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I'm impressed it was actually called rape in the headline.
She doesn't identify as a republican so they can call it what it is.
Not a man. Not a Republican.
Which is one of the reasons it's "newsworthy"
As gross as that is.
That's a good point.
I'd just like to point out that they used the correct term "rape" here. All to often news outlets will say something like "sex" or "affair" or some how blame the victim.
Kudos for calling a spade a spade.
It is wild cuz even Margerie Taylor Greens broken ass clock is right more often than the media
Some of the coverage here in the states referred to her as "glamorous," and she was facing "allegations of indecency," so they're definitely some apologia going on.
I wouldn't doubt it, but this particular publication didn't do that which is why I gave them the slightest amount of praise
It is surprising, given how often this exact thing is poopoo'ed away; "She's pretty, and what 16yo boy wouldn't want to!?1?"
yeah but nice. nice. nice.
In October, in an unrelated case, her 40-year-old brother, Brandon Lee Roberts, pleaded guilty to raping two people: an underage girl and a young woman. He subsequently received a 42-year prison sentence.
Nice family.
Definitely gives the impression of one of those "abused becomes the abuser" situations.
They were both intoxicated, him so much so that he said he threw up before she raped him.
Yeah, that does kind of make it worse. She was the adult at her home.
Her kids (maybe just her son) and her nephew caught her and started fighting with her about what she was doing and she still continued.
Every detail is crazier than the last.
Her ex-husband testified that she asked him
“to call the victim’s family on her behalf to gauge their reaction. He said he did so.”
How did that go? “Hey so I heard my wife fucked your son, huh? How you feeling?”
She door dashed plan b the next morning. The victim's mother contacted her about pregnancy concerns.
I saw that!!
The door dash driver was like “I heard about the teenager thing and I was like… oooh.” And I think it said they recognized the house from Halloween or something.
And then the son still saying essentially “it sure looked like sex to me” during testimony. Holy crap, it’s wild
This whole thing reads like an 80s teen movie.
and her brother is in jail for 42 years on multiple rape counts.
One was a minor too. As mentioned elsewhere in this post, I have a feeling there was some abuse happening to the two as kids.
Giggity
Oh my god I'm the same age cohort as this woman, the thought of voluntarily spending time with 16 year old boys not related to me is fucking gross. We are grandparent age, you sick woman!
I wouldn't say 40s is grandparent age for most...
not according to 939,000 Pornhub MILF videos...
GILF*
It is when you start having kids in high school. My aunt became a grandmother at 36. If she'd lived longer she would have been a great grandmother in her 50s.
This is Louisiana.
'So no protection? Are you on birth control, have you had tubal, hysterectomy??', the boy's mother asked, according to the papers.
'Birth control. But, it also didn't reach that point in those few minutes to have that concern. I understand the concern, but I can assure you of that', Roberts allegedly said.
I don't know that being the first of a minority group elected in a town of <10k people is really "making history". It's good news, certainly.
I never thought about what they are up to but seeing the canfor logo there might be something I need to look into