A SHAKESPEAREAN twist of fate brought two lovers together again, more than a decade after they first crossed paths.
A Tennessee woman who ran away as a teenager fell in love with one of the police officers tasked with finding her.
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Roshin Ali and her fiance Tyler Schrupp were unknowingly reunited 12 years after Roshin ran away from homeCredit: Tiktok
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Tyler had been on a task force sent to find the missing teen 12 years before they ended up in the same workplaceCredit: Tiktok
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Roshin made a now viral TikTok sharing their fateful story in JulyCredit: Tiktok
Roshin Ali was just 13 years old when she fled her family’s home in Jackson, fearing her father would kill her.
Police had just begun their search for the missing teen when she returned home the following day.
Roshin landed a job at the same sheriff’s department 12 years later, where she met Tyler Schrupp.
Unbeknownst to the pair, Tyler had been in the unit of police searching for Roshin all those years ago.
He later said he didn’t recognise her when she started working at the sheriff’s department, but he was immediately drawn to her.
“He wouldn’t stop staring at me, but literally wouldn’t say a word at all,” Roshin said.
Tyler said he had been “kind of nervous” to talk to Roshin, because he “thought she was very beautiful”.
Eventually, Tyler mustered up the courage to say hello, and the two felt an immediate connection.
As their bond grew, Roshin started opening up about the trauma of her youth.
“We started putting the dates together and then she described the area,” Tyler said.
Cops release CCTV in hunt for missing woman, 59, last seen leaving hospital two weeks ago
“That’s when I started to be like ‘Ok I was a part of that’. It’s crazy that back then I was looking for you, and now we’re sitting here talking.”
The pair are now engaged and share a five-month-old son.
Roshin shared the couple’s story to her TikTok account in July.
The story-time went viral, accumulating more than five million views.
Using a trending audio, she is shaking hands with Tyler, describing him as an “officer who went searching for me while missing”.
The video opened the floodgates to thousands of concerned comments asking if he had groomed her.
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The couple are now engaged and have a baby togetherCredit: Tiktok
In a follow up four-part series, Roshin, known as Roro Nicole on social media, set the record straight.
“Some of the comments were that he’s grooming me, he kidnapped me and I’ve been with him this whole time, [he] kept me in his basement,” she said.
In harrowing detail, Roshin told her story, beginning in 2010 when she was 13 years old.
Her father was a gambling addict who didn’t allow his children to leave the house.
He arrived home one day after losing all his money, threatening to kill Roshin and her siblings if he caught them outside.
“We immediately … ran into our bedroom because we were afraid that he was going to start beating on us like he normally does whenever he comes home upset,” she said in the video.
Her sister stood with her back against the closed bedroom door, with her feet jammed against the wall, keeping their father out of the room.
“He told my mom to go get a knife and then he began to try stab her through the door,” Roshin said.
Her father eventually got into the room, grabbed her sister by the hair and dragged her into their parent’s bedroom, where he began to beat her with a cable wire.
“We can literally hear her begging him not to kill her,” Roshin recounted.
“He duct taped her hands together, her legs together and then placed duct tape on her mouth so nobody could hear her screaming.
“The my mom walks into our room and she looks at us, and she goes ‘y’all are next'”.
Roshin and her brother fled the home, climbing out of their bedroom window to escape.
The pair ran to the nearest park, before their father called the police and reported them missing.
When police attended the family home, Roshin’s sister reported the savage assault.
Their parents were arrested, but only spent “a couple of days” behind bars.
Roshin and her brother, who was 12 at the time, were found the following day and placed into foster care with their two older siblings.
“I truly believe if it was not [for] me running away from the house that day and officers being involved, I don’t think that we’d still be here alive,” she said.
Tyler and Roshin – who plan to exchange vows in 2026 – said people are touched by their story.
In a statement released by the force, they said: “Mohanad was our 15-year-old son, and a younger sibling to his sister and brother.
“Mohanad was the baby of the family, he was quick to laugh, easy to love, with a ready smile.
“Our son had an uncanny ability to make you laugh, making it sometimes difficult to be serious with him.
“Mohanad had many friends, he was loyal and often played the class clown, simply to see them laugh.
“Mohanad’s life has been cut tragically short, it is difficult to comprehend that seeing your son head off for school in the morning, would be the last time that we would see that handsome face.
“Mohanad deserves to be remembered for the young man who was loved by his family, and loved big in return, not as the boy whose life was taken with no thought or reason.
