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

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Anonymous wrote:Not necessarily, many advantages may just lead to elite deviance and a feeling "rules" don't apply to you?

A la Crime and Punishment.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the heck does this woman have a public fb page that lets anyone post on it?

Boundaries aren't her strong suit.

This was funny. A welcome relief from the horror of the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Are the Huntons one of the First Families of Virginia?

Oh god, no one cares about this outside of Virginia.

As an actual member of a first family (actually a few) in Virginia, not too many people inside of Virginia care either, nor should they… sorry to change topics, just felt like this needed clarifying. The only people who care about hereditary details and social status are the people who have it. No one else GAF. In cases like this, it’s a distraction - when crimes aren’t being committed it’s a moderately interesting and peculiar detail, when they are, it’s totally irrelevant.

Sorry but the “First Families” of “Virginia” were Native American. Enough with the “Blue Blood” BS.

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Anonymous wrote:This is awful. Reinforces my decision never to allow sleepovers 😳

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She has a public FB page and it seems rather odd. I would never guess that she was a wealthy, well-connected member of one of the most prominent families in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:She has a public FB page and it seems rather odd. I would never guess that she was a wealthy, well-connected member of one of the most prominent families in Virginia.

How can I find it? I'm ill and having trouble pulling it up.

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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.

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.

I'll refrain from assuming the "worst"--that somehow the family caused this behavior. Given your timeline, though, it sounds like they were not paying enough attention in the past five years. It seems that everyone missed not just signs after the "major red flags" but very likely other criminal acts. I truly hope, for the sake of her daughters, that what you are implying is that they successfully protected their young family members. With all my heart, I hope that this is true. But it is hard to believe that more could not have been done to protect others.

I don’t think it’s fair to blame her parents. She is the sick criminal.

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I don’t know any of the actors or schools you mentioned (apart from UVA) but this story is horrifying. It is hard to believe that any mother could do these despicable things to children.

I hope her own children never suffered any of these abuses.

It is just difficult to comprehend this vile behavior.

The only good that could come out of it (apart from her being removed from society) woukd be that she helps police or federal agents to take down some child porn networks.

What a nightmare that people like this exist.

Her children were removed a while ago from her care. I don’t think she will be much help since she’s basically insane. Her family is actually relieved she is now locked up. She had to do something and get caught for her to be put behind bars.

You people really don’t understand this case at all.

Enlighten us then.

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Anonymous wrote:OP

I don’t know any of the actors or schools you mentioned (apart from UVA) but this story is horrifying. It is hard to believe that any mother could do these despicable things to children.

I hope her own children never suffered any of these abuses.

It is just difficult to comprehend this vile behavior.

The only good that could come out of it (apart from her being removed from society) woukd be that she helps police or federal agents to take down some child porn networks.

What a nightmare that people like this exist.

Her children were removed a while ago from her care. I don’t think she will be much help since she’s basically insane. Her family is actually relieved she is now locked up. She had to do something and get caught for her to be put behind bars.

You people really don’t understand this case at all.

Enlighten us then.

Yes please enlighten us. If her parents wanted her to get locked up and/or get help her father would not have gotten her off on the prior charges. And if she was so bats*** crazy why did her husband stay with her for so long and have two kids with her? I know enough rich people to speculate that they were trying to keep up the facade. Her husband was enamored with the family money and connections which surely helped him become a judge so he hung on as long as possible. If they are relieved that she was arrested for the most horrific charges imaginable then they are as sick as she is.

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So it sounds like she used to be a sane, normal person and then spiraled over the last five years, getting a divorce and losing custody of her kids in the process?

She must’ve really been off her rocker for a court to remove children from the care of an upper class, educated, wealthy white mother!

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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.

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.

I'll refrain from assuming the "worst"--that somehow the family caused this behavior. Given your timeline, though, it sounds like they were not paying enough attention in the past five years. It seems that everyone missed not just signs after the "major red flags" but very likely other criminal acts. I truly hope, for the sake of her daughters, that what you are implying is that they successfully protected their young family members. With all my heart, I hope that this is true. But it is hard to believe that more could not have been done to protect others.

I don’t think it’s fair to blame her parents. She is the sick criminal.

Her father, Epp Hunton, personally got her 2019 sex crime conviction thrown out on appeal. It could have resulted in jail time, compelled treatment, placement on a registry. If they wanted so much for her to get help, why do that? It's also possible that childhood abuse of some sort is a factor.

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Anonymous wrote:So it sounds like she used to be a sane, normal person and then spiraled over the last five years, getting a divorce and losing custody of her kids in the process?

She must’ve really been off her rocker for a court to remove children from the care of an upper class, educated, wealthy white mother!

She is said to have a bipolar diagnosis and to have been hypersexual in college. Probably a lot was covered up or glossed over. If untreated and unmedicated probably neither sane nor normal.

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Anonymous wrote:She has a public FB page and it seems rather odd. I would never guess that she was a wealthy, well-connected member of one of the most prominent families in Virginia.

How can I find it? I'm ill and having trouble pulling it up.

It’s under her name, Eleanor Hunton Hobbes. She actually has two pages. Both public.

[Anonymous]

The whole Hunter and not Hunton piece is just absolutely HORRID. Someone allowed this to happen so that it would stay out of the news. Who did that - they should be ashamed of themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:The whole Hunter and not Hunton piece is just absolutely HORRID. Someone allowed this to happen so that it would stay out of the news. Who did that - they should be ashamed of themselves.

I can’t find her on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate search - what name is she under???

https://www.bop.gov/mobile/find_inmate/byname.jsp#inmate_results