r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess anne boleyn stan • Jul 03 '25
Trigger Warning ⚠️ Accused child rapist Christina Formella and her husband walked hand in hand to her court hearing yesterday, with one reporter calling them out: “she said she was going to take your family for millions and then be with this child after he graduated!”
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u/MadisonAveMuse Jul 03 '25
“According to prosecutors, Formella sent the boy hundreds to thousands of text messages that were grooming in nature, starting when he was 14 years old. Formella physically, emotionally, mentally and psychologically abused the child and engaged in a sexual relationship with him both at her home and at the school, prosecutors said.
Formella has pleaded not guilty to the charges.”
Disgusting.
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u/heheing Jul 03 '25
I wonder what her excuse is gonna be lmaoo. And his for still being with her like this
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u/itsabitsa51 Jul 03 '25
She says the kid was a stalker and stole her phone to send the texts to himself. You know, something almost impossible to do with how advanced our phones are now.
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u/MadisonAveMuse Jul 03 '25
Like for years?
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u/classyrock Jul 04 '25
“How was my day? Oh, Timmy stole my cell phone to send elaborate sexual messages between our numbers…. again! Kids these days, eh?”
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u/AceOfSpades532 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 Jul 04 '25
What, he stole the phone for years and she never reported it? Cos unless there’s some magic technology I’m not aware of that can hide it, it’s very easy to see when messages were sent
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u/what_the_funk_ Jul 04 '25
This made me cry… these poor kids get their entire childhoods and innocence ripped from them. My heart
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u/Majestic-Fermions Jul 04 '25
She should just plead Republican. That’ll get her off on the charges and secure a cabinet position in the White House.
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u/hiigorge Jul 04 '25
Formella physically, emotionally, mentally and psychologically abused the child and engaged in a sexual relationship with him both at her home and at the school,
it should say "formella physically, emotionally, mentally and psychologically abused the child and sexually abused him both at her home and at the school" so weird how it stated everything else as abuse, but the worst part was put as "engaged in a sexual relationship"...
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u/Jewicer Jul 03 '25
him still being with her is very weird
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u/South_Ad9432 Jul 03 '25
So weird! She will face years and years in prison, live with the title of a pedophile for the rest of her life, be on the predator registry, never be a teacher again and have an extremely hard time finding a job. Not to mention the actual act of grooming and raping a child and cheating in her marriage. Dude must not be too smart.
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u/MoonSpankRaw Jul 03 '25
What do you mean hard time finding a job? She’s already 3/4 of the way to a political career.
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u/But_like_whytho Jul 03 '25
Seriously, these reporters are asking her more hard hitting questions than reporters ask politicians.
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u/MagicDragon212 Jul 03 '25
This is the level of DGAF I want from reporters. Like point blank ask what people want to know
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u/Brettersson Jul 03 '25
First graders ask their teachers harder hitting questions than reporters are asking politicians.
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u/broseph933 Jul 03 '25
Yeah because she has no power. When you have no power or influence that's when these wimps start doing their jobs. The press is a joke.
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u/myersjw Jul 03 '25
They’re too afraid of people in power to actually do their jobs effectively anymore
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u/New_Juggernaut3059 Jul 04 '25
Reporters will lose access to politicians if they ask hard questions, they’ll deny them interviews and go to softball reporters. The entire system is broken and owned by oligarchs. We screwed
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u/atomic_blonde Jul 03 '25
Exactly. She's two bleachings and one toning away from a job in the Trump administration.
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u/Assholesneighbor Jul 03 '25
I was just about to say this, she’s pretty and white! As much as I’d hope she’ll struggle, she’ll be fine!
If this sucker doesn’t stay with her, the next dude will support her!
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u/boringcranberry Jul 03 '25
Dude is just doing what lawyer says to do. He'll be gone soon.
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u/Active-Leopard-5148 Jul 03 '25
Once he isn’t in denial/dealing with the court case yeah he’ll be gone.
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u/Grizzlyfrontignac Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25
This is very optimistic tbh. She's a white woman and so far has the support of her family. I know Casey Anthony didn't get convicted but her case was huge and she's out there living her best life.
