Mother of 2 from VERY prominent Richmond family arrested by FBI for child p@rn, exploitation, etc

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone considered that maybe it is not in Richmond media out of a desire to protect the girls?

They don’t like in Richmond.

Live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone considered that maybe it is not in Richmond media out of a desire to protect the girls?

They don’t like in Richmond.

Live.

Technically you’re correct but she’s very connected to the place.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone considered that maybe it is not in Richmond media out of a desire to protect the girls?

That’s not really how news works.

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Her IG is private, anyone follow? If so, is it similar to FB? FB posts seem a bit out of date.

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There is no protecting her girls from "Mommy is in federal prison."

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Anonymous wrote:So I found a church bulletin congratulating the Ex on his engagement to another person. This was in 2021 or so. He now seems to have remarried as I think I found his new wife as well.

Why? Why did you search for that?

uh, I googled her ex husband as others on this thread have done.

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Probably this turns out like Murdaugh. Many years of family helping hide terrible things.

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It's not cool to doxx the school of young kids traumatized by their mother being arrested for child porn, if not more and post it on the interwebs.

Have some decency, unlike their mom.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably this turns out like Murdaugh. Many years of family helping hide terrible things.

I would be surprised if it is not more than that. She may have been reenacting trauma. I imagine much will be swept under the rug.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how prevalent this is. It's as horrifying to me as hearing there is a serial killer parent in my area (maybe this is scarier as it involves children). My kids have sleepovers at least monthly but are at an age they know and could tell me if something weird was going on in terms of abuse or inappropriate photography. When kids spend the night here it's usually more than one and they are not engaging with parents much beyond getting fed or told to put electronics away for the night.

If a sleepover host parent drugs the kids and does stuff to them? If the mom is the pervert or rapist? You can not trust parents either.

I have always protected my kids and other kids. I have hosted playdates for the kids and hosted their moms for coffee. I invited parents and sibling to birthday parties so that I did not have to supervise their kids. Sleepover parties were mostly half sleepovers and kids were picked up at midnight for the longest time until we got to know the family very well.

My kids were instructed to be careful while changing clothes for gym. They knew that they did not go to a teacher's room alone if they had a question. They had to take a friend along with them.

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As a friend of the family, I must say that Eleanor’s parents and brother have long known about her mental instabilities and they have made strides to limit the damage Eleanor could cause towards others. For the last several years, they have been very vocal in assisting the exH gain custody of the kids and have tried to get her counseling and medical supervision.

After many, many years of hardship, Eleanor’s support group was limited in what they could do to stop her and incidents like the public sex affair proved that no one had the power to prohibit her actions. Unfortunately, I do not think anyone knew the extent of how far Eleanor gone or had any idea of CSA - thus the family was unable to garner additional support. Eleanor Hoppe is the epitome of how an adult with serious mental issues can inflict untold pain on our society and that her type of situation can only be properly dealt with after it is too late.

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Anonymous wrote:As a friend of the family, I must say that Eleanor’s parents and brother have long known about her mental instabilities and they have made strides to limit the damage Eleanor could cause towards others. For the last several years, they have been very vocal in assisting the exH gain custody of the kids and have tried to get her counseling and medical supervision.

After many, many years of hardship, Eleanor’s support group was limited in what they could do to stop her and incidents like the public sex affair proved that no one had the power to prohibit her actions. Unfortunately, I do not think anyone knew the extent of how far Eleanor gone or had any idea of CSA - thus the family was unable to garner additional support. Eleanor Hoppe is the epitome of how an adult with serious mental issues can inflict untold pain on our society and that her type of situation can only be properly dealt with after it is too late.

It sounds like you are saying that she was refusing treatment or evaluated by professionals and found not to be a risk to herself and others. If that is the case, then the medical professionals should have to answer some questions. Or maybe the mental health clinicians sought to have her committed but the law didn't allow it because there was no proof that she would harm others? These details are important ... sometimes a horrible case leads to a positive change in the law.

Was there really no outward sign that she was at risk of harming others?? I believe what you are saying but it is just hard to believe that the person who was caught to relatively easily was successful t concealing everything in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:As a friend of the family, I must say that Eleanor’s parents and brother have long known about her mental instabilities and they have made strides to limit the damage Eleanor could cause towards others. For the last several years, they have been very vocal in assisting the exH gain custody of the kids and have tried to get her counseling and medical supervision.

After many, many years of hardship, Eleanor’s support group was limited in what they could do to stop her and incidents like the public sex affair proved that no one had the power to prohibit her actions. Unfortunately, I do not think anyone knew the extent of how far Eleanor gone or had any idea of CSA - thus the family was unable to garner additional support. Eleanor Hoppe is the epitome of how an adult with serious mental issues can inflict untold pain on our society and that her type of situation can only be properly dealt with after it is too late.

Well according to other people in this thread who also claim to know that family, Eleanor's parents are rude snobs.

Wondering how much anyone can help a family member if they themselves lack decency.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a friend of the family, I must say that Eleanor’s parents and brother have long known about her mental instabilities and they have made strides to limit the damage Eleanor could cause towards others. For the last several years, they have been very vocal in assisting the exH gain custody of the kids and have tried to get her counseling and medical supervision.

After many, many years of hardship, Eleanor’s support group was limited in what they could do to stop her and incidents like the public sex affair proved that no one had the power to prohibit her actions. Unfortunately, I do not think anyone knew the extent of how far Eleanor gone or had any idea of CSA - thus the family was unable to garner additional support. Eleanor Hoppe is the epitome of how an adult with serious mental issues can inflict untold pain on our society and that her type of situation can only be properly dealt with after it is too late.

It sounds like you are saying that she was refusing treatment or evaluated by professionals and found not to be a risk to herself and others. If that is the case, then the medical professionals should have to answer some questions. Or maybe the mental health clinicians sought to have her committed but the law didn't allow it because there was no proof that she would harm others? These details are important ... sometimes a horrible case leads to a positive change in the law.

Was there really no outward sign that she was at risk of harming others?? I believe what you are saying but it is just hard to believe that the person who was caught to relatively easily was successful t concealing everything in the past.

What is important to note is that situations can worsen over time and that sometimes telltale signs of trouble are not enough to limit another’s actions or restrict freedoms. I have known Eleanor going back since early childhood and I can say that never in my wildest dreams would I have predicted this. In high school, Eleanor was no different from anyone else; however, during my later college years, I learned she was diagnosed with some mental conditions and signs of mild deviant behavior were forming - but none of this though was alarming especially in any criminal sense. Fast forward to about five years ago when the public sex charges are filed and you’ve got major red flags. That kind of conduct is nothing kids should be around and alludes to an environment where risk taking tendencies are prone to unfortunate outcomes. Eleanor’s family recognized this and took action - but their power and influence could only go so far.

My hope in all of this is that Eleanor is properly dealt with by the law and that her family is not unfairly judged or unduly punished by their peers. As Greek tragedy would say “men are only men” and her family did what they could with a very bad situation.

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The acronym CSA has two meanings in Eleanor’s case -

CSA = child sex abuse
CSA = Confederate States of America

Her great, great grandfather was a general for the Confederacy and fought at Gettysburg during Picketts Charge. All part of the family history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eppa_Hunton