Roberts resigned as DeRidder’s mayor one day after authorities began investigating a complaint that she had raped a minor. Her resignation letter omitted any mention of that investigation.

She later made $75,000 bail to await her trial from out of custody.

Misty Roberts in 2018 made history by becoming the first woman ever elected as mayor of DeRidder. She won a second four-year term in 2022.

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[–] 69 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'm impressed it was actually called rape in the headline.

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  • [–] 43 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I'd just like to point out that they used the correct term "rape" here. All to often news outlets will say something like "sex" or "affair" or some how blame the victim.

    Kudos for calling a spade a spade.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Some of the coverage here in the states referred to her as "glamorous," and she was facing "allegations of indecency," so they're definitely some apologia going on.

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  • [–] 42 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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.

    Nice family.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    They were both intoxicated, him so much so that he said he threw up before she raped him.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Yeah, that does kind of make it worse. She was the adult at her home.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Her kids (maybe just her son) and her nephew caught her and started fighting with her about what she was doing and she still continued.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Every detail is crazier than the last.

    Her ex-husband testified that she asked him

    “to call the victim’s family on her behalf to gauge their reaction. He said he did so.”

    How did that go? “Hey so I heard my wife fucked your son, huh? How you feeling?”

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    She door dashed plan b the next morning. The victim's mother contacted her about pregnancy concerns.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    I saw that!!

    The door dash driver was like “I heard about the teenager thing and I was like… oooh.” And I think it said they recognized the house from Halloween or something.

    And then the son still saying essentially “it sure looked like sex to me” during testimony. Holy crap, it’s wild

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Oh my god I'm the same age cohort as this woman, the thought of voluntarily spending time with 16 year old boys not related to me is fucking gross. We are grandparent age, you sick woman!

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't say 40s is grandparent age for most...

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    Panicked texts female mayor, 43, blasted out to family, friends and locals after she was allegedly caught having sex with boy, 16, by her own teenage son at pool party

    'So no protection? Are you on birth control, have you had tubal, hysterectomy??', the boy's mother asked, according to the papers.

    'Birth control. But, it also didn't reach that point in those few minutes to have that concern. I understand the concern, but I can assure you of that', Roberts allegedly said.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I don't know that being the first of a minority group elected in a town of <10k people is really "making history". It's good news, certainly.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I never thought about what they are up to but seeing the canfor logo there might be something I need to look into

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