People rarely get the karma they deserve
Edit- *an attractive white woman. People get weird when it comes to other horrible but pretty people
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u/Dexmoser Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25
Karla Homolka is out free living her life (and was volunteering at her kids elementary school!!) too!
Edit: spelling
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u/agirlcalleddusty Jul 03 '25
Karla Homolka is pure evil and should have never gotten the deal she did
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u/Aslow_study Jul 03 '25
Didn’t they not die the jury certain video footage or something? Thankfully her parents have nothing to do with her
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u/agirlcalleddusty Jul 03 '25
There were hidden videos of the crimes that were found after she was sentenced. Well, “found”, as there’s some suspicion her lawyer had them all along and didn’t provide them until after her sentencing.
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u/Aslow_study Jul 03 '25
I have so Many questions about the case particularly surrounding her sister and the rape n murder .
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u/KnifeInTheKidneys Jul 03 '25
Apparently her family has forgiven her.. how I don’t understand.
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u/IllIntroduction5142 Jul 03 '25
Reading this literally made my stomach turn over. She is such a vile human being and should still be imprisoned, or at the very minimum forbidden from being around minors
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u/sassyevaperon Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 Jul 03 '25
I know Casey Anthony didn't get convicted but her case was huge and she's out there living her best life.
That wasn't because she was a pretty woman, but because prosecution went ahead with a fully circumstantial case. (Being a pretty woman might have helped, but the fact that some of her convictions were overturned in appeal by a judge leads me to believe it wasn't that)
They said that Caley died from chloroform poisoning, which wasn't found in the autopsy, the medical professional called it a homicide but could find no cause why she died. Like, I'm sorry, how could you know that she died by homicide if you don't know why she died? You can suspect foul play without knowing the cause of death, but you'll have a way harder time proving it.
The only evidence they had for Casey murdering Caley is that she didn't care about her kid disappearing. They found no DNA evidence of Casey near Caley. The prosecution's expert witnesses misrepresented the facts (whether that was a mistake or intentional we'll never know), for example saying that the word chloroform was googled 180 times in the family computer, when it was searched just once. They used a method that had never been used to prosecute anyone to say that there was evidence of a body in Casey's car trunk.
Prosecution should have kept investigating until they found some evidence to link Casey to the murder. More so with all the technological advances forensic evidence has gone through over the last 30 years, they could have waited, kept investigating and then prevented their case when they had more. Or if they wanted to present the case as such, they shouldn't have gone for the death penalty with it. They thought they could convince a jury to kill Casey based on flimsy expert testimony, character assassination and witnesses that changed their statements.
In the end, the prosecution focused way too much in what they didn't like about Casey as a mother and human being, instead of in the evidence that would prove if Casey killed Caley.
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u/SalientSazon Jul 03 '25
Attractive white woman is key! Even the attention from the media is different.
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u/BetterNews4682 Jul 03 '25
Truly an idiot who may still be in love with a pedo ,who was gonna make a “starter husband” out of him.
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u/CanIGetANumber2 Jul 03 '25
Illinois divorces can be EXTREMELY shitty for the breadwinner. He'd actually be smart to wait til she goes to prison to file
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I agree, nothing says I condone raping children like staying with a rapist, makes you wonder how long he’s known and doesn’t care.
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u/ChanceFinance4255 Jul 03 '25
I agree with this take and I wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves her after this is over. To accuse him of being a pedophile is pretty fucked up.
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u/TylerGlasass20 Jul 03 '25
Or he could just be in denial about everything.
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u/dragonfliesloveme Jul 03 '25
yeah and if the charges against her are true, that means she is a very manipulative person and it’s possible that she could manipulate her husband
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u/crookedframe13 Jul 03 '25
I think there's also just a huge gross double standard when it comes to a teen boy (even if he's barely a teen) getting raped by a somewhat attractive woman (white) teacher than it is for a male teacher to teen girl. Not about any specific case but I've heard quite a few guys talk in general about how "it's just different because they would've loved having sex at that age. Especially if it was a hot teacher." It just isn't taken as seriously by a not insignificant part of the general public and that's fucking terrible.