“We will not allow his name to be known as yet another statistic in the rise of knife crime.
“Remember Mohanad with love in your heart and a kind word on your lips.”
A GMP spokesperson said: “A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with murder following the death of another 15-year-old boy in Manchester earlier this week.
“As part of our investigation, ongoing enquiries have identified a potentially linked prior incident that we responded to at Whitworth Park shortly before 4pm – half an hour before the victim’s death.
“We have referred our response to this incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) as a mandatory referral.
“At around 4.30pm on Monday 15 September, officers responded to a disturbance in the area of Moss Lane East and Monton Street. Despite the best efforts of medical professionals, Mohanad Abdullaahi Goobe sadly died later that evening.”
Chief Superintendent David Meeney, from the City of Manchester district, said: “Our thoughts remain with Mohanad’s family at this time and we are focused on getting all the answers for them.
“As a result of prior contact before Mohanad’s death, we have made a mandatory referral to the IOPC. We have kept the family updated and continue to support them.
“Our investigators have been working around the clock and during this investigation we have undertaken several warrants in relation to this incident as part of our commitment to getting justice for Mohanad and his family.
“Our Major Incident Portal remains open and we are keen for anyone who has information relation to this incident to please come forward.”
You can contact police via 101 or our Live Chat service at gmp.police.uk, quoting log 2327 of 16/09/25.
Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Police were called to the scene at around 4.30pm on Monday September 15Credit: MEN Media
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Tributes left at the sceneCredit: MEN Media
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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested following the death of another teenage boy who was stabbed in Manchester.
The teenager, also 15, was found with stab wounds around 16:30 BST on Monday, after police responded to reports of a disturbance on Monton Street, Moss Side that involved “a number of people”.
A section 60 order has been put in place until Tuesday afternoon, giving police the power to stop and search people in the area.
Police said that the suspect had been arrested on suspicion of murder, and will remain in custody for questioning.
“Our thoughts are with the victim’s family and friends after this tragic and upsetting incident, and our specially trained officers will be supporting them at this difficult time,” said Ch Supt David Meeney of Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
“This incident will understandably have caused shock and concern within the community and the surrounding area, particularly those who witnessed it.”
Witnesses with information are being encouraged to contact the force directly.
SACRAMENTO — Sneha Revanur has been called the “Greta Thunberg of AI,” which depending on your politics, is an insult or, as the youngs would say, means she’s eating.
That’s good.
Either way, Revanur, a 20-year-old Stanford University senior who grew up in Silicon Valley, isn’t worried about personal attacks, though she’s been getting more of them lately — especially from some big tech bros who wish she’d shut up about artificial intelligence and its potential to accidentally (or purposefully) destroy us all.
Instead of fretting about invoking the ire of some of the most powerful men on the planet, she’s staying focused on the breakneck speed with which AI is advancing; the utter ignorance, even resistance, of politicians when it comes to putting in place the most basic of safety measures to control it; and what all that will mean for kids who will grow up under its influence.
“Whatever long-term future AI creates, whether that’s positive or negative, it’s [my generation] that’s going to experience that,” she told me. “We’re going to inherit the impacts of the technology we’re building today.”
This week, California will make a big decision about that future, as legislators vote on Senate Bill 53.
Because I am a tech idiot who struggles to even change the brightness on my phone’s display, I will use the simplest of metaphors, which I am sure will make engineers wince.
Imagine lighting your gas stove, then leaving on vacation. Maybe it will all be fine. Maybe it will start a fire and burn your house down. Maybe it blows up and takes out the neighborhood.
Do you cross your fingers and hope for the best? Do your neighbors have a right to ask you to pretty please turn it off before you go? Should you at least put a smoke alarm up, so there’s a bit of warning if things go wrong?
The bill is a basic transparency measure and applies only to the big-gun developers of “frontier” AI models — these are the underlying, generic AI creatures that may later be honed into a specific purpose, like controlling our nuclear weapons, curing cancer or writing term papers for cheating students.
But right now, companies are just seeing how smart and powerful they can make them, leaving any concerns about what they will actually do for the future — and for people like Revanur, whose lives will be shaped by them.
If passed, the law would require these developers to have safety and security protocols and make them public.
It would require that they also disclose if they are aware of any ways that their product has indicated it may in fact destroy us all, or cause “catastrophic” problems, defined as ones with the potential to kill or seriously injure more than 50 people or cause more than $1 billion in property damage.
