Friday, March 1, 2013

10 Year Old Jumps Off Roof, Thinks He's Superman

Deleted Scenes: 10 Year Old Jumps Off Roof, Thinks He's Superman

Afraid to tell his parents about the sexual abuse, 10-year-old Leeronnie climbed to the roof of his house and channeled his favorite superhero's powers to fly away and escape his suffering. Today, he realizes that his behavior is a sign of a young boy crying out for help, and his family is devastated that they did not recognize something was wrong.

How is it possible a boy was being molested in a locker room filled with players and no one even knew?

Lisa Ling, host of "Our America," takes Leeronnie Ogletree through what happened when he was molested as a little boy by Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager Donald James Fitzpatrick.


Sunday, February 24, 2013

Our America with Lisa Ling profiles Leeronnie Ogletree on the Oprah Winfre Network



Preview of "Our America with Lisa Ling" episode entitled "Predator in the Clubhouse."  It features a segment with Leeronnie Ogletree, author of the book Major League Addiction,


Sunday, April 22, 2012

CNN is reporting on several former gymnasts who are speaking up.  They are speaking up on physical and sexual abuse from their ex-coach.  Do pedophiles use sports as a way to become physically close to their prey?

These now grown women say they were manipulated and coerced by their influential coach.  They are speaking about different incidents with Doug Boger.  In one incident the girl's parents wanted to "keep it quiet" after she was seen running naked from his bed.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Friday, April 6, 2012



Author and Anti-pedophile activist Leeronnie Ogletree talks about his forthcoming book 'Major League Addiction' available for purchase on Amazon.com.

The book takes an inside look at baseball and exposes a side of the "National Pastime" that few have seen and even fewer really know about.

At the age of 10 Leeronnie Ogletree met Donald James Fitzpatrick in Winter Haven, Florida. Fitzpatrick was the clubhouse manager for the Boston Red Sox. Winter Haven was the Red Sox spring training home at the time. Fitzpatrick invited Ogletree to work in the Red Sox clubhouse. Soon after, he molested Ogletree.

The molestation went on for years, only ending when Ogletree became "too old" for Fitzpatrick's interests.

Ogletree became a greenskeeper for the Red Sox in Boston. Then he became involved with the team keep the players happy. Among his responsibilities was acquiring drugs for players. While engaging in the drug acquisitions Ogletree developed a "Major League Addiction" of his own.

Years later he gave up drugs, returning to Winter Haven and a life of seeming normalcy. Having built a life as a contractor with his children and their mother, disaster struck. He began having nightmares. Being free of the drugs allowed the memory of the abuse he had experienced to return into his consciousness with full force.

Returning to drug abuse resulted in several incarcerations. Eventually, it was a stint in drug treatment which led to the realization Ogletree had been suppressing Fitzpatrick's abuse. A 2003 trial resulted in Fitzpatrick being arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced. The sentence was exceptionally lenient. Fitzpatrick received a suspended sentence and probation. He died two years later.

Having confronted the reality of childhood sexual abuse he had survived became comforting. The more he told his story the more he gained peace with his past.

Ogletree began a one man protest to inform the public about the pedophiles which were hiding in plain sight. This began in September 2011. When the Penn State sex abuse scandal broke it put Ogletree in the spotlight. An article published on thepostgame.com highlighted similarities between what Ogletree experienced and the charges against former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky.

Since the article's posting, numerous others have revealed the abuse they were subjected to by Fitzpatrick, affectionately known in the Red Sox clubhouse as "Fitzy."

Being liberated from a shame which was not his own. Ogletree is on a mission to reveal what happened to him. Can the public stand this much truth?