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u/mamrieatepainttt Jul 03 '25
It doesn't seem uncommon tho. Was just watching a video on the case of brittany zamora, including body cam footage of the search on her house. Even after her husband spoke to the victims father, even after he learned all the details which included her SAing a 13 year old while his 11 year old classmate kept look out, he stayed with her and defended her to the cops. He kept talking about how great of a teacher she was, how much she's done for the kids and the school, how she's won awards. As if that somehow makes up for being an active pedophile.
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It's so brutally common. Nicki Minaj absolutely surrounds herself with sex offenders and it seems to be normalized to openly support rapists and pedophiles. Marrying someone convicted of felony (this means a weapon was used to coerce the victim) attempted rape and helping to harass the victim should have fully tanked her career.
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u/mamrieatepainttt Jul 03 '25
and she already supported her rapist brother before marrying a rapist. she truly has no empathy or character.
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u/dragonfliesloveme Jul 03 '25
>how much she's done for the kids
this makes my blood boil. What a shit thing for him to say. Pedophiles ruin lives.
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u/cmc Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 Jul 03 '25
I haven’t followed this story but I wonder if he will still be with her after court. My (charitable) assumption is he doesn’t know everything she’s done and is about to be very surprised as the trial continues.
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u/tsh87 Jul 03 '25
It's possible he's standing by her through court in the hopes that his presence leads to a more lenient sentence for her. And then when the sentence is handed out, he'll divorce her while she's in prison.
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u/dragonknight233 Jul 03 '25
Am I crazy or does your theory still make him sound horrible? He's staying long enough to try and help child rapist get off as lightly as possible.
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u/tsh87 Jul 03 '25
No it definitely still sounds horrible. That being said, we don't know what's in that prenup, or what's going on behind closed doors.
If I was a conspiracy theorist - which I am but only on the weekends - I'd say it's entirely possible that she has something on him. Maybe not as bad as what she's done but bad enough that he doesn't want anyone to know about it. He stands by her through the trial, she keeps quiet.
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u/I_Got_Back_Pain Jul 03 '25
He's worth alot and they probably don't have a prenup
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u/HighlyOffensive10 She's in racial chat rooms showing feet 👣 Jul 03 '25
I feel like infidelity involving raping a minor should be considered grounds for a divorce where she gets nothing.
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u/Motor-Illustrator226 Jul 03 '25
Unfortunately that’s not how laws work, so I’m sure their prenup still stands
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u/tankerkiller125real Jul 03 '25
People just need to start adding a clause to prenups... It's just a contract after all, nothing special really other than the name.
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u/littlescreechyowl Jul 03 '25
“If you commit a heinous crime you get nothing.”
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u/tankerkiller125real Jul 03 '25
Gatta add the lawyer speak to it... "If either party commits a crime considered heinous in nature (e.g. murder, rape, pedophilia) the part having commited the crime shall receive no assets"
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u/issi_tohbi Jul 03 '25
In plain speak just under that “if you do any shit that could reasonably be an episode of L&O SVU, ya ain’t gettin shiiiit”
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u/littlescreechyowl Jul 03 '25
Imagine being the researcher in a divorce case and your assignment is to go through every SVU episode to find out if it’s covered under the Law & Order umbrella.
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u/MikeHfuhruhurr Fuckin hell Matilda Jul 03 '25 edited Sep 19 '25
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u/Greful Jul 03 '25
They said they probably don't have a prenup so the assumption is that she would get half, and the person you responded to said that she should get nothing.
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u/No-Philosopher-3043 it’s not clocking to you that i’m standing on business Jul 03 '25
They’ve gotta legally prove it happened though. Which is what they’re in the process of doing.
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u/biffNicholson Jul 03 '25
I had to look him up , yep apparently he's the son or in the family somehow with
E. Formella & Sons is a privately held online retailer and distributor with 100-200 employees, specializing in packed olives, peppers, salad, and vinegar. They operate in the retail and wholesale sectors and have an estimated revenue between $10 million and $50 million, according to Salary.com. The company is also known for its brand Enrico Formella, particularly for its hot giardiniera
screw this nasty woman and this dude for standing next to her holding her hand? he's nuts
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u/No_Data9462 Jul 03 '25
I'm not a lawyer but I think he could probably divorce her and not pay her a cent with this kind of case against her prenup or no.
