California Man Who Threw Son Off Boat Speaks Out
- Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:30pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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On Monday The Blaze reported on the disturbing story of a California man named Sloan Briles who was arrested for throwing his seven-year-old son off a sightseeing cruise boat during an argument. He was arrested for child endangerment and resisting arrest.
Although Briles allegedly jumped into the water to rescue his son, the boy was saved by another boater. The boy and his brother were then returned to their mother’s care, but Briles says it was “horse play.”
Briles told Fox News host Trace Gallagher, “there was absolutely no hitting of my son.”
“As a young child, I have been teaching them to swim quite extensively…I have no intention of hurting my son. I love my son very much. This whole thing is coming such a huge surprise to me.”
Does Briles suggest he was helping the boy improve his breast-stroke by tossing him overboard?
Watch the unbelievable clip below for yourself:
(h/t: Fox News Insider)
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Comments (73)
numbers
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:28pmI don’t think we need more details as some here suggest. The only fact that’s relevant is he threw his seven year old child off a boat thereby endangering him. I read that he had been drinking and the child was crying. He reportedly said something about not wanting his kid to be a wimp before throwing him overboard. I hope the biological mother is better than this guy who may have lent his DNA but is in no way any sane person’s idea of a father.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 12:22amHe’s lucky the kid did not get run over by the tour boat or sucked into the screw!
Whatever his excuse for being a burro, it stinks!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 10:14amCome on is there not a better place for such useless stories. Isn’t Jerry Springer still on the air? Please tell me the audiences don’t overlap here.
Report Post »Steev
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:21pmHis story is quite different in details to what ( i assume credible ) eye witnesses [ according to the news guy ] say happened, he is to quick with his answers. Worse even yet is that he should have left his girlfriend at home, she is transparent as heck.
Report Post »llotus
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:16pmrose ellen……..a longtime ago the clan was full of demos. You would not have liked them . They were a mean nasty bunch. Even murderers. Lotus.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:01pmSomething about this story seems incomplete. There seem to be pieces we’re missing.
Report Post »How many people were really on the boat? How many boats were moving?
How close was the other boat the “rescued” the child?
How many drinks were purchased by this guy before the incident, if any?
This story does seem blow a bit out of proportion; but, we could know better if we had more actual facts – instead of assumptions on the part of the reporters doing the interviews.
Is this guy an abuser; or, is he just a jerk.
Abusers deserve jail.
Jerks deserve to be yelled at and/or lectured by their family and friends.
Jenny Lind
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 12:43pmSome of my kids learned to swim by being tossed into a pool, not sure I would have picked an ocean though. Still, I am sure he loves his kid, just made a dumb mistake. Like your post. Seems he can’t handle his 15 minutes though.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:58pmThis guy is going away for a long time where 5 guys bigger and stronger than he will “joke around” with him.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:57pmthis jerk can say anything he wants but he can’t justify throwing a 7 year old over board
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:00pmHaven’t you ever heard of catch and release?
Report Post »jaysun48
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:47pmomg I could only watch 3 mins of these stupid a$$ people. Total dumb a$$
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:46pmThis jerk should never have custody of any child again. His brainless girlfriend should have nothing to do with the boy’s life. Many witnesses. Many 911 phone calls. Arrogant fool.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:37pmHey look it’s Encinom and Monicen.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:47pmScuba13- :D
Report Post »Faith Hope Charity and Truth
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 3:42amI can’t stop laughing… Dead on comment.
Report Post »Sicboy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:36pmDon’t know why but “sink or swim” comes to mind.
Report Post »dbl50
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:41pmThat just what my Father did to me when I was 9 years old. I wanted him to teach me how to swim so he picked me up and through me off the docks, and said swim or sink. That was 55 yrs ago and I love him for the memory, and the swimming lesson.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 7:04amThat’s what my grandfather did to my mother, threw her off a johnboat in the river, and she’s terrified of water now. Won’t go in any water over her head, and she‘s 5’3.
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:32pmThis man needs to be in jail. No excuse or justification can make up for what he did. You get in an argument with your girlfriend so you throw your kid overboard. What a loser! I work with foster kids and see first hand the horrible things that have happened to them. I can only imagine the fear his child felt when being tossed into the water by his own father.
Report Post »swampbuck
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:27pmI didn’t watch the vid , but pic of him and the female speak volumes
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:34pmLooks like your typical rabid right wing american.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:37pmI think it looks like your typical progressive democrap to me!
