Gay Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt pleads no contest as part of deal

[Crabby Appleton]

Source: CNN

Vero Beach, Florida (CNN) -- Kaitlyn Hunt, the 19-year-old who has been jailed in Florida over a sexual relationship she had with a 14-year-old girl, pleaded no contest Thursday to five charges as part of a deal brokered by prosecutors and her attorneys.

Hunt pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor battery, misdemeanor contributing to the dependency of a child and two counts of felony interference with child custody.

The felony charges originate from the times she picked up the 14-year-old against the girl's parents' wishes.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/justice/florida-kaitlyn-hunt-plea-deal/

[leftyohiolib]

1. it's better deal than any man would have gotten after everything she did

an example of female priviledge

[LanternWaste]

2. I'm under the impression an individual recently received a 30-day sentence for raping a student

I'm under the impression a male individual in Montana recently received a 30-day sentence for raping a young student who then went on to commit suicide before the trial started...

[AtheistCrusader]

13. The judge was also fired for it, and the case is under review.

[LanternWaste]

14. I'm afraid I still do not see the double-standard which is being alleged.

Yes, the judge was fired.. however, only after a wee bit of public outcry. Additionally, the judge apologized for many of the things he said, but did not apologize for the sentence he handed down, and actually continued to rationalize it.

So I'm afraid I still do not see the double-standard which is being alleged.

[AtheistCrusader]

15. You found one instance

and in that instance, the judge lost his fucking job for it.

I'm not impressed.

Pled guilty, two years in jail.
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_24076880/man-pleads-guilty-statutory-rape

[LanternWaste]

16. Then I'm sure we'll be presented with an objective comparison of sentences for like-cases...

Then I'm sure we'll be presented with an objective and peer-reviewed comparison of sentences for like-cases based off of standard sampling rates to better validate the allegation of double-standards...

[AtheistCrusader]

17. I actually don't support the idea of a double standard.

There are certainly men that get off with such light sentences. I vehemently disagree with the example you grabbed though, that was clearly an aberration. Most seem to get longer, but there is a larger pool of men getting caught doing this, so could simply be normalcy bias. We don't even hear in the news about most men that do it.

But the defense's contention was that she wouldn't have been prosecuted at ALL if she had been male, and that's just not the case. Her family also tried to make it about the fact that she is gay, and that is simply not evident at all. I think that allegation actually does the real civil rights movement a huge disservice.

But yes, I will certainly step away from the double-standard claim, as I have absolutely no data to support it, and I suspect it isn't true.

[CSStrowbridge]

19. Were these two...

Were these two going to the same school? Did they begin dating while their relationship was legal? Then it is not the same.

[AtheistCrusader]

20. Um, no, their relationship was never legal.

Not the sexual part anyway. It was thought to be early on when the media was mis-reporting their ages, but the court documents showed otherwise.

And you'll probably never find two cases exactly the same with different gender identities swapped around. You'd have to search long and hard anyway, and the majority of these cases never even make the news.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. You just HAVE to stir the pot

[leftyohiolib]

4. i dont like double standards

[magical thyme]

6. a middle-aged teacher just got 30 days jail for raping his 14 year old student.

I agree. I don't like double standards. That middle-aged teacher was *much* older than his minor victim. He was in a position of authority and abused that authority.

4 months and a couple years probation would have still been too little for him, but 4x what he got.

A teenage boy may or may not have gotten off easier than Ms. Hunt, depending on circumstances.

It's not about double-standards. It's about how much justice you can afford to buy.

[CSStrowbridge]

18. Bullshit

Do you know how many senior guys in high school date someone in eighth grade? Plenty.
Do you know how many of those ever get involved with the cops as the result of their relationship? Roughly zero.

[maxsolomon]

9. you must be a treat at dinner parties

dial it back, you sound vindictive.

[tblue]

7. Can't believe all the hate on here.

Yeah, Kaitlyn Hunt messed up badly, and she's been punished, so celebrate that if you want to. She's paying her dues, she doesn't appear yet to be a serial predator, so I don't think she deserves to be vilified for life. The greater harm to her girlfriend may just be all this negative publicity. I think statutory rape involving teenage lovers is different from other kinds of abuse. In this case rape isn't rape, and it sure isn't a felony. IMHO, of course.

[Lancero]

21. Opinions like that...

This specific case of rape isn't rape and doesn't deserve a felony conviction is a prime example of why rape is so prevalant - People try to justify the crime, which leads to people thinking things like this are ok.