It requires the companies to report those risks to the state Office of Emergency Services, and also to report if their models try to sneakily get around commands to not do something — like lying — a first requirement of its kind in law.
And it creates a whistleblower protection so that if, say, an engineer working on one of these models suddenly finds herself receiving threats from the AI (yes, this has happened), she can, if the company won’t, give us a heads-up about the danger before it’s unleashed.
There are a couple other rules in there, but that’s the gist of it. Basically, it gives us a tiny glimpse inside the companies that quite literally hold the future of humanity in their hands but are largely driven by the desire to make oodles of money.
Big Tech has lobbied full force against the bill (and has been successful in watering it down some). Enter Revanur and the AI safety organization she started when she was 15: Encode.
The California Capitol is nothing if not a mean high school, so maybe Revanur was more prepared than the suits expected. But her group of “backpack kids,” as they have been derogatorily called, has lobbied in favor of government oversight of AI with such force and effect that SB 53 actually has a chance of passing. This week, it is likely to receive final votes in both the Assembly and Senate, before potentially heading to the governor’s desk.
I’m not huge on quoting lobbyists, but Lea-Ann Tratten summed it up pretty well.
Revanur and her group have gone from being dismissed with a “who are you, you’re nothing” attitude from lawmakers to having “an equal seat at the table” with the clouty tech bros and their billions, Tratten said. And they’ve done it through sheer persistence (though they are not the only advocacy group working on the bill).
Tratten was hired by Encode last year when Revanur was backing a much stronger piece of legislation by the same author, Sen. Scott Wiener. That bill, SB 1047, would have regulated the AI industry, not just watched over it.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed that bill, basically saying it went too far, but still acknowledging that a “California-only approach may well be warranted especially absent federal action by Congress.” He also set up a commission to recommend how to do that, which released its report recently — much of which is incorporated into the current legislation.
But since that veto, Congress has indicated approximately zero interest in taking on AI. And last week, Trump hosted a formal dinner for the titans of AI where they sucked up to the businessman-in-chief, leaving little hope of any federal curbs on their aspirations.
In it, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, gushed, “Thank you for being such a pro-business, pro-innovation President. It’s a very refreshing change. We’re very excited to see what you’re doing to make our companies and our entire country so successful.”
“Like, we know for a fact that we have no affiliation with Elon,” she said.
Still, “people expect us to sort of hide in the corner and stop what we’re doing,” because of the pressure, she said.
But that’s not going to happen.
“We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing,” she said. “Just being a balanced, objective, thoughtful third party that’s able to be this watchdog, almost, as the most powerful technology of all time is developed. I think that’s a really important role for us.”
Right now, AI is in its toddler stages, and it’s already outsmarting us in dangerous ways. The New York Times documented how it may have pushed a teen to suicide.
An AI safety researcher familiar with that blackmail incident, Aengus Lynch, warned it wasn’t a one-off, according to the BBC.
“We see blackmail across all frontier models — regardless of what goals they’re given,” he said.
So here we are in the infancy of a technology that will profoundly change society, and we already know the genie is out of the bottle, has stolen the car keys and is on a bender.
Before we get to the point of having to choose who will go back in time to save Sarah Connor from Skynet and the Terminator, maybe we just don’t go there. Maybe we start with SB 53, and listen to smart, young people like Revanur who have both the knowledge to understand the technology and a real stake in getting it right.
Maybe we put up the smoke alarm, whether the billionaire tech bros like it or not.
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It’s year No. 49 covering high school sports in Southern California. Let me tell you how it started.
Cut from the Madison Junior High basketball team, I discovered writing for the school newspaper offered more power and influence than sitting on a bench. Everyone likes to see their name mentioned, so now I knew I had a big responsibility going forward.
It was the time of Watergate and new heroes such as journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovering corruption at the highest level, inspiring future journalists. While attending Poly High in Sun Valley, Pete Kokon, the sports editor of the San Fernando Sun, offered to pay me $15 a week to write a story about high school sports. It was the first lesson of a sportswriter — don’t worry about the money, bask in the spotlight of having your name appear in a byline.
Kokon was the most entertaining character I’ve ever met. He owned an apartment building in Sherman Oaks and lived in his “penthouse,” which consisted of entering a screen door that was never locked and seeing a small room on the top floor. He’d leave his keys in his unlocked car under a mat. He used to cuss out Ronald Reagan whenever his name was mentioned. He taught me how to bet at the race track, saying, “Give me a dollar,” before going to the window to place a $2 bet.
