Kaitlyn Hunt was one of those people who become something of an instant hero on this site, only to be remembered as an embarrassing infatuation. People rallied to her defense when she was arrested at the age of 18 for having sex with a 14 year old girl.
Luckily for her, Kaitlyn is just cute as a bug and photogenic. Because it is very doubtful that an unattractive male 18 year old high school dropout fry cook could have sex with a 14 year old boy and emerge as some sort of folk hero.
After Kaitlyn's case attracted thousands of supporters, prosecutors offered Kaitlyn a plea bargain which she rejected. She accepted the second plea deal, and of course part of the deal was that she not have any contact with her girlfriend.
This plea deal was revoked when it was dicovered the girls continued to be in daily contact, had been meeting in secret, and Kaitlyn had been sexting photos.
At this point you would be justified in thinking "This is not going to end well for poor little Kaitlyn." But no, Kaitlyn has been offered a third plea deal and if she completes her probation she will have not have to register as a felon or sex offender The article is worth reading for its use of terms like "underage same-sex relationship" as if this were a romance novel instead of a criminal case.
The plea deal allows Hunt to plead no contest to two counts of battery, two counts of interference with child custody and one count of contributing to the dependency of a child, reports the station.
In return, she will serve 3 years probation, 2 of which she would have to wear a GPS ankle monitor to ensure she has no contact with her former underage girlfriend in the case, reports the station.
The state will also have the ability to search every electronic account belonging to Hunt in order to verify she is complying with the deal.
We will see if Kaitlyn agrees to plead guilty to these charges, which could put her in prison for many years if she screws up the probation. On the one hand, kudos to her attorney for this Houdini-like performance. On the other hand, I think there is an excellent chance the prosecutor will be collecting a pound of flesh from Kaitlyn real soon.