Rape is rape, no matter the circumstances.

[7962]

22. 14 yrs old is child molestation

[NCTraveler]

30. "she doesn't appear yet to be a serial predator"

I think that is a very important point to make. Often, when talking about sex crimes with minors, we are talking about individuals who can be put in the category of a "predator". The distinction needs to be made in this instance that she appears to not be a "predator".

[tblue]

34. Thank you. I think both girls

have been punished enough. Nobody should go to prison for this, not in this particular case. That's my opinion.

[tammywammy]

8. She was smart to take the offer, especially after the repeatedly violated the no contact.

They should go after Kaitlyn Hunt's mother for contacting the victim too.

[davidpdx]

24. There was not a no contact order between her mother and the other girl

and it was her that contact Kate's mother. The misinformation is just astounding.

[Crabby Appleton]

26. From the court filing for the revocation of pretrial release

From the court filing for the revocation of pretrial release

http://media2.wptv.com/documents/kaitlyn%20hunt%20violation.pdf

19. In addition to the contact by the defendant, the state is in possession of text messages from the defendant’s mother, Kelley Hunt Smith, sent to the child victim on March 26, 2013. These messages were sent after the court issued the “no contact” order. From the context of the messages, the defendant’s mother learned of the unlawful contact and thereafter initiated improper, ostensibly illegal, contact with the child victim. In the messages, the defendant’s mother tampered with the child victim. She solicited the child victim to obstruct the judicial process, instructing her to destroy the evidence of unlawful contact. Specifically, Kelley Hunt Smith texted the child victim, “Delete EVERYTHING….My # is ###-###-#### my email is XXXXXXX PLEASE delete everything and make sure NO ONE finds out you’ve spoken to Kate at all.”

which could support a charge of witness tampering or obstruction of justice against the mother.

[davidpdx]

27. Again the girl contact her

The document is referring to the no contact order to Kate Hunt, but names no reference to a no contact order for her mother. I doubt they would release the texts from the girl showing when she text Kate's mother.

[Yo_Mama]

33. No, Hunt contacted the girl in many ways after the no-contact order

That's why she was jailed in August - for violating the no-contact order. It's online somewhere.

Fortunately, this is at an end and Hunt will not have to go on the sex offender list and can eventually get her record purged as long as she now complies with the court orders. That's as much as can be expected given her actions.

[Ash_F]

10. In a few years, that girl is still going to be gay

Hope the parents realize that.

Not defending Ms. Hunt's actions or anything.

[KamaAina]

11. "Straight Florida teen Jane Public pleads no contest as part of deal"

read no headline, ever.

[Skeletor]

32. +1

[snooper2]

12. Guess her lawyer was finally able to talk a little sense into her

Now the country can collectively begin to move forward

[Pterodactyl]

23. I don't think it proper to call her "gay". She's not gay in the traditional sense. She's a pedophile

[davidpdx]

28. The pedophile talking point is getting so old and is further from the truth

She was in a relationship with another girl. Was she wrong? Yes. Is she going to pay for it? Yes.

If you want to talk about sickos why don't you look at the people who have stalked and harassed her family.

[Pterodactyl]

29. So she's NOT a pedophile? Is that your claim?

[Bradical79]

35. No, she's probably not a pedophile.

Pedophiles are attracted to pre-pubescent girls/boys.

[Pterodactyl]

36. So maybe she's into "barely legal". Which would make her a hebephile and a child abuser.

She's scum. Lock her up.

[davidpdx]

25. Maybe now that she's taken the deal the sickos will stop stalking her and her family

There is a group of particularly sick people who have been stalking and threatening the family both online and through phone calls. Anyone that does that should be in jail.

[kiva]

31. Hunt was verbally abusive to the younger girl,

and her mother aided her in the crazy - there are links in these threads from August:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023468133#

and

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10023504845

Post 36: Check out the Court filing and see what was in some of those 20,000 texts that this stupid young woman sent to the girl: http://media2.wptv.com/documents/kaitlyn%20hunt%20violation.pdf .

Gems like "Fuck you...you're stupid...you want me to go in jail...You're such a messed up person" and "So you aren't going to lie for me?"

If I were the girl's parents I wouldn't want my kid hanging out /dating/having sex with someone who sent them video of themselves (Kate) masturbating, called the girl stupid and wanted her to lie in court.