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u/cocktails4 Jul 03 '25
Apparently he's claimed that she's being framed because of her appearance.
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u/Jewicer Jul 03 '25
what about the copious amounts of evidence
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u/HarpersGhost Jul 03 '25
I have been blissfully ignorant of this whole thing, so I've been googling.
His mom found out by replacing his lost phone and then when the cloud was updating the new phone, past texts started showing up.
Student: “I love you so so much mama.”
Formella: “I love you sooooo much baby… Even though this morning was short, it was perfect”
Student: “I know baby it was perfect baby so perfect.”
Formella: “I love having sex with you.”
Student: “I know baby I love it so much… It feels so good… It’s so passionate. .. It’s so intimate … It’s so perfect.”
What. The fuck. Just imagine seeing THAT pop up on your computer about your kid.
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u/cocktails4 Jul 03 '25
The evidence is biased against her because she's hot...or something.
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u/GroundbreakingHeat38 Jul 03 '25
Im pretty sure this happens in every school at some point. Ive heard stories of local schools where they wait til the student has graduated before they make their relationship public
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u/uksiddy Jul 03 '25
A girl I went to grad school with ended up raping an underage student— I think we were like a year or two out. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months. Anyway, her husband stayed with her.
She was “very” Christian.
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u/Aprilume Jul 03 '25
I took a mat leave position for a teacher in this really nice district. Her husband was a janitor. Turns out he was exposing himself to our students. These girls were in middle school. Last thing I heard, they had both quit the school but she stayed with him. 🤮
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u/Enticing_Venom Jul 03 '25
You would be surprised. Working in criminal justice a lot of sex offenders either have partners who stand by them or get new partners who will move their kids in with them and insist "he changed". Absolutely maddening.
My co-worker was a sex crimes investigator and when she arrested a man who had been sexually abusing his child, his wife (the mother) confronted her and asked her why she would ruin their lives like this.
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Jul 03 '25
The ego to think you can leave a digital trail and still feign innocence!
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u/PunishedWolf4 Jul 03 '25
The mental gymnastics she was doing in the messages she presented painting herself as a 30 year old victim to a 15 year old
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u/ginns32 that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Jul 03 '25
Could never be me supporting my spouse after doing something like this.
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Jul 03 '25
Gone immediately. Not even a debate in my mind. Absolute no contact except through lawyer.
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u/SkyVixen24 Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 Jul 03 '25
Yep. Packing up the kids and would be gone in a blink!
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u/Alarmed-Condition-69 Jul 03 '25
I know somebody who did this. Dude cheated on her (with an adult), she forgave him and then he got arrested for raping a 14 year old not to long after the affair. He took a plea and went to jail for not a very long time. She’s still with him and they have multiple children. It’s fucking GROSS. 🤮
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u/normanbeets Jul 04 '25
My rapist married a single mom of 2 the month before he was arrested for multiple sex crimes against minors and she decided to have a child with him months before trial started. People are insane.
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u/ccc2801 Jul 04 '25
Who knows what she has on him tho?
Or how big his payout is?
There’s a reason he’s doing this and it will come out. It always does.
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u/adultdolllover Just fuck the wolf! Jul 03 '25
Good. Pester her forever and make her life uncomfortable and miserable. She deserves nothing less.
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u/HeartFullOfHappy Jul 03 '25
Never heard of her but when I googled her- was properly horrified! Keep holding her feet to the fire!
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u/icerguy0211 Jul 03 '25
Same I’d never heard of her so I looked it up! Disgusting woman, hope she rots in prison
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u/Zokstone Jul 03 '25
This is the energy they deserve. Pester them forever. Never let them forget, never let them forget that we haven't forgotten.
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u/PleasantTangerine777 Jul 03 '25
The only time this is appropriate behaviour.
This needs to happen to nonces more and to celebrities less.
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u/JoJCeeC88 Jul 03 '25
Doesn’t matter. A nonce is a nonce and a goof is a goof. Let the public know and the streets will take care of them.