Report Post »4merhipie
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:39pmI agree. What in the world is this woman still sitting beside the man that threw her son over the side of a boat. She should have her hands around his worthless throat.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:09pmGood thing he wasn’t your typical rabid muslim or he would have gone overboard without his head Rose-Ellen.
Report Post »swampbuck
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 6:49am@rose-ellen do me a favor and shut up
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 7:03amthat’s the girlfriend, not the child’s mother.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:12pmHis whole misdemeanor says lie.. I hope not…
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:23pmWhat a lucky lady. Must have spent her life preparing her wedding and forgot to take stock in the type of character she wanted her husband to have.
Report Post »Oops.
llotus
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:09pmRose ellen………I bet if they check his voter id……….hes a demo. Lotus.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:09pmA good candidate to try out the “alkaline hydrolysis” unit.
Report Post »Old Youth
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:47pmWhat did he say at about the 7:49 mark? And what was he responding to? What a creep.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:21pmigaspar
Report Post »I think you may be right. Wow, and they are creepy.
pulguita
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:43pmHe was responding to his girlfriend who couldn’t stop primping. She was constantly puckering and looking at herself, and fixing her hair. She could probably see herself on a screen as they spoke to the camera, but she was definitely super excited about being on tv. He said stop it, and she got really embarrassed.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:56pmI guess you can’t say johnson on the blaze.
Report Post »Maybe if I said it looked like she was fondling him…
timej31
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:41pmThis couple are pro gres sives 2 da bone.
Report Post »ubtaught
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:39pmOkay, prepare to be whined at:
Report Post »I have always wanted to be a father but, for a variety of reasons, women (my prefered reproductive partner) have not found me attractive enough so I get to watch as those males who women DO find attractive enough have children then throw them away. It’s like starving and watching people throw away perfectly good food.
If you don’t like your children, for GOD DAMN’S SAKE, give them to someone who does love them. Stop throwing them off boats, out of cars and trucks, drowning them in bathtubs, taking them for rides on jet skiis in raging rivers so that you can have quality time clinging to buoys a few dozen yards from waterfalls…
It just ****** me off…
glassaudioguy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:54pmLots of not so attractive guys have learned to get women. Might I suggest the materials of Scot McKay and his Chick Whisperer podcasts.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:55pmIt sounds like you are a great catch, you have morals and values. I know plenty of ladies looking for a guy like you. Not me, I’m a married woman, but I hear what you are saying about parents and their wonderful parenting skills.
Report Post »ubtaught
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:03pmI am more pissed at the ‘discarded’ children. I am too old to be reproductive. I am dealing with that. That’s a personal problem. Throwing away the biohazzardous waste products of sex is what’s upsetting me.
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:27pmYou should not be so hard on yourself. Women pick up on negative. One thing about us human beings, for some reason we continue to make the same mistakes. It just might be the type of women you keep going after that is the problem. Be true and honest and the right woman will come into your life when you least expect it.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 7:09amYou should adopt. Sounds like you’d be a great father. Get involved in the big brother’s program and mentor a child. Sounds like you’d be great at that, too. Some women are too superficial and look at physical characteristics. I always looked into the eyes. I got a keeper that way. He’s “ruggedly” handsome.
Report Post »BubbaT
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:26pmYeah that ****** is on crack. Pull the kids from his silly ass before they wind up dead.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:21pmThat’s how people get hurt
Report Post »WhoIsTheCoon
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:15pmThat anchor should be on msnbc.
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:10pmShirelover, I am moving to the boons and I heard that verizon has wireless. Can you get it there? I heard it wasd pretty good.
Report Post »Dragonfly92667
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:05pmUmmm.. following his twisted train of thought: I am learning to deep sea fish. Can I use him as bait?
Report Post »Dragonfly92667
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:02pmI am learning to deep sea fish. Can I use him as bait?????
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:56pmThis guy was a train wreck today on Fox . The fat guy seated next to him is just as a big a disaster .
Report Post »applehill
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:05pm@HERSEY10 “the fat guy seated next to him is just as a big a disaster” That’s funny right there.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 8:54pm“The fat guy seated next to him is just as a big a disaster.”
Not nice to talk about Chas Bono that way, lol.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 10:44pmHILLARIOUS!
But, TRUE.
Report Post »shirelover
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 7:51pmBlaze – please, please post a link to transcripts, I’ve asked, and I’ve asked. I live out in the boonies and only have dial up, it takes 7 minutes to watch a :45 second clip