Eric Sondheimer giving a speech in 1989 at the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at Knollwood Country Club.
(Bob Messina Photography)
He taught me how to play golf, inviting me to Woodland Hills Country Club and shouting out his club ID number to pay for everything from food to shirts to drinks. He’d write all his stories on an ancient Royal typewriter. He smoked cigars and once was a boxing promoter. Two of his best friends were Hall of Famers Don Drysdale and Bob Waterfield, fellow Van Nuys High graduates. Everyone knew him, appreciated him and feared him whenever he got angry.
Pete Kokon covered high school sports in the San Fernando Valley for more than 60 years.
(Valley Times)
For more than 60 years, he covered high school sports. I never thought I’d challenge his record. But after becoming a stringer for the Daily News in 1976 and being hired full time in 1980 after turning down the job of sports information director at Cal State Northridge, I learned there was a need to cover local sports and it became my passion to make a difference. Yes, I’ve covered the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the 1984 Olympic Games, the World Series, the Rose Bowl, the Breeders’ Cup, the Little League World Series, but nothing has provided more satisfaction than telling the stories of teenagers rising up in the face of adversity or overcoming doubts from peers to succeed.
There have been tough stories through the years. I’ll never forget staying awake until 11:30 p.m. to see the lead story on ESPN SportsCenter detailing possible NCAA rule violations by the University of Kentucky after a package sent to a high school basketball star in Los Angeles had money inside. That was a story helped by others at the Daily News.
A young Paul Skenes at El Toro High. In Southern California, you never know when the teenager you’re talking to is a future Hall of Famer. pic.twitter.com/8CJWbIyZja
I’ve always treated high school sports as different than college or pros. These are teenagers, with criticism of coaches and athletes mostly off limits. But times are changing. Players are getting paid. Coaches are engaging in ethical lapses. It’s a growing challenge. I will continue to respect the tradition of high school sports being about having fun but insist on rules being followed.
Eric Sondheimer interviews Corona Centennial’s Eric Freeny at the end of the state championship in Sacramento in March 2022. Freeny is now a freshman at UCLA.
(Nick Koza)
There are so many stories of coaches getting mad. Sometimes it takes time for them to understand I’m just trying to do my job as a fair, dedicated journalist who understands my responsibilities and remembers my role.
Let me give an example. At one point years ago, Sylmar basketball coach Bort Escorto stopped reporting scores. Maybe it had something to do with writing about transfers. Maybe not. But today, he always answers my calls, “I didn’t do it.”
Let me be blunt. I don’t write about players simply because they have stars next to their name. I write about people who are good players, good students, good teammates, good citizens. That’s my mission.
You know you’ve won any argument when someone claims your bias for one school over another. That used to be the weekly debate years ago among Crespi and Notre Dame fans. Signs were made, barbs were shouted. It made me laugh. Now it’s about sharing selfies.
What keeps me coming back every season are the many new stories to tell. No area has a larger, more diverse collection of top athletes from a variety of sports than Southern California.
Eric Sondheimer interviews sophomore Tajh Ariza after a basketball game in 2022.
(Nick Koza)
There was a time more than a year ago that I got frustrated with the negativity going on in the world. I needed to do something to change my perspective. That’s when I vowed to write something positive every day about high school sports. Prep Talk was created to help inspire me and hopefully others that a positive message can break through in an era of social media nonsense.
To the readers through the years, you’ve helped me stay employed and stay dedicated to telling stories that resonate around the Southland. Newspapers are in trouble, but I can only control what I can control, so thank you for being loyal customers at a time of upheaval.
Eric Sondheimer interviews coach Ed Azzam of Westchester in 2020.
(Nick Koza)
Through the years as technology changed, I’ve adapted, such as sprinting from games to find a rotary telephone in a locked P.E. office or driving to a phone booth to call in a story under deadline pressure. I’ve climbed fences after being locked in as the last person in a stadium. I’ve sat on a gym floor in darkness writing a story. One night at Bishop Alemany, I lost my cellphone on the football field. I was ready to throw up in embarrassment. The athletic director, Randy Thompson, found it. My story was saved. I’ve learned to take videos and shoot photos and speak in front of audiences (thank you to speech class 101 at CSUN).
Today’s world for high school sports reporters is about not getting kicked out by security after games when everyone has left and staying calm when security doesn’t want to let you in before games or on a sideline with a press pass to do your job. Common sense is disappearing in the name of following orders.
