His attorney Robert Helfend said Heely "vehemently denies these allegations."
Heely, who oversees the licensing of music from Disney films, pleaded not guilty on Thursday. If convicted, he faces up to nine years and three months in prison according to The Daily News.
Oddly, the House of Mouse waited until yesterday to suspend the alleged pedophile. A spokesperson claimed the company had only just learned of Heely's arrest:
"Immediately upon learning of this situation tonight, he has been suspended without pay until the matter is resolved by the courts."Heely's attorney, Robert Helfend, denied the charges: "He vehemently denies these allegations and we will be fighting until the end to clear his name," Helfend said. "It's a shame, that's all I've got to say."
Comment: Isn't it interesting that socially he's convicted and punished before the court has even come to a verdict. People actually pressured the company he works for to suspend him until proven innocent. Our culture has completely inverted its core values, that is psychopathy in action.
Heely has been with Disney since 1981. He oversees licensing of the company's massive catalogue of film music. He also produced a series of Disney concerts around the world, including Fantasia Live in Concert, that feature orchestral performances and film clips.
The punchline: Heely's Twitter bio reads, "Disney Concerts and living to glorify God in all things."
"Isn't it interesting that socially he's convicted and punished before the court has even come to a verdict. People actually pressured the company he works for to suspend him until proven innocent . Our culture has completely inverted its core values, that is psychopathy in action."
Yes, but these are gravely serious charges, and Heely is only getting the exact same treatment his own human resources have been directed to apply to every other employee of Disney. For example, like if you were Joe Blow the ticket taker and got arrested and charged with the same crimes, are we then to believe that Disney would just continue to let you work as a ticket taker up until the day you didn't show up because you were on a prison bus?
No, people are being routinely fired from jobs merely because they said something on face book about someone else, or the company they worked for, and so now a potential child rapist is supposedly a special case because he's an executive?
From the Source Variety;
Heely was arrested on Nov. 16 by deputies from the Santa Clarita station of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. Booking records indicate he was later released on $150,000 bail. On Wednesday, prosecutors charged him with three counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child. Heely pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at the San Fernando courthouse on Thursday. He is due back in court on Jan. 10. If convicted, he faces up to nine years and three months in prison.
How is it that when you apply for a job, a crappy little tiny job mind you, these same corporate monsters and their gestapo human resources can access all your financial records, police records, private security search records, and yet again, here this piece of garbage is put in a position of authority and responsibility over the lives of everyone else?