Details are sketchy so far, but Ashley Todd, the young McCain paid worker responsible for a hoax involving a tall black man, a backwards "B" scratched on her face, and a non-existent McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car was released on certain conditions today.
Sources:
McCain worker reaches deal in made-up assault case
McCain worker who concocted story to be released
The backwards "B" no longer shows on her face; those scratches must have been quite superficial.
The young mischief maker did not enter a plea. Following procedure for first-time offenders, she has been released from jail to her uncle in New York before returning to Texas, under the condition of receiving regular psychiatric counseling.
Her family was not present at the hearing.
It's kinda sad, really. Part of me thinks that she deserves a full punishment for such an outlandish, offensive crime. The other part feels sorry for this lonely, attention-hungry, desperate, and ignorant/unstable young woman.
I suspect this is the last we'll be hearing of her.
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R.I.P Backwards B Hoax.
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Next on the list of people we'd love to see fall into suddent and irreversible obscurity:
- Sarah Bible Spice Palin
- Joe the Skinhead Plumber
- Lou I Hate Everything Dobbs