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Getty Said He Didn’t Want To Perpetrate More Crime By Giving In

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As for the eldest Getty, he defended his refusal to give in to the demands in his autobiography, As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty, writing that in addition to not wanting to put his other grandchildren at risk, “I contend that acceding to the demands of criminals and terrorists merely guarantees the continuing increase and spread of lawlessness, violence and such outrages as terror-bombings, ‘skyjackings’ and the slaughter of hostages that plague our present-day world.” Other reports say that Getty particularly did not want to be directly connected with the whole ordeal in any way, especially if there were crime syndicates involved.