美国高材生啃老不成 一怒之下开枪杀死老父亲

日期:09-29
高材生啃老

原标题:美国高材生啃老不成,一怒之下开枪杀死老父亲

因为不满父亲大幅削减自己每月的零花钱,时年30岁的小托马斯·吉尔伯特拿枪杀死了父亲。当地时间9月27日,他被法庭判处30年监禁。

截图 viaCNN

截图 viaCNN

Thomas Gilbert Sr。, a founding managing partner of the hedge fund Wainscott Capital, was found dead in his apartment in January 2015 with a gunshot wound to the head。

2015年1月,对冲基金Wainscott Capital的创始管理合伙人老托马斯·吉尔伯特被发现惨死在自家公寓,头部中枪。

Gilbert‘s attorneys did not dispute that he killed his father but said he was not guilty by reason of insanity。 Jurors in June dismissed the insanity defense and convicted him of second-degree murder。

小吉尔伯特的律师没有否认他杀死了父亲,但辩称他是无辜的,因为他患有精神错乱症。6月,陪审员驳回了精神错乱的辩护。

Gilbert Jr。, 35, played football at Princeton and graduated with a degree in economics。 At the time of the shooting, he was 30 and unemployed, receiving up to$1,000 a week from his parents。

小吉尔伯特今年35岁,曾在普林斯顿足球队效力,获得了经济学学位。枪击事件发生时,他30岁,没有工作,每周从父母那里拿1000美元的零花钱。

Hours before Thomas Sr。 was killed, he cut his son‘s weekly allowance to$300, prosecutors said。

检方说,在老托马斯被杀前几个小时,他将儿子的每周零用钱削减到了300美元。

▲Princeton grad who killed his father after his allowance was cut gets 30 years to life(viaCNN)

长期以来游走上流社会、住曼哈顿的公寓、去汉普顿冲浪、时不时环游世界的小吉尔伯特一下难以接受了,一周300美元怎么能维持之前的生活水平呢。

截图 viaCNN

截图 viaCNN

于是怒不可遏的他把枪对准了父亲。而在庭审时,母亲居然也帮儿子求情,称儿子开枪不是出于报复,而是受精神病困扰多年,无法明辨是非。

Shelley Gilbert, the victim‘s wife, gave a victim impact statement Friday where she said the family wanted Gilbert Jr。“to be given as light a sentence as possible。”

受害者的妻子雪莉·吉尔伯特周五发表了一份受害者影响陈述书,她说家人希望小吉尔伯特“被判得越轻越好。”

“As I‘ve said many times in court, we’ve been trying to get Tommy into a hospital for 15 years,” Shelley Gilbert said。“He‘s too sick to be able to judge。 He needs to be in a hospital, had he been so my husband would still be alive。”

“我在法庭上说过很多次,15年来我们一直想让汤米进医院治疗,”雪莉·吉尔伯特说。“他病得太厉害,无法做出正确判断。他需要住院,如果他早去医院治疗的话,我丈夫现在还会活着。”

She told the court she definitely plans to appeal the sentencing。

她还告诉法庭,她肯定会提出上诉。

▲Princeton grad who killed his father after his allowance was cut gets 30 years to life(viaCNN)

说完之后她还补充了一句“他爸爸也不会希望他被重判的”。在为期五周的庭审过程中,小吉尔伯特一直拒绝亲自出庭。尽管如此,法庭还是出示了他与父亲的部分邮件往来,可以看出他一直在伸手要钱。

Emails between Gilbert and his parents that were shown in court depicted a tumultuous relationship。 He repeatedly asked for money, sometimes“for a charity thing,” sometimes forwarding past-due bills from an exclusive athletic and social club for thousands of dollars to his mother。

从法庭出示的小吉尔伯特和父母之间的电子邮件可以看出,他们的关系一直不稳定。他一再伸手要钱,有时是要做“慈善”,有时是向母亲转发高级体育社交俱乐部发来的逾期账单,数额高达几千美元。

In October 2014, prosecutors said, Gilbert‘s computer showed searches for websites that discussed forging checks and offered blank check templates。 Some of the charges he faces stem from credit card forging devices found at his home at the time of his arrest, prosecutors say。

2014年10月,检察官说,小吉尔伯特曾在电脑上搜索如何伪造支票,还查找了些提供空白支票模板的网站。检察官说,警方在他家还发现了信用卡伪造装置,这部分也会使他面临指控。

▲Princeton grad who killed his father after his allowance was cut gets 30 years to life(viaCNN)

家境良好、藤校毕业,这样的高材生本可以有多少作为,如今却沦落铁窗,不禁让人唏嘘。然而更多的网友却是怒其不争。

美国高材生啃老不成 一怒之下开枪杀死老父亲

零用钱?哪个成年男人还在想着要零用钱?!

美国高材生啃老不成 一怒之下开枪杀死老父亲

没法把他送去精神病院??非自愿监管啊。他们当然是有资源能做到的。难道她(小吉尔伯特母亲)想成为下一个牺牲者?

美国高材生啃老不成 一怒之下开枪杀死老父亲

um。。。他这个年纪拿零用钱不会觉得太大了点吗?难道不是自己挣钱自己花吗?

在很多人的印象中,美国年轻人到了18岁就要离家独立生活,自己挣钱养活自己,怎么会出现这样的啃老族?事实上,很多人并没有这么独立,也并不是一到18岁就搬出去了。

一位网友曾做过一个小调查,问大家都是什么时候搬出父母家的,只有26%的人是在18岁之前搬走了。

截图 viagiantbomb.com

截图 viagiantbomb.com

2018年皮尤研究中心的一份数据也显示,与父母同住的年轻人比例越来越高。

The share of young adults in their late 20s living with their parents is the highest it‘s been in 75 years。 According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 33% of 25-29 year olds lived with their parents or grandparents in 2016。

接近30岁的年轻人与父母生活在一起的比例是75年来最高的。根据皮尤研究中心最近的一项研究,2016年,25-29岁的人中有33%与父母或祖父母住在一起。

▲The share of American young adults living with their parents is the highest in 75 years(viaQZ)

啃老的一部分原因是美国大学学费很贵,而且还在不断涨价。另一部分则是他们超前的消费观。所以不光啃父母,啃爷爷奶奶的情况也不少见。

在日本还有一群“蛰居族”,他们与外界断绝一切联系,不工作、不上学也不求职,依靠父母生活。据《日本经济新闻》发布的数据显示,2018年,这一群体人数高达100万。

邻居韩国的情况也并不乐观,2018年赋闲在家的年轻人已经达到了31.3万人。

你觉得啃老现象是父母的原因还是孩子的原因造成的?

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