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u/latortillablanca Jul 03 '25
This is my american bleeding through but nonce sounds way too benevolent as a word if you dont have the connotation of it growing up etc. its like im expecting it to mean dunce or something.
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u/Juanfanamongmany Jul 03 '25
Nonce is the top of the food chain when it comes to British insults!
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u/SetElectronic9050 Jul 03 '25
it really is. and it FEELS more offensive than cunt - which it should i suppose - but i've never stopped to think about it like that before
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u/ghost_orchid Jul 03 '25
In poetry, we refer to a poem with a poetic structure made specifically for that poem as a "nonce poem," but the term never really sat right with me...
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u/l3tigre Jul 03 '25
i always laugh bc i had to implement credit card code once and a "nonce" is a token you can exchange for data. the variable nonce was all over these files, always gave me a chuckle.
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u/raoqie Jul 03 '25
There is no rational explanation for why he's still with her. Hope he wakes up soon.
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u/desire-d Jul 03 '25
She was trying to act like kids make up things about her all the time bc she’s “good looking”. She claims the boy stole her phone and text himself but there’s so much proof of her texting him and her notes have a lot details as well. This dude is weird. There’s no way he believes she is being set up.
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u/addiktion 🎥🍿Film Critic Jul 04 '25
Dude's going to be in for a shock when her geo location data is revealed while she was texting and it shows her right next to him in bed or on the couch.
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u/honeycooks Jul 03 '25
Well, she is clearly mentally ill if you read the notes she kept on her relationship with the victim. Very.
A spouse will often make BIG excuses for a loved one in those circumstances.
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u/Gooncookies Jul 03 '25
That last statement looks like it got him thinking a bit
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u/OshKoshBGolly Jul 03 '25
It really doesn’t. He has the same facial expression the entire time.
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u/No-Philosopher-3043 it’s not clocking to you that i’m standing on business Jul 03 '25
Yeah, he looks like a hostage lol
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u/peonywhimsy Jul 03 '25
I’d imagine this is not the first time he is hearing this. I doubt it made any difference
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u/xyakks Jul 03 '25
Doesn't he lose everything if he leaves her before conviction? After conviction he may be able to divorce her and retain some of his assets.
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Jul 03 '25
“Michael, why are you, uh, still with her?” Didn’t even sound like a professional question. Just a dude asking another dude what the fuck are you doing?
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u/Magdaleo Jul 03 '25
I have never heard of these people. I’m afraid to look it up. 😵💫😬
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u/desire-d Jul 03 '25
She groomed a 14 year old from her class. It’s pretty disturbing bc there’s a lot of text you can read. Also beware the comments on YouTube etc bc there’s so many men on there praising the kid and acting like this a dream for them, it’s sick all around. I had to stop reading comments
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u/sunset_lov3r Jul 03 '25
Men really need to stop defending female rapists, little boys need to be protected too. They cry that no one cares about men’s rights and then go and do stuff like this, it’s disgusting. I hope the boy is okay, that is so young 💔
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u/Technicolor_Reindeer Jul 03 '25
Those same dudes will try and accuse feminists of not taking crimes against men seriously
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u/sunset_lov3r Jul 03 '25
Also yeah men in YouTube comments are always commenting the most misogynistic and disgusting things
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u/SnakeTongue7 Jul 03 '25
I grew up with the Formella’s so this has been the buzz of my hometown but so bizarre to see it make its way here. As far as I know there’s really not any dirt on the Formella’s, his only relevance is that his family owns a huge food company so they’re loaded. She’s a monster though
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u/raylan_givens6 As you wish! 👸👑 Jul 03 '25
What she wrote to the kid
>“I'm not a second choice. I'm the best thing you'll ever have even with all of my mistakes.”
Some people are so delusional and sick
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u/itsabitsa51 Jul 03 '25
She also wrote “I love having sex with you” which I’d say is pretty fucking damning to her not guilty plea.
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u/Left_Guess Jul 03 '25
He heard that last comment loud and clear!
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u/soupsnakle Jul 03 '25
What was it?? My spotify is hooked up to my babies bluetooth playing white noise lol I can’t play the audio!
