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News: 18 y.o girl in IMPRISONED for having relations with a girl
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18 y.o girl in IMPRISONED for having relations with a girl
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Summoned from her cell at Indian River County Jail in Vero Beach, Fla., 19-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt said she didn't know she was breaking the law when she engaged in a sexual relationship with her underage high school girlfriend, in an exclusive interview with ABC News' "20/20."
"I wouldn't have wanted to get myself in this situation," Hunt told ABC News' Matt Gutman. "I wouldn't have continued, if I really knew what the laws were and if I knew what I was getting myself into."
Hunt was first sent to the county jail for violating a judge's order to not contact her girlfriend. Just yesterday, she accepted a plea offer that will keep her locked up for two more months. She will also have two years of house arrest, and a long probation.
After the court hearing, Hunt broke her silence to "20/20" about her relationship and how the case has changed for her.
A cheerleader and honor student at Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla., Hunt was 18 when she began dating her then 14-year-old freshman girlfriend.
"She was like that person you could go to if you were having a bad day," Hunt said. "She would cheer you up in five minutes."
Their relationship became sexual with the two having encounters in the school bathroom. Hunt's mother, Kelley Hunt Smith, said she knew her daughter was in a same-sex relationship, but she did not know the other girl was so young.
"I did not know the girl was 14," Smith told 20/20. "She looks older than my daughter."
Rumors of a relationship between Hunt, a senior, and the freshman still in braces eventually reached the younger girl's parents, who immediately reported it to the local sheriff's office.
"Their feeling was the relationship was unhealthy and inappropriate based upon the age of the parties," Charles Sullivan, who represents the victim and her family, told "20/20."
Police then arrested Hunt, who, when interrogated, admitted to having a sexual relationship with the freshman.
After 24 hours in county jail, Hunt was released on bail, with the condition of having no contact with the younger girl.
The state attorney originally charged Hunt with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery of a child, which are felonies in Florida, with the possibility of a criminal record, having to register as a sex offender, and going to prison for a maximum of 30 years.
Hunt's mother claimed that the prosecutor and the younger girl's family were motivated in part by an anti-gay bias.
"We have people that are homophobes," Smith said. "It's not something they're willing to allow their daughter to express. It's not something that they're willing to accept."
The victim's parents disagree. "It wasn't the gender," Laurie Smith, the 14-year-old's mother, told "20/20."
"She definitely took our daughter's innocence away, in a way that should not have been done," added Jim Smith, the girl's father.
"I wouldn't mind if she came and talked to me about her sexual orientation," Laurie Smith said. "We've had the conversation, and I'm perfectly fine with who she is."
In May, prosecutors offered Hunt a plea deal, which she rejected, because she insisted she did nothing wrong and wanted a trial to prove her innocence.
However, in late August, less than a week after her 19th birthday, Hunt was taken to jail again for exchanging 20,000 text messages with her girlfriend – a direct violation of the judge's orders. Authorities revealed that Hunt secretly slipped the younger girl an iPod so they could communicate using a texting app.
"Do I think I made a mistake dating someone in high school, that I went to school with and I played basketball with?" Hunt said. "No, I don't think I made a mistake."
"I needed closure: I felt like I had none when it first happened, in February," Hunt said. "I was...forced to stop talking and forced to stop dating...I just got wrapped up again."
Jim Smith, said he believed that his daughter didn't want to be in the relationship, and that "I think Kaitlyn Hunt forced our daughter to stay in this relationship."
Hunt denies that.
"I love her...as a person," she told Gutman. "Now I don't think I could ever...be with her again."
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Is Katelyn Hunt A Rapist Who Got What She Deserved?
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Member Since: 4/30/2012
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That's horrible! Did they interview or question the 14 year old though? I wanna read what she had to say in all this.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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She should have left it alone after the first arrest. I do feel bad for her though, a freshman dating a senior is a little weird for me personally, but not that super uncommon. Maybe there aren't many out lesbians in her town and that's why she kept reaching out for the girl.
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That girl did not deserve that just cause her girl friends parents are ignorant homophobes it disgusts me. If the other girl was fine with the relationship willingly spread her legs open Katelyn and still stayed with her then there is no rape involved. and it wasn't even that bad of a age difference
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Hope they let her free. She's to pretty for prison
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I don't think it's as serious as the parents were making it out to be, but the law does say it's statutory rape. even if you don't agree with the law, you still have to abide by it.
Punishment seems harsh, though.
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Honestly, it's a little creepy that a 14 and 18 year old are dating, but hey, whatever, not that uncommon.
Now, I have a feeling the harsh punishment occurred because she was a lesbian.
If it was a guy and a girl, he would have gotten in trouble but it wouldn't have been as harsh.
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Being a gay man that is the same age as Katelyn, even if you live in a city where being gay isn't a problem (or bi for that matter) a lot of the out gays and lesbians are usually younger than you. So I can understand why she started a relationship with a freshman. And like BlueTimberwolf said, it's not uncommon for a freshman to date a senior or a sophomore or what not. I remember Junior Year one of the seniors was dating a sophomore. But then again, they didn't have sex.
This honestly is sad though. It sounds like Romeo & Juliet to me.
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No, she doesn't deserve this.
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A 14 year old dating an 18 year old who go to the same high school happens all the time.
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Hope they let her free. She's to pretty for prison
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Originally posted by Hugamari
I don't think it's as serious as the parents were making it out to be, but the law does say it's statutory rape. even if you don't agree with the law, you still have to abide by it.
Punishment seems harsh, though.
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A guy might have to register as a sex offender though.
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Originally posted by .:Allen:.
If it was a guy and a girl, he would have gotten in trouble but it wouldn't have been as harsh.
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No.
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Originally posted by MichelleNotBey
Hope they let her free. She's to pretty for prison
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Nnnnnnn the title change get that hit thread 
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This is mind-blowing to me based on the fact that I know of SO MANY Freshman/Senior relationships in my school. I never knew it was this serious.
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I've always been against these kind of relationships (seniors dating freshmen and calling them 'mature for their age'), but she should NOT have been put in jail. There are many straight couples in this same situation that don't even get dirty looks, let alone an arrest and jail time.
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A man was let off for statutory rape. the girl committed suciced afterward and he only got a month in jail. this is ridiculous whats wrong with humanity. seniors date freshman all the time!
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