I already have gold passes from the Southern Section and City Section, which means if I step away, I’ll still be able to attend events.
When and how this ends has yet to be decided. Pete Kokon died at age 85 in 1998 when he was found with his TV on and the channel tuned to ESPN in his penthouse apartment.
As long as a level of professionalism remains among stakeholders, I will continue to do my best to tell stories. My job is about serving the public, not myself, and that will be my mission forever.
The son of former Aberdeen and Falkirk striker Lee Miller has already made 76 senior appearances.
He was a near ever-present last season as Motherwell finished eighth in the Scottish Premiership, scoring four goals in his 41 appearances and earning his first two Scotland caps.
Asked about Miller’s absence on Saturday, Askou said: “Yes, it was a final call with everything taken into consideration.
“It’s not a secret that there are things going on in the background. We know he’s been out for four weeks.
“How much risk are you willing to take on a player like him in that situation? The decision was that we kept him out of it.”
Teenager Victoria Mboko will face Naomi Osaka in the final of the Canadian Open after defying the odds to upset former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
The 18-year-old Canadian, ranked 85th in the world, lost the first set and saved a match point in the second before going on to seal a 1-6 7-5 7-6 (7-4) victory in Montreal.
Mboko, a wildcard entry for the tournament, will face former world number one Osaka on Thursday in her first WTA 1000 final.
“I had everyone supporting me and pushing me through,” said Mboko.
“Without you guys, I don’t think I would’ve been able to pull this through.”
The Canadian, who is set to move into the top 50 in the rankings when they are updated next week, has already beaten Coco Gauff and Sofia Kenin on her remarkable run to the final.
She started the year ranked 333rd in the world but opened the season with a stunning 22-match winning streak.
Osaka stands in her way of a famous victory, following the Japanese’s 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win against Danish 16th seed Clara Tauson.
A TEENAGER has received a criminal conviction for not being insured for her car – before she had received it for her 18th birthday.
The waitress, from Poole in Dorset, was gifted a Fiat for her landmark birthday, but mistakenly did not insure it immediately.
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The teen explained in a letter to Ipswich magistrates court that she never drove the car as she had not received her licence at the time of the offence.
However, the DVLA charged her with keeping an uninsured vehicle and brought a criminal prosecution over the unpaid bill.
She pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place a few weeks before her 18th birthday.
“My family got the car for me as my 18th birthday present,” she wrote.
“I was still 17 at the time of the offence and had not actually been given the keys to the car and was not aware that it would be mine.”
She added that she and her dad have reading difficulties, and only realised the seriousness of what was happening when a friend read her the official letter.
She continued: “I have never used the car as I have still not passed my driving test.
“My dad is willing to pay the fine for me as he thinks this is his fault.
“He receives Universal Credit and PIP for his mental health, and I have just finished college and currently have a part-time job as a waitress on the minimum wage for an 18-year-old.
“I was a good student in school and college studying art and have never been in any trouble in my life.
“We just misunderstood the letter, I thought it said I had to SORN it or pay a fine if it doesn’t get sorted.
“I am very sorry.”
A magistrate slapped the teen with a 12-month conditional discharge instead of a fine.
But she chose not to send the case back to the DVLA for an extra public interest check.
The teen will now have a criminal conviction, and must also pay a £20 court fee.
It comes after news that one in six drivers admitted they have been behind the wheel without insurance.
A poll of 2,000 adults found 24 per cent of these did so only on a short journey, believing cover wasn’t necessary.
A fifth unknowingly committed the offence when their policy had expired, but 17 per cent did it as they wanted to save money.
And 15 percent drove uninsured because renewing their policy was a life admin task they kept putting off renewing.
Learner drivers are twice as likely to drive uninsured compared to those with a full driving license (37 per cent).
James Armstrong, a young driver expert at flexible car insurer Veygo, which commissioned the research, said: “Driving without insurance is a serious offence that can result in hefty fines, points on your licence, or even having your car seized.
“It’s worrying to see so many people are driving uninsured, especially as there are affordable options available for short-term cover.”
Both Udinese and Union Saint-Gilloise reportedly had bids rejected for Miller in January, and they will unlikely to be the last offers coming in.
Talented young Scottish players have increasingly looked to move abroad in recent seasons.
Whether it is Aaron Hickey and Lewis Ferguson enhancing their careers while playing at Bologna, or Max Johnston tasting title success and Champions League football after leaving Motherwell for Sturm Graz in Austria, the template is there.
