Corey Batey Interview on Dr. Phil
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On Monday of last week, Dr. Phil interviewed Corey Batey, one of the men found guilty of raping an unconscious woman at Vanderbilt University in June of 2013.
I didn’t believe 90% of what Batey said. I don’t see him express an ounce of regret for the victim either. Instead, I see a man who wants to convince people he isn’t this person who did this crime.
Does he feel bad for the victim? No.
Listen to his response when Dr. Phil asks Batey if he looked at that young woman when they played the videos of her unconscious in court. Batey doesn’t show any sorrow or sadness for the victim. He instead turns it all around and talks about himself again. He says, “I wish she could really know the type of person I am.” He continues, “I hate that she had to see me in that light.”
I find it utterly disturbing!
I didn’t see one redeeming quality in Batey the entire interview. I didn’t believe him when he claimed he couldn’t remember anything either. It’s total nonsense!
The only time Batey truly felt emotions was at the end of the interview when it was all about him and his fate. That’s when Batey’s true emotions are revealed. He seems to only feel for himself.
I had chills. The line that got me was when he said something along the lines of, “I wish she didn’t have to experience that.” What? She didn’t! You and your jerk friends MADE her experience it. It was in your power to stop and you willfully participated. It seemed to me like he was trying to show sympathy for her but didn’t know how.
When Dr. Phil said about the potential for him being locked up for his life and asked if he deserved it and he said no, I’m pretty sure my jaw hit the coffee table. Don’t remember what happened, alright, sure, I suppose that’s a possibility, even though I have serious trouble remotely believing that. The evidence is irrefutable that he was involved and he doesn’t think he deserves to be punished?!
There is no eraser in life, no delete button. There are consequences to every action. What he and his pals did was so reprehensible, I could hardly watch the show. You don’t get to say, “Oops, I was drunk, that wasn’t really me.” That does not erase the irreversible damage done to that poor woman.
No one will share or question the remark he made at the end of this attack “that’s for 200 years of slavery, bitch”. It was not allowed to be used in court. That is his reason for this attack, his racism.
I agree, Eyes, it is all about him. He wasn’t drunk when he called his victim by that derogatory name, and he did it, anyway. He is all about himself, and what has happened to him because of his actions. I don’t think being drunk is any excuse for what he did. A lot of people get drunk, and they don’t do the things that he did.
Wow. I am glad you posted this and reminded me of how many times you have said you wait to see video of people before commenting. I had only read a little on this and of course my heart broke for the victim. I can’t imagine her pain and wish these things had never happened to her. But the little I read on Corey Batey’s statement led me to think he was remorseful and I also felt bad for him. Then I watched this video n saw how wrong I was. Thank you for another lesson and to everyone else for thier opinions.
What an interesting case. Rather interesting to see the pain when his father was mentioned but he turned it off rather quick when the case was mentioned. I was a bit disturbed by dr phil asking about the “anger” that came out while drunk and he kept trying to prove Batey was secretly angry about something and Batey genuinely denied this part. Having worked with alcoholics and being married to a former alcoholic, I’ve seen some of the nicest most gentle people become absolute violent assholes on one drink (and terribly grumpy and mean people become sweet lambs) so I am not sure that is relevant. It absolutely does not condone or excuse what happened but society in general doesn’t seem very well versed in how alcohol really can change our personality and the judgement center of our brain. There’s this idea it brings out our “true self” but that is a myth. No one really understands the chemistry and what it fully does to the brain as well as a person’s personality and judgement part of the brain even with all the research that has been done. I don’t believe him when he says he doesn’t remember but do think he’s genuine when he says that wasn’t himself. He’s hung up on “this wasn’t really me so therefore I’m not responsible” but he is responsible. I’ve seen many alcoholics show complete disbelief over their extreme behavior change when intoxicated but the recovery comes when they can take responsibility; thus the responsibility needs to begin before that very first drink and hopefully he will attend alcohol recovery programs in prison.