LONDON (TIP): Novelist John Grisham apologized on October 16 for saying in an interview that many men imprisoned for child pornography offences in the US probably just had too much to drink and “pushed the wrong buttons.” Grisham told British newspaper The Daily Telegraph that US prisons were “filled with guys my age. Sixtyyear- old white men in prison who have never harmed anybody, would never touch a child.” He said many of those jailed “got online one night and started surfing around, probably had too much to drink or whatever, and pushed the wrong buttons, went too far and got into child porn.” In a statement issued on Thursday through his publisher, Random House, Grisham said his comments “were in no way intended to show sympathy for those convicted of sex crimes, especially the sexual molestation of children”. “I can think of nothing more despicable. I regret having made these comments, and apologize to all,” he said