Others like recent Scotland debutants Josh Doig and Andy Irving have also progressed in their careers through playing regularly abroad, while there is the influence of more senior players Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour at Napoli.
“Lennon’s next move is so important, because a lot of players will get sucked into going to just a massive club and going, right, I’ve arrived,” dad Lee said.
“But there needs to be a lot of thought process, and there has been a lot of thought process of his next move, because it’s a development move again.
“This is what we planned out for him, in terms of playing loads of games in the first team, doing really well, and it’s on him to do that.
“There was a pathway there at Motherwell, and the next one, for me, is important because he has to play, he has to develop, he has to then kick on again.
“Once he’s round about better players, no disrespect to the Motherwell players, but once he’s round about top class elite players, he will then kick on again, in my opinion.
“And I think he has that inner belief, and it’s not arrogance, it’s just a belief. And he wants to play football.”
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in north Manchester.
Officers were called to Nevin Road in the New Moston area at about 17:00 BST, Greater Manchester Police said.
The force has not yet said how the boy died. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Supt Marcus Noden said it was “distressing and heartbreaking” that a boy had lost his life and urged witnesses to come forward.
The force said it was “still trying to establish the circumstances” around the incident and several areas had been cordoned off, including outside the Fairway Inn Pub on Nuthurst Rd.
The boy’s family is being supported by specialist officers.
Supt Noden appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
He said they wanted to hear from “anyone who was in the Nevin Road area” who saw the incident take place.
“We will bring updates as we get them as the investigation continues,” he added.
But the video is remembered for Owen chipping, rounding and firing past the helpless child between the sticks – before shamelessly celebrating each finish.
The laughing ex-Liverpool man clenched his fists, ran away with his arms aloft, mocked the goalkeeper for nutmegging him and pointed to his name on the back of his shirt.
But it was his embarrassing shout of “get in there – game, set and match, Owen” that triggered Southall’s brilliant quip.
Southall said: “Well done, he’s 13,” a comment which remains a viral sensation and etched into British football heritage.
But now, 26 years on, Owen has opened up on the clip – and revealed not all was quite as it seemed because he was told to play up for the cameras.
He told talkSPORT: “I was only a couple of years older than him myself!. It’s probably funny now.
“I got back from the World Cup in 98 and there were loads of commercial opportunities, things like that.
Virgil van Dijk ‘destroys’ Michael Owen with brutal 13-word put-down on live TV after Liverpool beat Everton
“I was asked to do a soccer skills video and a soccer skills book. So I had to explain, talk through finishing, volleying, heading, whatever the skill was. Inevitably, you need a goalkeeper there.
“I never picked them and so I turned up to do the show and to talk through how I see scoring a goal and what I think in certain scenarios and whatever.
“There was a kid in goal that I had to score past and when I scored they’re like, ‘Come on, no, you need to show a bit more animation. Like celebrate when you score, this is going on a video.'”
talkSPORT host Andy Goldstein clarified: “So people don’t know this, right?”
And Owen continued: “People just laugh at you no matter what. Then they take a little extract of anything.
“There’s loads of things like that on the internet on me.”
‘NOT EXACTLY IDEAL’
Hutchinson spoke about the viral video in 2016 and admitted he knew it would not come out too well for him.
He said: “Being the goalkeeper on a programme headlined by a striker wasn’t exactly ideal for me.
“It was made clear that it wouldn’t make good filming if the goalkeeper was saving all the shots taken by the other kids after they had been coached by Michael.”
And even Southall himself did defend Owen’s actions earlier this year.
The 92-cap Wales goalkeeper – who reunited with Hutchinson a few years ago – added: “I think he was being ironic to be fair, but I think he was enjoying himself and being ironic.
“But the poor kid, he scored a squillion goals past him and I was thinking ‘give him a break’.
“On the day, Michael was okay and he’s always okay.
“People judge him on that and that’s not him.”
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The ex-striker revealed he was told to give it bigCredit: talkSPORT
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Southall and Hutchinson were reunited a few years agoCredit: X
Los Angeles County is poised to pay nearly $2.7 million to a teenager whose violent beating at a juvenile hall launched a sprawling criminal investigation into so-called “gladiator fights” inside the troubled facility.
Video of the December 2023 beating, captured on CCTV, showed Jose Rivas Barillas, then 16, being pummeled by six juveniles at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall as probation officers stood idly by. Each youth attacked Rivas Barillas for a few seconds before returning to breakfast. Two officers, later identified as longtime probation officials Taneha Brooks and Shawn Smyles, laughed and shook hands, encouraging the brawl.
