NewsChannel 13 (WNYT) tracked down Scott Ritter to ask for his side of the Internet predator reports:
Colonie police said Ritter tried to lure a 16-year-old girl he met on the Internet to a Burger King in Menands. According to police, the intent of that meeting was so that she could watch him perform sexual acts on himself.Hmm, I wonder if he could recommend a good restaurant near Albany?
The underage girl turned out to be an undercover police officer posing online as a minor.
The case went to court where it was later dismissed and sealed -- meaning in the eyes of the court it never happened.
"The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday.
"I stood in a court of law, before a judge and an assistant district attorney, and they dismissed it," he added.
But the court of public opinion has a different view. The story of Ritter's arrest and the subsequent dismissal of his case first broke over the weekend and dominated headlines in the days that followed.
"I am deeply saddened [by all of the media attention]. Not by anything I've done though."
Ritter refused to speak to NewsChannel 13 on camera. When offered the chance to tell his side of the story on television, he replied, "I'm saying it now."
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