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Utah Senate presidentâs grandson walked away from child rape charges with no jail time after a last-minute law change.
— JC ðð¦ð¸ (@colorado80537.bsky.social) 2026-05-11T23:22:51.485Z
Grandpa, J Stuart Adams, is a #Republican. Per their norm, Grandpa is protecting a rapist... his own 18 yr old grandson. #pedos
Ocelot II
(131,156 posts)In 2023, Adamss step-granddaughter, who was 18 at the time, was charged with two counts of rape of a child and two counts of sodomy on a child after she had sex with a 13-year-old minor. Anyone under the age of 14 cannot legally consent to sex in Utah.
Adams has faced harsh criticism after he helped to engineer a legislative change in 2024 that would allow prosecutors to treat certain 18-year-old child rape defendants as minors in specific circumstances. They must still be enrolled in high school, and the sexual activity cannot be coerced. That modification matched the circumstances his grandchild was facing.
Though the change was not retroactive, the prosecutor, judge and defense attorney said the new law was a major factor in a plea deal offered to the defendant. She eventually plead guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. Under the terms of the deal, she spent no additional time in jail and was not required to register as a sex offender.
https://utahpolitics.news/utah-senate-leaders-defense-of-granddaughter-in-sexual-assault-case-she-wanted-victim-to-feel-included/
haele
(15,573 posts)That brings up a whole host of questions as to why the 18 year old would think underaged sexual activity was appropriate as a way to help a 13 year old feel included?
Norrrm
(5,500 posts)kimbutgar
(27,523 posts)So BS
ms liberty
(11,346 posts)It didn't start with her, I'd be willing to bet.
Trueblue Texan
(4,586 posts)AZ8theist
(7,601 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,494 posts)SpankMe
(3,748 posts)Maybe I can go there and shoplift a few iPhones so that Best Buy feels included.
summer_in_TX
(4,255 posts)She now has a second-degree felony aggravated assault (that means she used a weapon, I think!!!), plus three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery on her record. Serious stuff. It sounds like she had some jail time, just not additional time.
"She eventually plead guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. Under the terms of the deal, she spent no additional time in jail and was not required to register as a sex offender."
Glad they couldn't treat her completely as a minor and seal her records.
Wonder if her acting out was because she has been sexually abused herself or if she is simply a psychopath who gets off on that sort of thing.