EXCLUSIVE: After festival premieres in Telluride, AFI and New York, the Chris Smith-directed documentary Sr. just began its run on Netflix. What began as a docu about Robert Downey Sr, the ’60s counterculture director of avant garde films like Putney Swope and Greaser’s Palace, Sr. evolved into much more as the process stretched over three years due to the pandemic and the decline of the subject’s health. Robert Downey Jr., who spurned Smith’s offer to make a docu about his life and career, became more of a central figure onscreen, along with producing with wife and Team Downey partner Susan Downey. On full display is all the mad wit that informed Downey Sr’s films (Paul Thomas Anderson considered Downey Sr. a formative influence and put him in Boogie Nights and Magnolia). Sr. became something you don’t see often: candor from two generations of a film family that got chewed up but managed to come out the other side intact, bonding and healing before Downey Sr. succumbed to Parkinson’s in July 2021 at age 85. Here, his Jr. describes what the journey means to him.
Predator who kidnapped teen outside nightclub hunted down by her father
16.11.2022 - 14:55 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a teen girl was arrested after being tracked down by her father.
Attacker Michael Owen spotted the 16-year-old girl sitting outside a Leigh nightclub at 5am on March 13, 2022. He walked over to the girl, who was drunk, and helped her stand up before hailing a taxi.
The 34-year-old then gave the driver his home address on Bridgewater Street in Hindley, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Afterwards, the girl said she woke up partially clothed in Owen's bed and started screaming that she wanted to go home, to which he replied that he was just looking after her. Giving evidence to Manchester Crown Court via video link, the victim said her memory of the incident was fuzzy, but that she could recall someone banging on the front door.
The banging was coming from her Dad, who had found out Owen's address from the taxi driver when he answered the teen girl's phone that had been dropped inside the cab. Owen then called the police to report someone banging on the door of his property, while the victim's dad was also on the phone to authorities to report that his daughter was being held against her will.
Officers arrived at the property a few minutes later and, after determining the circumstances, immediately arrested Owens and took him into custody for questioning. The teenager was found inside the house and taken to hospital to be examined.
Owen pleaded guilty to the kidnap and assault of the 16-year-old and sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. He was considered a dangerous offender by the judge and also handed an extended licence period of four years with a lifetime restraining order against the victim.
Owens was additionally subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), the
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