Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after July 2024 sexual assault at pool party
The former mayor of a Louisiana city has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy during a party at her house while she was still in office.
Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after a jury in the municipality of DeRidder on Tuesday found her guilty of two felonies: carnal knowledge of a juvenile – or statutory rape – as well as indecent behavior with a minor.
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.
Throw away the key these genetics are defective.
The DeRidder Diddler
10 and 7 years
Who wrote this shit, Abraham Lincoln?
MTL
Two counts. This is correct English.
Bad AI, I reckon.
it’s the correct way to phrase it in context
Two charges. Two sentences. Be surprised if she gets even 5 years in actual prison.
I vaguely remember a thread where people from from different countries, and different places places in some countries, explained how it’s not uncommon to phrase things this way, or in a similar way.
#notadragqueen
is DERIDDER an anagram for diddler.
They’re different lengths and different sets of letters, so, uh, no?
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.
I was going to joke how it’s “all in the family” but this goes to show how the law treats female offenders different than their male counterparts. In much of the western/anglophone world, we’ve come to associate sex abuse with men engaging in sexually predatory behavior; little thought is given about women committing sexual offenses since many are (sadly) the victim of such offenses. We’ve also come to see unbalanced age dynamics (younger man-older woman) as something of a rite of passage for men. If a guy loses his virginity with an older woman, he “scored” or got “lucky.” If the roles were gender-swapped, it would rightly be considered assault but the assailant would receive a much higher sentence than the woman.
We have stop treating sexual assault as one-sided.
The sentences are very different (7-10 years to 42 years), but to be fair, the crimes are also different.
1 time might be a “mistake”, 2 times is a trend. Also, I don’t know the specifics. I know children are not legally able to consent to sex with an adult, but I would punish harder in the case that the child doesn’t even “consent” to it. Maybe the boy “consented” and the girl didn’t. Also, I assume the “young woman” is an adult, so she definitely didn’t consent.
Still no drag queens or trans people.
Close enough to zero for this statement not to be misleading.
Can someone confirm or deny, with a reliable source either way, whether she’s a Republican?
(I fully expect her to be one but don’t want to assume.)
Probably not, or the title would have been “Mayor had consensual sex with underage man”
She was identified as independent in her profile from what I can tell. I’d be surprised if she wasn’t really Republican by most standards as a small town mayor so close to Kansas. Her LinkedIn profile has her following the Koch Holding Company also. I don’t know, I don’t think she effectively accomplished anything in her stint in mayor enough to say she wasn’t an independent. End of the day I guess it doesn’t really matter, I was actually surprised her LinkedIn is still out there like nothings happened.
Got confused by the headline cause 16 would be legal where I am and certainly doesn’t strike me instinctively as “rape”.
That being said, bangin a kid in high school when you’re in your 40s is uncomfy
Well you’re not alone in having that mindset.
And unfortunately that is why rape continues to be a massive issue today. It’s one of the biggest social evil plaguing the human race. Rape islands, sex trafficking, the Epstein files, the AI child porn factories, forced birth returning to America etc, all the same.
Party of pedos
GOP = Government of Putin or Government of Pedos. Take your pick or both.
Guardians of Pedos. They aren’t all pedos themselves, but they sure as hell work to protect them.
Disclaimer: Put on a tinfoil hat.
The only reason this is all over the news is unfortunately not because it’s a despicable crime. Which it is.
However. The story is that: She turned herself in. They were intoxicated by alcohol. She’s hot for 40 year old. She’s “independent, blablabla. both sides”.
No, no, no!
The media is showing this because they want to normalize rape.
There’s something a lot worse that never make the news.
Maybe it’s the drug epidemic, causing this shit to happen on daily basis in the southern states. Maybe it’s people of importance who don’t turn themselves in. Maybe it’s not the alcohol or libido at all.Maybe it’s the …
Maybe it’s in the Epstein files.
