# Scott Baio is NEXT **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720 "2018-01-29T13:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/1 "2018-01-29T13:24:56Z")
Details here: > **[Charles In Charge’s Nicole Eggert accuses Scott Baio of molesting her when...](https://www.avclub.com/charles-in-charges-nicole-eggert-accuses-scott-baio-of-1822501896)** > > On Twitter over the weekend, former Baywatch star Nicole Eggert accused her Charles In Charge co-star Scott Baio of molesting her from when she was 14 up until she turned 17. Eggert was responding to someone who had made a comment about Baio’s... In short, a co-star of his from Charles in Charge (Nicole Eggert) claims he molested her from when she was 14 to 17 (he was in his mid to late 20s at the time). He denies it entirely, not surprisingly. I find her allegations credible, and that she also says (and he doesn’t deny) she had a relationship with him a few years later doesn’t take anything away from them. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/2 "2018-01-29T13:40:42Z")
Probably not. He has a very carefully prepared and documented rebuttal and she’s already contradicted her own story before. I doubt she has much credibility. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/3 "2018-01-29T13:59:08Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Probably not… Darn. “ **Chachi Loves Chucha** ” would’ve been a fun headline. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/4 "2018-01-29T14:04:05Z")
Is NEXT an acronym? Is that why it’s all caps? If it is, what does it stand for? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/5 "2018-01-29T14:07:38Z")
So, did Chachi grab Crotchie? Don’t know what I believe here, perhaps they just had a relationship that went bad. It wouldn’t break my heart if true, he was an enthusiastic supporter of T\*\*\*p and he was pretty freaking cruel about Erin Moran when she died. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/6 "2018-01-29T14:11:45Z")
I’ve always felt that Baio was a very creepy person. The news did not surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/7 "2018-01-29T14:22:58Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Probably not. He has a very carefully prepared and documented rebuttal and she’s already contradicted her own story before. I doubt she has much credibility. The rebuttal I saw was him trying to demonstrate that she was 18 years and four months old when they got together. So technically legal, but . . . ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/8 "2018-01-29T14:39:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The rebuttal I saw was him trying to demonstrate that she was 18 years and four months old when they got together. So technically legal, but . . . And at the time I think he was 20-something, right? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/9 "2018-01-29T14:48:28Z")
According to Wikipedia, he is 57 and she is 46 now, so he would have been about 29 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/10 "2018-01-29T14:53:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is NEXT an acronym? Is that why it’s all caps? > > If it is, what does it stand for? Not Exactly (the) Xenophon Type. I’m guessing. I thought that he was saying that Scott Baio was a failed computer that Steve Jobs made that I really, really wanted when I was in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/11 "2018-01-29T15:00:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is NEXT an acronym? Is that why it’s all caps? > > If it is, what does it stand for? So you’ve never heard of the idea of using all caps for emphasis? That SOMEONE POSTING IN ALL CAPS IS SEEN TO BE YELLING? Are we new to the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/12 "2018-01-29T15:02:47Z")
Scott Baio is a creepy jerk IMO but if I’ve learned anything from Operation Yewtree it’s that people I think are creepy jerks are not necessarily molesters of underaged girls, and people I don’t think are creepy jerks just might be. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/13 "2018-01-29T15:02:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So you’ve never heard of the idea of using all caps for emphasis? That SOMEONE POSTING IN ALL CAPS IS SEEN TO BE YELLING? Are we new to the internet? No. I’ve never heard of that; it’s a completely new concept to me. :rolleyes: Since you aren’t the guy who wrote the thread title, I think I’ll wait for an answer from him. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/14 "2018-01-29T15:03:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > According to Wikipedia, he is 57 and she is 46 now, so he would have been about 29 at the time. That’s when he says they started dating after she was 18. Eggert is stating there was sexual contact back when she was 14, so he would have been about 25. I have no problem believing her claims. I could see her as a star-struck 14-year-old enamored with her older costar who was giving her attention. Many teen girls are ‘in love’ with pop-stars anyway, so it’s not all that different. But even if she was the initiator, that doesn’t make it okay. I could even see her having a relationship with him later on. At her age, she was probably enjoying the experience of being with him. But then years later she might look back and realize how inappropriate the whole thing was. It’s not uncommon for victims of childhood sexual abuse to later seek out similar relationships. For example, maybe she has always sought relationships with older mentors and is now putting the pieces together about why that is her preference. So it’s totally believable to me that she could continue to work with him and even date him later. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/15 "2018-01-29T15:07:42Z")
NEXT wasn’t capitalized for any specific reason; sorry if that was confusing. I’m not aware of Eggert changing her story, except that she hadn’t said it publicly until now. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/16 "2018-01-29T15:10:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The rebuttal I saw was him trying to demonstrate that she was 18 years and four months old when they got together. So technically legal, but . . . Technically legal but…nothing. She’s both saying that he was molesting her from the time she was 14 until the time she was 17 AND the first and only time they got together was ‘way after’ Charles in Charge, which was after she turned 18. The ‘technically legal’ part, while relevant to show that it wasn’t statutory rape, is what proves that she’s lying. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/17 "2018-01-29T15:10:58Z")
Boy, I bet this really derails _his_ career. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/18 "2018-01-29T15:13:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not aware of Eggert changing her story, except that she hadn’t said it publicly until now. From your link: > **[Charles In Charge’s Nicole Eggert accuses Scott Baio of molesting her when...](https://www.avclub.com/charles-in-charges-nicole-eggert-accuses-scott-baio-of-1822501896)** > > On Twitter over the weekend, former Baywatch star Nicole Eggert accused her Charles In Charge co-star Scott Baio of molesting her from when she was 14 up until she turned 17. Eggert was responding to someone who had made a comment about Baio’s... There’s a link to this to this facebook message from Scott: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1832429510123124&id=381726605193429)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. That facebook message has a copy of the message sent to the Dr Oz show detailing how Nicole has two different stories: > **[1.17.18%20Ltr%20to%20Oz%20redacted.pdf](https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2868j7oyl3aw7j/1.17.18%20Ltr%20to%20Oz%20redacted.pdf?dl=0)** I didn’t go beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/19 "2018-01-29T15:39:27Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No. I’ve never heard of that; it’s a completely new concept to me. > > :rolleyes: > > Since you aren’t the guy who wrote the thread title, I think I’ll wait for an answer from him. Seriously, you really care? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720/20 "2018-01-29T15:53:38Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > From your link: > [Charles In Charge’s Nicole Eggert accuses Scott Baio of molesting her when she was 14](https://www.avclub.com/charles-in-charges-nicole-eggert-accuses-scott-baio-of-1822501896) > > There’s a link to this to this facebook message from Scott: > [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1832429510123124&id=381726605193429) > > That facebook message has a copy of the message sent to the Dr Oz show detailing how Nicole has two different stories: > [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2868j7oyl3aw7j/1.17.18%20Ltr%20to%20Oz%20redacted.pdf?dl=0) > > I didn’t go beyond that. I’m not able to look at the last link – can you quote the relevant portion? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-baio-is-next/807720.md?page=2)