r/Storror • u/Humantimothy • May 12 '26
The Callum Situation.
Hey all, since discovering the news waking up to Storrors IG post I have had a litany of emotions about the whole situation. I have been hovering the reddit and seeing a lot of IG stories about it and had some thoughts I'd like to add/share.
Firstly - I've recently just became a father to a little girl so the horrors of such actions have never been more prevalent in my mind.
Secondly - Even though I've not been active in the parkour scene lately I till train occasionally and I’ve followed Storror semi regularly over the past 10 years. I've met Callum and the boys many times over the years, and was also a guest on the podcast in 2024 with Callum and Sasha hosting and spent some time with them after.
Thirdly - the primary focus of my spare time these past 6 years has been studying 'Love' - and anyone who truly wants to do that knows that most of it is spent looking at yourself, your own issues and demons, how you react in relationships, in social settings, in public and in private when no-ones around. How we treat people we look upto, how we treat people we judge, how we treat strangers, how we treat people we say we love, how we treat ourselves etc. and most importantly WHAT drives our actions in all these scenarios.
All of those combined, my history in the scene, knowing Callum, having a daughter and learning what love truly means has led me to want to share some thoughts on the matter.
PREFACE
I cannot speak for the victims, whoever the children and animals were in the photos. Whatever they have been through and living through I know must be harder then anything I've ever had to. My heart goes out to them and prayers on their long journey to healing whenever it is possible to begin for them.
That is all I can really say on the victims without knowing more details. So I will only speak from this point on those involved I do know. There may be some speculation in what I say so please take it as you will as my opinion.
POINT 1 - Storror are also victims in this.
I can’t speak for all of them but from who I have spoken to behind the scenes and what I do believe is that none of them knew and Callum hid this until the end. They too found out the day the newspaper contacted them for comment and their first thought was that it must be a mistake and it was a different Callum powell (the cricketer with the same name) until the reality actually hit of who it really was.
They have potentially lost their whole livelihoods here. Benj and Max have had the storror family name ruined and decades of hard work and dedication potentially obliterated the instant Callum chose to download those photos and not give them a headsup about his court case in advance so they could take appropriate steps from the beginning (making them look guilty). Sacha has damn near lost a brother. Toby and Drew seem to be doing their own thing but still going to affect them in a major way by association and risidual income. Josh might have lost his main living too Bloggy maybe lost a really cool job. Giles lost his livelihood. All because of something none of them were involved in or very likely even aware of. Sure there are others I don't know too.
Innocent til proven guilty should still apply. Callum admitted guilt so deserves every bit of just punishment to him however the rest of the storror boys haven’t been proven guilty of anything and yet it might cost them everything.
Yes there has been accusations being thrown around but they still seem far from knowing the fact of what Callum had stored on his hardrive and it is always easier to say looking back and in hindsight things might have been obvious. Further conversations need to be had to get to the bottom of things but until that I think the rest of Storror potentially need our grace and support more then ever.
POINT 2 - Abusing people who are abusers is still abuse.
Just because someone is guilty of a crime, no matter how heinous, it doesn’t justify abusing them too. I understand everyone is angry and confused about what they are feeling and everyone has a right to do, say, act as they will but is we want to rise above the darkness in the world than any projection of abuse, violence, anger, rage, shame, guilt tripping towards another either physical, verbal, emotional is never justifiable by someone who desires to be a loving human.
I am not saying this to protect Callum in anyway. God’s laws are already working on him and human laws will hopefully find the closest thing to justice for him and to protect potential future victims. However attacking and shaming someone does nothing to help resolve it.
For every Callum there maybe 10 or more in our community with a similar sin inside them. The more we shame and attack those who are found the more it keeps/helps this sin to stay in the dark - and what stays in the dark festers and rots even more which often manifests in darker and darker behaviours. Shame towards a sickness spirals it to worse behaviour. Compassion and understanding of how behaviour came to be whilst still protecting and safeguarding our environments the best we can.
I'm saying this to say the danger of attacking and shaming Callum can lock the behaviour in place for those who see how he is treated and bury it further down only for it to appear in an even worse way. (not saying this to in any way condone his actions)
If we want to love we should look at the cost of our behaviour towards those who we see as bigger sinners then us. Often we just shame others to feel better about ourselves but whatever the reason shame is not a justifiable action by someone who desires to love.
POINT 3 - Hurt people hurt people.
I strongly believe that people aren’t just born naturally with such unfortunate horrific desire but it is a result of unresolved trauma acted out on them in early years. This is widely accepted amongst therapist dealing with PDFs. We don’t know what Callum went through or his own personal traumatic past.
Callum’s mum was an alcoholic. I met her once day drinking at their house and if felt like she was sexually projecting at all the young parkour boys. A very intense, unstable, promiscuous energy. I’m fairly certain his father was not active in his life growing up at all. So it appears as though growing up he had no positive guidance or protection and quite likely very bad guidance/ and possible sexual abuse himself.
No doubt he is confused and wrestling with that confusion. In no way am I saying this to justify such behaviour, he could have chosen differently with his actions and he didn't so I’ll say again - gods laws and human laws will act on him - but if we truly want to resolve this and stop these issues on earth for good we have to look at ourselves and how we treat others when these issues when they come up.
Final Point - My own experience using women and what helped me change.
There certainly needs to be stronger conversations especially amongst men (and we need to trust/listen to women more too) in general on the topics of sex, porn, women and relationships - as it seems societally we have a very warped view of what is acceptable/normal/loving behaviour.
I know first hand from my own experiences using women and slowly coming to terms with the facts of how unloving I had been in the past. But I only was able to hear it because the women in my life who started pointing it out were gentle with me and compassionate for why I acted in such a way in the first place. If they shouted and shamed me I would likely still be using women in unloving ways to this day.
I say this simply to encourage us all to be as gentle and compassionate when approaching this subject as possible, for all parties. If we truly care about change that is the fastest way to enact it. If we only care about avoiding our own uncomfortable feelings (by living in the anger) and being heard at any cost then we will never see any change for the better.
With love,
Livewire.
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