“What made this unique is the video,” said Rivas Barillas’ attorney, Jamal Tooson, who said his client suffered a broken nose and traumatic brain injury. “The entire world got to witness the brutality that’s taking place with our children at the hands of the Los Angeles County Probation Department.”
The video, first reported by The Times, prompted a criminal investigation by the state attorney general’s office, which later charged 30 probation officers — including Brooks and Smyles — with allowing and encouraging fights among teens inside county juvenile halls. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta referred to the coordinated brawls as “gladiator fights” and said his office’s CCTV review had turned up 69 such fights during the chaotic first six months after the hall opened in July 2023.
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Footage obtained by the L.A. Times shows a December 2023 incident in which staffers can be seen allowing at least six youths to hit and kick a 17-year-old.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to approve the $2.67-million settlement to Rivas Barillas and his mother, Heidi Barillas Lemus.
According to a public summary of the “corrective action plan” that the Probation Department must produce before a large settlement, officials failed to review CCTV video of the fight and waited too long to transport the teen to a hospital and notify his family.
CCTV monitors are now “staffed routinely,” and officials are working on conducting random audits of the recordings, according to the plan. A spokesperson for the Probation Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Immediately after Rivas Barillas arrived at the Downey juvenile hall, Brooks demanded to know his gang affiliation, according to the claim filed with the county. Brooks said she had heard that Rivas Barillas, who is Latino, was from the “Canoga” gang and that she “hoped he could fight” before directing the other juveniles, all of whom were Black, to attack him in the day room, the claim stated.
After the video made headlines, accounts of teens forced by probation officers to fight have trickled out of Los Padrinos. A teen told The Times in March that officers at Los Padrinos rewarded him with a fast-food “bounty” — In-N-Out, Jack in the Box, McDonald’s — if he beat up kids who misbehaved. The teenager, who had previously been housed in the same unit as Rivas Barillas, said staffers would also organize fights when someone arrived who was thought to be affiliated with a gang that didn’t get along with the youths inside.
“We get a new kid, he’s from the hood. We have other hoods in here. We’re going to get all the fights out of the way,” he said at the time. “They were just setting it up to control the situation.”
Another teenager, identified in court filings as John (Lohjk) Doe, alleged in a lawsuit filed in February that soon after arriving at Los Padrinos in 2024, he was escorted by an officer to the day room. The officer, identified only by the surname Santos, told a youth inside the day room that “you have eleven (11) seconds” and watched as the youth attacked Doe, according to the lawsuit.
On another occasion, the same officer threatened to pepper-spray Doe if he didn’t fight another youth for 20 seconds. The teens who fought were rewarded with extra television and more time out of their cells, the suit alleged.
After the teen told a female officer about the two coordinated brawls, he was transferred to solitary confinement, the suit alleged.
Times staff writer James Queally contributed to this report.
A BRITISH tourist has been arrested and extradited to Portugal after a teenager was brutally stabbed to death with a broken bottle in Lisbon.
The 27-year-old fugitive was bundled on a flight back to the Portuguese capital and remanded in custody after losing a battle against his forced return.
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A Brit tourist was arrested in connection with the death of teen Daniel Galhanas (pictured)
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Video shows the moment 19-year-old was attacked in Lisbon
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The attackers were later seen fleeing the area as the teen was left to die
Daniel was reportedly attacked while trying to defend a friend during a violent bust-up between rival groups – one of which included British holidaymakers.
Initial reports claimed the teen’s pal had tried to rob the tourist and his friends as part of a gang of thieves targeting foreigners in the area.
But Daniel’s family strongly deny he had any involvement in criminal activity – insisting he was simply trying to help a friend in trouble when he was fatally attacked.
Footage of the incident shows a man hurling a bottle at Daniel’s friend before picking up the broken glass and stabbing Daniel, who stumbles before collapsing in a pool of blood.
He went into cardiac arrest at the scene and was rushed to São José Hospital by volunteer firefighters – but died shortly after from his injuries.
Video from the night shows chaos erupting on the street near Largo do Calhariz, with a dozen people brawling as cars drive past the carnage.
Confirming the dramatic arrest and extradition, Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria said they had worked with UK police and judicial authorities to track down the 27-year-old suspect.
He is believed to have committed first-degree murder in 2023 in Largo do Calhariz, in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto district.
