mingusmonk Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, FTNK said: can someone give a summary or link CW: SOME BASIC DESCRIPTIONS OF ABUSE Summary: Multiple former students of Mario Ramirez have come forward publicly. They make claims of grooming and sexual relations while they were students of Mario. According to the survivors, the relations happened at camps and/or while on tour with Diamante, Mandarins. The descriptions are that physical relations would start when they were technically no longer minors, but Mario would mention that he was interested in them when before they became adults, in the grooming process. Mario and his wife run Diamante and have taught or consulted with countless scholastic band and guard programs. He was most notably teaching at Ayala and Mandarins and was separated from both jobs around the time of the Ike Jackson investigation (Thread linked above for those that weren't around or do not remember.) *** all of the information summarized here has been taken from public social media posts by multiple survivors *** Edited September 13, 2022 by mingusmonk 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsthnds Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, mingusmonk said: CW: SOME BASIC DESCRIPTIONS OF ABUSE Summary: Multiple former students of Mario Ramirez have come forward publicly. They make claims of grooming and sexual relations while they were students of Mario. According to the survivors, the relations happened at camps and/or while on tour with Diamante, Mandarins. The descriptions are that physical relations would start when they were technically no longer minors, but Mario would mention that he was interested in them when before they became adults, in the grooming process. Mario and his wife run Diamante and have taught or consulted with countless scholastic band and guard programs. He was most notably teaching at Ayala and Mandarins and was separated from both jobs around the time of the Ike Jackson investigation (Thread linked above for those that weren't around or do not remember.) *** all of the information summarized here has been taken from public social media posts by multiple survivors *** What alarms me is WGI's statement that Diamante refused to participate in the investigation. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skevinp Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, IllianaLancerContra said: What part of DFTK don't they understand? D 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, fsthnds said: What alarms me is WGI's statement that Diamante refused to participate in the investigation. i believe Mario also didn't want to participate in DCI's investigation of Ike. why participate if it uncovers skeletons i guess. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, skevinp said: D beat me to it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsthnds Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: i believe Mario also didn't want to participate in DCI's investigation of Ike. why participate if it uncovers skeletons i guess. Wasn't Mario on staff with Ayala and let go along with Ike in 2020? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, fsthnds said: Wasn't Mario on staff with Ayala and let go along with Ike in 2020? Yes. Both Ayala and Mandarins. And since he already had a fully operational and successful independent group under his own control, his non-cooperation (and other insider's silence) enabled him to have a couple more years in the activity. It's not like he was going to fire himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, skevinp said: D 14 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: beat me to it It was a rhetorical question, but indeed you are correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, fsthnds said: Wasn't Mario on staff with Ayala and let go along with Ike in 2020? i think so yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwellian Wiress Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 How hard is it to be a good person? Not just in drum corps, but in life? 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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