Anonymous wrote:I agree that a man would have likely been given a tougher sentence. However, this woman has two little kids (elementary school age) and now she is a sex offender. She can't host playdates, go to school events, host a birthday party, etc. Although the incarceration may seem trivial, she will be living with the consequences of her actions for the next 25 years!!

Agree. She will suffer. I think taking her away from her children would have been too harsh and unfair to her kids. Would feel the same if role reversal. The 15 yr old boy may or may not have trust issues moving forward, it depends on his character. The text messages they exchanged were mutual and appeared like two adults consenting. I was a mature precocious teen (girl) and slept with an older man. Technically, I was raped, but I don't feel that way. Today, I have a healthy marriage with a wonderful child and zero trust issues.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a man would have likely been given a tougher sentence. However, this woman has two little kids (elementary school age) and now she is a sex offender. She can't host playdates, go to school events, host a birthday party, etc. Although the incarceration may seem trivial, she will be living with the consequences of her actions for the next 25 years!!

She's a sex offender because of her OWN BAD CHOICES. No one forced her to do what she did!!

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a man would have likely been given a tougher sentence. However, this woman has two little kids (elementary school age) and now she is a sex offender. She can't host playdates, go to school events, host a birthday party, etc. Although the incarceration may seem trivial, she will be living with the consequences of her actions for the next 25 years!!

Those two little kids also have a father who can raise them while their mother is in prison. What kind of message does this send that a white, rich woman and cross state lines to have sex (oral or whatever) with a 15 year old. I agree many times the mother is the more dominant parental figure for a child, but these kids have another parent and it is not enough of a mitigating factor to say because the children are young their mother shouldn't go to jail for child rape. There are plenty of mothers in jail, that's the price they pay for their crimes. She shouldn't be any different. The sentence is absolutely ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I am feeling sorry for everyone in this episode. She was a person of some renown in her own right. And more than a cheerleader.


http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2011/12/5/the-unsinkable-molly-shattuck

So what's your point? If it were a former NFL player and not a cheerleader would you feel differently?

Anonymous wrote:I'm just glad to see a rich asshole punished in any way.

I'm amazed their great lawyers couldn't get her off on some kind of temporary insanity defense.

DITTO ! ! ! ! !

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a man would have likely been given a tougher sentence. However, this woman has two little kids (elementary school age) and now she is a sex offender. She can't host playdates, go to school events, host a birthday party, etc. Although the incarceration may seem trivial, she will be living with the consequences of her actions for the next 25 years!!

Would you be so compassionate for a male sex offender with two little elementary kids who cannot hold playdates and birthday parties? Enough with the double standards.

Anonymous wrote:I'm just glad to see a rich asshole punished in any way.

I'm amazed their great lawyers couldn't get her off on some kind of temporary insanity defense.

This was in Delaware. Even the DuPonts get jail time there.

I'm just glad to see a rich asshole punished in any way.

I'm amazed their great lawyers couldn't get her off on some kind of temporary insanity defense.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that a man would have likely been given a tougher sentence. However, this woman has two little kids (elementary school age) and now she is a sex offender. She can't host playdates, go to school events, host a birthday party, etc. Although the incarceration may seem trivial, she will be living with the consequences of her actions for the next 25 years!!

And her kids will really suffer for that.