They said the crime took place between 4am and 5am on October 14, following a violent altercation between two rival groups.
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“The victim ended up being hit in the neck with a broken glass bottle, which caused serious injuries and led to his death on the spot,” a spokesman said.
Officers said the suspect and his group fled the scene immediately after the attack.
They explained that a probe led by the PJ’s Lisbon and Tagus Valley Directorate resulted in the suspect being identified and an international arrest warrant being issued.
“The suspect, a foreign national, was eventually located and arrested in the United Kingdom, where he travelled to the day after the murder,” they added.
He has since appeared before judicial authorities in Portugal and been remanded in pre-trial custody.
At the time of the horror attack, local reports named Daniel as the young man seen in a disturbing viral video being stabbed with a glass shard before collapsing.
Police told his devastated family they were hunting an “English tourist” in connection with the killing.
A relative said: “An Englishman throws a glass bottle at his friend, who breaks it. The same individual picks up the pieces of glass and hits Daniel, who stood in front of his friend to defend him.
“The group of Englishmen flee and are chased by Daniel’s friends. He was left behind to faint with a friend, as the video shows.”
The family have repeatedly rejected claims Daniel was linked to a gang, saying he was a local boy from Odivelas who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A volunteer fire team who found Daniel bleeding on the street tried to save him – but later had their own vehicle attacked in a separate incident.
Commander Débora Alves said: “I don’t connect one thing to the other, but, shortly after the murder, a man was arrested for having stoned the window of one of our cars.
There’s a new interactive exhibit opening on Thursday at the California Science Center across the street from the Coliseum that will provide Disneyland-like sports entertainment for all ages, and it’s free.
Using censors, cameras and 21st century technology, “Game On!” takes up 17,000 square feet formally occupied by the Space Shuttle Endeavor exhibit. It allows visitors to learn about science, sports and movement. You get to actively participate by hitting a softball against pitcher Rachel Garcia, take batting practice instructions from Freddie Freeman and kick a soccer ball into a goal while learning from Alyssa and Gisele Thompson. All are mentors.
Yet there’s so much more. You get to try swimming strokes, skateboarding, snowboarding, cycling. There’s climbing, yoga, dancing and challenging your senses during an exhibit that tests your quickness trying to block a hockey puck. There’s a basketball exhibit where you shoot a ball toward the basket and learn if your form is good or not.
One of the murals at the new interactive sports exhibition at California Science Center.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
“There’s something for everybody,” said Renata Simril, president and CEO of the LA84 Foundation that helped provide funding along with the Dodgers Foundation and Walter Family Foundation.
She’s not embellishing. Parents, children, adults, teenagers — they’re all going to be smiling. Don’t be surprised if nearby USC students discover a new place to enjoy an hour break for fun and laughter from studying by walking over to the exhibition hall when it opens at 10 a.m.
The California Science Center new interactive sports exhibit — “Game On!” — opens on Thursday. It’s free.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
It’s supposed to be open through the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, but don’t be surprised if popularity creates momentum to keep it around longer.
“It’s really cool,” said Garcia, a former UCLA All-American softball pitcher who appears on a screen showing off her 60 mph pitch as a participant swings a real bat trying to hit an imaginary ball as a light trail moves down a rail toward the batter. “I think it’s phenomenal. It’s going to get a lot of kids engaged.”
New interactive sports exhibit opens Thursday at California Science Center. It’s incredible. And it’s free. Kids, adults will love it. Thanks to Jeff Rudolph for the tour. Climbing, baseball, softball, soccer, swimming, yoga, dancing. Open through 2028 Olympic Games. pic.twitter.com/ARhmNFkmQW
Garcia even tried to hit against herself. “I missed the first time,” she said.
The batting cage where Freeman is providing hitting advice has a real soft ball and bat. It will be popular for all ages.
The rock climbing exhibit still has not been completed, but participants will wear a harness as they climb toward the ceiling.
While kids will be the most enthusiastic, a dinner recently held at the facility that had adults dressed in tuxedos and dresses resulted in them trying out the exhibits and acting like teenagers again.
Using science to teach lessons could provide inspiration for non-sports visitors. There’s sound effects throughout and most important, pushing a button doesn’t just mean you watch and listen. It means you get to participate, whether hitting a baseball or softball, trying to make a free throw, trying to swim or skateboard.
Don’t be surprised when word gets out how fun this exhibition creates. There will be lines. The only question will it be kids lining up or adults?
