In the fall of 1983. Mr. Parsons invited 15yearold Joeri to return to America with him. promising that he would make the boy a motocross champion. With Mr. Parsons as his legal guardian. Joeri entered the United States on a student visa in January of 1984. After they arrived in the United States. Mr. Parsons began to abuse Joeri. Joeri found himself completely alone in a strange country except for his legal guardian who was inflicting physicial. emotional. and sexual abuse upon him. Psychological reports conform that Joeri was under extreme duress at this time. struggling to understand his own adolescent fears and insecurities as well as to survive the constant torment of his life with Mr.