Frankly I also side with Platapus on this. The man acted inappropriately, and frankly I think with calculation in that he planned things to go down that way. Pointing a baseball bat at someone in that situation is definitely a threatening action, and a baseball bat is a dangerous/lethal weapon (as would be many other sporting items like a hockey stick, croquet mallet, etc).
As for the supposed crime, I would be very careful with this case. The crime is an awful thing, but it happens far too often that the allegations are false. Without direct physical evidence, I am very reluctant to believe what the child says for a huge host of reasons having to do with cognitive development and capabilities of a child that age (bluntly the child's testimony is utterly unreliable). As such unless there is physical evidence of sexual assault, it is entirely possible that the man is innocent.
Keep in mind that child molestation / sexual assault is one of the worst things you can be accused of. Even if you are proven innocent, even if there is no evidence what so ever and you are never charged, your life is ruined as almost everyone will still believe you are guilty. You all here are doing it right now. It is also nigh impossible to get a fair trial on such cases. Plus accusations of child molestation / sexual assault have frequently been used by one parent to discredit the other (often leading to, or during divorce procedures). I can point to several cases where it is blatantly clear that the molestation did not happen and that the child(ren) was making the story up (often thanks to the parents implanting it, intentionally or not), and yet the accused lives were still trashed.
So, frankly I hope they do prosecute the paraplegic (and if this was premeditated like I suspect, I hope they throw the book at him). As for the accused, I hope he gets a fair trial as he may well be innocent. If he isn't then the prison system will get him.
<edit> of course if he confessed, odds are he is guilty.
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