Townshend arrested, linked to child porn; Co-founder of The Who: Famous rock guitarist denies he is a pedophile and is released on bail

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | January 14, 2003| | Copyright

LONDON (AP) - Pete Townshend, the legendary rock guitarist and co- founder of The Who, was arrested Monday on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, police said.

Townshend has acknowledged using an Internet Web site advertising child pornography, but said he was not a pedophile and was only doing research for an autobiography dealing with his own suspected childhood sexual abuse.

The musician was released early Tuesday after questioning at a southwest London police station, Scotland Yard police headquarters said.

"Shortly after midnight he was released on police bail pending ...

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