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...here are names and photos of the four jokers who made sexist comments and anti-gay comments and started an unprovoked fight that resulted in an innocent bystander going to the emergency room:
Mark Schnieder, Hayden Britten, Trevor Watkins - aka Abalone Watkins, and Sterling Weatherley
Michael Votrian from La Jolla, wife Lorrie Reid Votrian, and daughter Becca Marie know these guys and are possibly the reason these guys showed up at Crowne Plaza. And they are related to Ralph Votrian Jr. who was also at Tiki Oasis this year and last year
First off let me say that what happened with these losers goes against everything that is the spirit of Tiki Oasis and was horrible and unacceptable. I hope they get whats coming to them, but even more I hope that sometime soon they grow up and become decent human beings.
With that being said I would like to set the record straight in regards to any suggested involvement on our part. My husband Ralph and myself have been attending TO for the last four years and certainly do not want our names or reputations to be maligned in any way. It was very upsetting to us to see our names even mentioned in this post though I understand everyone is just searching for answers. We countdown the days to this event with great anticipation every year and look forward to once again seeing all the fantastic people we have met! The friendliness, acceptance and diversity of this crowd is like no other. We are from Ventura and do not know these kids nor have we ever met them. We have no knowledge of how they got into the event and would certainly never associate ourselves with people that would behave that way, let alone bring them in. If my niece Becca knows them, I am certainly hoping they are not her friends. I have not spoken with Mike and Lorrie about this because until I read the post I would not have known to link them with what happened. I do know they would never condone the behavior of these boys.
Please, please remove Ralph's name from this post and do not associate it with these awful boys and what they did.
Looking forward to attending the many (belligerent teenage boy free) TO's in the future.
Much love,
Michelle
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