I’m honestly surprised the age of consent isn’t 16 in Louisiana like it is in the majority of states.
Here’s to you, Mrs. Roberts.
Wow, her whole family is so presidential
Poll numbers probably got a bump with the base.
Is almost everyone like this and we just didn’t know? Or is our political class just dominated by people like this?
I think to seek out power you have to be one of two kinds of people
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You truly want to change the world for the better
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You want power over others
2 is IMO by far more common and I’m not surprised that those kinds of people don’t see rules applying to themselves and also like dominating people.
Like… I’m also horny and kinky… I’ll go as far as saying that I think I’d call myself a dom switch. But I don’t see the appeal of doing it with kids or even teens. Even when it comes to
Computer numerical controlConsensual non-consent, it just… isn’t attractive if it’s not actually consensual. When we’re done with it all, I want to cuddle up with my partner for a breather, have a shower together and then go back to being equal partners who support each other through life. Most of all, I want her to enjoy it more than I do.But these people, it seems they want to actually subjugate people for real. Maybe not this mayor, she had sex with a 16 year old boy who likely in some jurisdictions could’ve been considered consenting. Hell I would’ve done it at his age (now that I’m older, I do of course realize that SHE should’ve still known better, as the adult). But I think a lot of these people in power actually enjoy causing pain and misery to those who can’t resist.
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People who want to do stuff forbidden to the public look for positions of power.
Some of this stuff is good like taxing rich people and requiring car companies to put seat belts in vehicles.
A lot of these ambitions are bad: pedophilia, cruelty, torture, corruption, selling off public assets, building strip malls, etc.
In this case she was drunk, and clearly regretted what she did so much she turned herself in even though she could get away with it if she just didn’t.
So I don’t believe she looked for a position of power in order to be able to do it.
We need more good people looking for positions of power to squeeze them out, I guess?
The second option, I’d say.
Yes. People are horny.
Usually not craving children, though.
Being horny is normal. Being horny for kids, is not.
Probably more common than anyone thinks, though. Just because of the illicit nature of it, most of them are going to be trying to conceal themselves, and a bunch more are going to sublimate their sexuality however they have to out of fear of punishment. Most of them aren’t going to publicly set up and attend NAMBLA meetings, for example.
No, these people are rare. The problem is that their impact is outsized. One person can harm many over the course of several years. It doesn’t take a lot of bad actors like this to cause a lot of harm in society.
It’s been a few years since I read it, but the book The Sociopath Next Door did a lot to inform how I think of this.
In the book, the author gives the stat that about 4% of the population are sociopaths, which is defined as people who lack empathy and a conscience. She explains that often, sociopaths highly crave success, but posits that what defines “success” is largely dependent on one’s culture.
In the US, success usually looks like having a lot of money, fame, and/or power, so: actors, politicians, CEOs, etc. And when one doesn’t have empathy, that makes it easier to step on others in order to achieve that success. She explains that in other cultures, like in India, success is more about how one fits into and supports their community. So while they have the same driving motivation (success), the steps to achieve it are wildly different.
Based on that, I say with confidence that “almost everyone” is NOT like this. However, sociopaths are significantly more likely to become those who are rich, famous, and powerful. And this kind of abuse doesn’t phase sociopaths because they don’t have empathy.
faze*
Yep, good catch. Thanks!
So weird being in a place that looks vaguely like Reddit but people don’t have an aneurysm when you point something like that out. The expected response was “tHiS iSn’T eNgLiSh ClAsS” and reporting me.
I think the ven diagram is an almost a complete circle with the rich. You don’t become a billionaire by caring about others.
I think one of the Walton kids grew a conscious and started donating that vast fortune. Instead of taxing we just have to wait generations for the kids to care or lose the money gambling or something
it’s probably notable that politicians are often people who are seeking power.
They wouldn’t let a well intentioned human within 500 miles of Washington DC. That’s the point of a two party system.
