REPOST of Nancy Baldacci (mother of Gary's victim) account of what happened. After lurking for several months, biting my lip every time I read a Burnore lie, I have decided to set the record straight about some things. My name is not important but what is important is I am a friend of Rachael Baldacci and was with her during some very hard times in her life. First thing is first. I've read Gary Burnore's account of how things went down and it disgusted me. He has attempted to place himself in the best possible light and in the process has come up with a pack of lies. He has also attempted to paint my friend as a whore who instigated this whole mess. It's all lies. The truth gets told now. Gary has tried to downplay what happened by constantly bringing up the fact that Rachael was 17 when he ran into his legal problems. What Gary has left out of the story is she was only 15 when they first met. She was a typical, confused, troubled 15 year old girl. She felt awkward in school, around boys, she often told me she felt like a square peg in a round world. She had a difficult time growing up, with a lack of a male parental role in the household, but that is another story. When Gary came into her life she was in need of parental guidance, a role model. What she got was something much more sinister. After reading some other accounts of what happened let me just say Gary Burnore did not rape her in the traditional sense of the word. A few weeks after her 16th birthday they began having sexual intercourse and it was something she thought she wanted. With the benefit of hindsight she has told me she realizes she had just been manipulated by a man old enough to ber her Father. But what do 16 year old girls know about love? She thought she was in love but got taken for a ride. At the time Gary was pursuing a sexual relationship with Rachael he was also nursing a relationship with her Mother, a relationship Rachael says she now believes was started so he could get closer to her. At about this time Rachael started having reservations about was was going on. She told Gary she wanted to break it off, that she didn't want to hurt her Mother. This enraged Gary and he told her if she broke it off he'd tell her Mom that she came on to him and her mom would hate her and disown her for it. She reluctantly continued their one sided sex affair up until a few weeks after her 17th birthday. I'm going to spare the torrid details of how things were brought to a close, the court proceedings and the restitution payments, that is all a matter of public record anyway. It is true that due to a good lawyer and some clever twisting of dates and facts Gary Burnore did not spend a day in jail. They originally charged him with statutory rape but his lawyer got it pleabargained down to a lesser offense. Gary got off with a slap on the wrist but the emotional damage he caused a young girl and her Mother are incalculable. Gary's probation may be up but Rachael will suffer because of this for the rest of her life.