A BITTER, IMPATIENT, HOLIER-THAN-THOU HARPY WOULD EVENTUALLY GET HER JUST DESSERTS. AND EVIDENTLY THIS HAS HAPPENED BY HER PERFECT, ALL-AMERICAN BOY TURNING OUT TO BE A SPUTTERING PSYCHO.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME KARMA HAS BITTEN THE DOC ON HER FLESHLY, SAGGING BUTT: WHO CAN FORGET THE DEBACLE OF "MRS. MORALITY" SMILINGLY POSING IN TOTALLY NUDE PHOTOS THAT, THANKS TO THE INTERNET, WERE SEEN BY BILLIONS (AND PUBLISHED IN SUCH UPSTANDING LITERARY JOURNALS AS HUSTLER MAGAZINE).
NO, IT WOULD SEEM THAT SUCH AN OFFICIOUS INDIVIDUAL AS DR. LAURA SCHLESINGER HAS GOTTEN EXACTLY THE KIND OF SON SHE DESERVES: A MINCING, GAY BOY WHO WRITES OF TORTURE AND CHILD MOLESTATION, AND POSES WITH GUNS IN HIS MOUTH!
I GUESS DR. LAURA ISN'T QUITE THE PERFECT MOM -- OR PERFECT PERSON -- LEADING THE KIND OF PERFECT LIFE SHE WOULD HAVE US ALL BELIEVE.
TO WHICH I CAN ONLY SAY: HOO-HA!!

Posted at 5:23AM on Jun 12th 2007 by Dr. Philip Rosen, PhD

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