Should Nicolas Cage Be Charged With Child Abuse?

talk about blowing things waaay out of proportion O_o...

He fell it was an accident, they should both be slapped behind the head for argueing infront of thier child. nitwits, its very harmfull for children to see thier parents fight right in front of them, jeesh.

If Nicolas Cage and his wife [?] were both involved in a drunken brawl, then BOTH of them should be charged with child abuse. There are other ways to abuse a child than just physically beating them. It's lucky that their five-year-old son only suffered a scrape on his knee. It could have ended up being much more serious, such as the child having a head injury. Any couple who argues to this point either needs to separate or have their child removed from their care temporarily. Maybe charging Cage with child abuse is a bit extreme, but a judge should definitely order the couple to get counseling. If things don't get better between these two idiots, that little boy is going to be in a living hell during his formative years. I'm beginning to think that the Oscar Nicolas Cage earned for his portrayal of a hopeless alcoholic in the movie "Leaving Las Vegas" was method acting.

It's obviously an accident. A judge would have to not only be blind, but deaf, dumb, and brain-damaged as well to call that child abuse.

Cage FELL and happened to be holding his son at the same time. The kid is 5, it's not a new born. A "minor abrasion" isn't life threatening, as all 5 year olds know.
Hell, i've seen 3 year olds with more severe injuries (all accidents) and they recovered pretty damn fast.
People need to stop jailing parents for minor accidents like this and go after real criminals and child abusers.

The operative word here is "drop" so no he shouldn't be indicted at all. If the word was spiked his son, yes.

ofcourse not this is a mistake what happened to the law.

Ridiculous. Child abuse is ABUSING A CHILD, morons. Not falling. Good Lord.

This is a molehill and they're making a mountain over it. Please, back off. Nicolas Cage is a good guy and he did NOT intentionally do such a thing to his own child! Don't worry, Cage, I still love ya.

Its only gossip... the internet is making it sound worse than it actually is

he is a terrible parent - teaching his little girl to swear, shoot guns, chop people in half with swords, use the 'C' word and order jetpack twin gatling guns.
Then when he shot her in the chest a few times, trusting that bullet proof jacket to work properly.
oh wait that was him in kick ass.....

In Real Life what did he do - slip over while carrying his kid, is that news worthy?

To me, it sounded like an accident, but Kal-El? Nick, what are you thinking?

Accidents happened and it sounds like he tripped.

Sounds drug and or booze related.

Seems to be a very troubled person lately.

ummm whats that two letter word NO!!!!, THE MAN FELL WHILE HOLDING HIS CHILD! it was a freak accident get over it people whats next we going to charge parents child abuse when the child gets hurt in a car accident for the of god people stuff happens people fall its not abuse hearing about someone getting charged with child abuse for falling while holding their child is abuse the peoples mental sanity THAT'S ABUSE

no he fell.

Charging him for child abuse when the reason for him dropping his child was because he fell would ridiculous and a mockery to real child abuse. Accidents happen.

Oh please, get real!

No. That is absurd. Why don't people just leave him alone.

He had a scratch on his knee....

Is this question some kind of joke?

Anyone could do this why would anyone want to charge him with child abuse for this??/ I'm sure he didn't mean to fall with his daughter no one would.

According to whats written no, it was an accident not intentional. This must be devastating to him as a loving father.

He IS guilty of Horrible Acting

I'd hardly call that child abuse. Just an unfortunate accident.

it seems like this was an accident!

No. It was an accident.

i can think of about 10 people right of the bat who have done a whole hell of a lot worse, and all they're concerned with is an actor dropping his kid...

falling isn't voluntary

If he fell while holding the boy, then it sounds like it was completely accidental.

Would we even be talking about a child-abuse charge if Cage were a woman? I doubt it.

More BS from Sodahead "News."

Are you kidding?

If the man fell, how is that abuse?!

If it was a mistake, it was just a mistake.

Instead of accusing someone falsely, the law should go catch the real child abusers.

Both parents should be in jail for fighting while the kid was there.

Hahahaha! More than half of parents in the world will be in jail if that is the case.

Probably maybe that would wake some of them up? ya think?

People fight. It would be impossible for that not to happen. Your parents never fought in front of you? I imagine a child being put in foster care while their parents were in jail would be far more traumatic than witnessing an argument between their parents. Ya think?

It is good that I see so many humans standing up for Nicolas. It shows humans are seeing the heart,and want to judge themselves,and not another. What is important is having the everlasting father of lights in us to save the soul, that is what matters. Then that person will be good to whoever, and have all that way, and all will be good to each other, and then war,and jails will become of no use to anyone. I still recommend www.upcspine.com, practitioners for the young,and humans of any age right now. That is a good kind of Chiropractic. will only work as good as your spinal disks are. When the atlas is adjusted, the head does not move.