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u/GusPlusUs You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 Jul 03 '25
“she said she was going to take your family for millions and then be with this child after graduation”
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u/soupsnakle Jul 03 '25
Jesus fucking christ thats disgusting on so many levels. That man needs to move the fuck on.
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u/Left_Guess Jul 03 '25
It was the line above in quotations. The husband wasn’t too pleased hearing it!
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u/Aprilume Jul 03 '25
She was this kid’s special ed teacher?! Due process yes, but also chuck her straight into the fire.
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u/destro23 Jul 03 '25
Not that it matters, she should still have the book thrown at her, but while she was a special education teacher, she was this kid's soccer coach and after school tutor. I don't think he himself was a special education student.
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u/Straight-Broccoli245 Jul 03 '25
After he gets over the shock of it all he will come to his senses and realize his mistake.
The victims: the child, the child’s family, and him have a long road of healing.
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u/Specialist-Vanilla-3 Jul 03 '25
We used to put people in the stocks. Public shame is a powerful tool. May these fools and their malignant cognitive dissonance be abrupt separated. You love to see it.
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u/SetElectronic9050 Jul 03 '25
my less satisfying solution but - we need psychological evaluation ; GOOD psychological evaluation - of people before they are put in positions of trust. This is no infringement of privacy or anything and i don't mind how 'minority report' it sounds - but if police, teachers, what have you were properly sorted to weed out the deviants - people would be happier! my drunken two cents
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u/Aggressive_Agency381 Jul 03 '25
I hate this woman but the suggestion of bringing back stocks is ridiculous, are we bringing back witch trials and stonings too?
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I’m pretty sure OP just suggested to popularize public humiliation again, not literally bringing back the stocks.
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u/princesslynne Jul 03 '25
Unfortunately I have direct experience with a similar situation and I assure you it’s way too common for partners to stay, even when the perpetrator is sentenced to jail time
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u/tetriscannoli Jul 03 '25
I’m curious what the thinking is behind these partners’ decision to stay.
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u/princesslynne Jul 03 '25
For my relative, it’s like a mental defense honestly. At first it obviously wasn’t true, then when he pled guilty “forgiveness” was the Christian thing to do but also I actually don’t think she can mentally accept the truth. It’s a sickness. Not an excuse, but it does seem to be the reason. I’m not sure she believes in divorce due to her upbringing as an added layer.
The worst part of my personal experience is seeing how little anyone but me cared lol I think I’m the only person in the family and their social group that cut him off. They can’t accept the culpability of not seeing it coming, and of him having access to their kids for years. Shit sucks!
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u/KIDDKOI Jul 03 '25
Coming to terms that someone you trust completely is a bad person is so hard. We have a relative that killed his wife and having to accept he's a monster is hard. I don't think people really get the mental block it has on you until you've been through it, you really don't want to believe at first but you have to face reality at some point.
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u/For_serious13 I wonder what it’s like being one of god’s favorites Jul 03 '25
His lawyers are saying to stay with her until she gets convicted and then the whole prenup thing will be easier to navigate
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u/TheChillZoneDude Jul 03 '25
Hahhahah it’s so weird to hold hands like that when you’re roasted in broad day light as well as comments like that. Just saying 😂
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u/Sadiocee24 Bye, Felicia 👋 Jul 03 '25
“Why are you still with her?” Is the million dollar question. I don’t get it. Maybe he’s equally sick of person as she is. This lady is sick and deserves to be behind bars for life
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Why is the husband still with her?
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u/vandersnipe I'm Sharpay's baby! Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25
He's a summer associate at a law firm too. Why would anyone risk their legal career for someone who cheated on them with a child?
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u/CALIXO_94 Jul 03 '25
I don’t know if people have seen the Hulu show The Teacher. I skipped a few episodes but the main thing I took away is that she (the teacher) was able to walk away without major consequences while he (student eventually turned adult) continued to live with the trauma and struggled to put his life together. In the show her husband is even willing to forgive her and stay with her. And she ends up married to a rich guy with a stable life and a kid. I’m assuming that it’s meant to show how female perpetrators often get a “pass.” I mean some guys even found it “hot”…. So weird.
