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After rejecting an
offer for a plea deal that would require her to register as a sex offender,
Hunt’s attorney Julia Graves was able to negotiate a new plea bargain. Now Hunt will spend four months in jail
followed by two years of house arrest, but she will not have to register as a
sex offender. Hunt says that she will
advocate changing statutory rape laws to make exceptions for teenagers
attending the same school.
It has not been made
clear whether the case was discriminatory.
Hunt has not denied breaking the law.
The family of the alleged victim has not spoken out in the media and the
identity of the 14 year old has not been made public. Hunt said that her girlfriend had been
someone she could talk to and trust, but that after all the hardship did not love
her the way she did before.
Hunt also claims
that she was “set up in multiple ways” when asked about contacting the girl
after she was ordered not to by the court.
The hacker group anonymous came out in support of Hunt, claiming that if the couple was not gay then
Hunt would not have been prosecuted.
Florida state attorneys said that about thirty similar cases are
prosecuted every year, most of which involve heterosexual couples.
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