Y&R: January 2014 Discussion Thread

[YRBB]

Honestly, it was an accident and he didn't even know about it, so I don't think he would have been charged (or, if charged, not convicted) if he had simply come forward with the truth. But he became culpable and therefore turned himself into a felony hit-and-runner when he discovered he unknowingly, accidentally hit Delia and covered up the proof. Destroying evidence/obstruction of justice etc will get you good lol

[ChitHappens]

Obstruction of justice is absolutely the only crime he'd be facing. Adam cannot be accused of leaving the scene of an accident he didn't know had happened. He did all of the right things. Got out of the car and made sure everything was ok. He then later discovered that an accident had happened. There is no way he would be convicted of that. Imagine finding out you had run down and killed a child. How easy would it be for you to come forward? The cover up is Adam's undoing - not the accident itself.

Still waiting on Billy to be held accountable!

[YRBB]

I can definitely see him going down for leaving the scene of a hit and run because if they discovered he hid evidence, who would believe he didn't see Delia? lol

Oh Billy Miller's Billy is not gonna be held accountable for anything.

[PJA]

When it first happened, Chloe blamed Billy and of course Victor did.

I don't think it was his fault though. Delia should have stayed in the car like she was told.

[ChitHappens]

So it's a 5 year old's fault?

[YRBB]

LOL

It seems pretty clear that they wrote it in a way so that people were morally and/or indirectly responsible. It's very gray. Many will say it was Billy's irresponsibility, others won't think it was. Pretty sure that was done on purpose.

As for me, I think it would be hilarious if Adam was convicted of a crime he wasn't responsible for when he got away with several other crimes he did commit lol

[PJA]

Ultimately yes.

[PJA]

It would be sweet justice LOL.

[DramatistDreamer]

I'm not sure what the jail time is on that but I guess if the writers want to bring back the Adam character later on (I could honestly do without this character), I guess this would leave open the possibility. There are enough wack jobs in Genoa City without adding this character back into the mix after he's gone.

[Chris B]

Adam couldn't prove that he didn't know he hit Delia and with his record, nobody would believe him. And he instantly knew he did because a piece of her costume was still attached to his car.

[Juliajms]

Delia should have stayed in the car, but the reason children need responsible parents is because they have a child's judgement and don't understand how dangerous the world can be. Unfortunately, Billy didn't have judgement that was any sounder then his 5 year old's, which is why he left her alone at night. Billy is the adult with the responsibility of protecting his child and he totally and utterly failed. I mean, what kind of idiot expects a child to obey to the point of betting her life on it, which is ultimately what Billy did?

As far as Adam goes, I don't have it in me to defend him at this point. He'll be gone soon enough, so whatever.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

Adam didn't even pay for his last incident of obstruction of justice. Remember the flashdrive and Sharon's murder charges?

I thought when Billy was struggling to tell the police how exactly Delia got out of the car they were setting up CPS to come after him but it never happened. Not once in BM's entire run as Billy has Billy been held responsible for his actions. It used to always be Jill's fault and in this story its just straight up hand holding and calling him a good man.

[PJA]

Interesting read: http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/14411/

[ajsp35801]

A child can not be held responsible for a position they should have never been put it. I could see if she was over the age of 10. But no, This is a case of simple negligence. End of story. I am sure people that do things like leave their kids in the car alone will think otherwise but that is just them defending their own idiotic choices. I saw a lot of admittance of leaving kids alone with almost everyone who defended Billy. Some even said they would never do it again.

If he had come forward right away, people would have believed him. But holding out sand destroying evidence almost assuredly makes him a liar.

Then it became Victor...he was made the scapegoat for all Billy's character flaws.

[ajsp35801]

The final sentence says it all...to paraphrase...she knows it is wrong to leave them but she takes the risk anyway. That's horrible.