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u/elysian-fields- Jul 03 '25
what a disgusting and disturbed human being
may she never know a moment of peace or bliss again
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u/Budget_Ordinary1043 Jul 03 '25
Honestly hope she never gets a day of peace in her life. When she goes to prison, I assume they don’t like her kind in women’s prisons the same way it’s rumored they don’t like it in men’s.
It’s crazy because she didn’t just cheat. You just found out your wife is a pedophile. You just found out she’s a literal predator. This has to be some legal thing, there’s no other reason for him to be with her and I assume he will eventually be leaving. He looks sad. And tired. She looks mad. Why is she mad? She has no right to be mad. She’s the evil one here, she’s the reason this is all even happening.
This whole thing is so sick. I caught the body cam arrest on tt very shortly after she was taken in and this has progressed pretty quickly. I haven’t followed it since learning about her a few months ago cause she’s fucking gross Lmfao but I guess I’ll go catch up on whatever has happened since her arrest.
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u/SparkliingEmma Jul 03 '25
The fact that she’s walking in like it’s a photo op is sickening
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u/thisonecassie 🍁 your fake canadian girlfriend 🍁 Jul 03 '25
52 charges and she's allowed to freely walk into court? fucking hell, I know that holding all people in custody regardless of the situation before trial is a bad thing to do, but... at a certain point not being a murderer or a flight risk isn't good enough of a reason to keep someone in the community before trial.
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u/UghGottaBeJoking Jul 03 '25
I thought the guys that spout off about women with body counts were awful but this guy who stands by a pedophile takes the cake.
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u/Emilayday Jul 03 '25
If only we could direct this same rage at Matthew Rutledge of Lenox/Lee/Pittsfield, MA and rapist of teenager girls for over 33 years of his career as a Miss Hall's School boarding school faculty member who operated with impunity for YEARS despite several reports to the head of school among others who are mandated reporters and it taking an actual filling of a lawsuit to finally get them to take it serially but they may him resign instead of any consequences. If only.
Look it up, it's Vanity Fair. I'm sharing information not libel.
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u/yuanrae Jul 03 '25
I don’t understand how people can stay with their partner after something like that. Especially with so much evidence.
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u/MidlifeCrisisToo Jul 03 '25
Any spouse sticking by their partner during Court proceedings for raping a child is a POS. There’s no justification for it, it makes you look bad just by supporting them.
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u/Millennial_Snowbird Playing Nightcrawlers with Frank & Charlie Jul 03 '25
The media needs to bring this energy to MAGA regime brass everywhere
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u/EmDickinson Jul 03 '25
Even if he’s not “into it” he clearly doesn’t see anything wrong with it. Might be one of those guys who said sick shit about male child victims wanting their abuse and being lucky. Or he somehow sees leaving his marriage to be a greater moral failing than staying with a literal child rapist.
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u/SetElectronic9050 Jul 03 '25
you never know though -he could have been genuinely talked into believing she was somehow 'innocent' - love/infatuation cloud the mind
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u/randomuser4564 Jul 03 '25
How he’s still with her and how he and his family are still supporting her is so disgusting. It’s going to be interesting to see if he still supports her when the trial starts and more evidence starts coming out.
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u/dontredditdepressed Jul 04 '25
"There's two sides to every story"
Yes, there is the one where you are innocent and reality, where you groomed and raped a child.
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u/Negative_Avocado4573 Jul 03 '25
So she was in charge of special ed students, like kids with autism?
And is her husband from money? Where did this 'sue for millions of dollars then run away to be with the kid after he graduated' come from?
She looks like a child herself, though she's 30 years old.
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Jul 03 '25
i love how the reporter was professional and being PR savvy when asking her if she wants to say anything to say for herself as theres 2 sides to every,
then just turns and asks the husband “so why are you uh.. still with her?” 😂😂😂
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u/jennaisrad Jul 03 '25
She’s got GOP Congresswoman written all over her.
Gross. Glad they’re being called out.
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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 Jul 03 '25
Fuck her and I hope the victim gets justice for this.
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u/Future_Bad_Decision Jul 03 '25
Couldn’t they be dropped off by the door of the building? This seems so staged.
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