In the small Louisiana town of DeRidder, a shocking confession was made during a court trial this week. A 16-year-old boy testified about an incident that took place at a pool party in 2024, where the then-mayor, Misty Roberts, allegedly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with him.<\/p>\n
According to the victim\u2019s testimony, the incident occurred at a pool party held at Roberts\u2019 residence. The then-mayor, who was 43 years old at the time, had reportedly been drinking excessively. The victim stated that he had also been drinking to the point of vomiting.<\/p>\n
Despite her intoxicated state, Roberts allegedly flirted with the minor, complimenting him and dancing on him. The two eventually ended up upstairs, where they engaged in sexual activity.<\/p>\n
After being discovered, Roberts reportedly shifted the blame to the victim. She accused him of instigating the encounter and even instructed her own son to fight him.<\/p>\n
The victim further testified that Roberts\u2019 son had threatened him, stating that they had been recorded having sex. This allegation prompted Roberts to scream, \u201cGo fight your friend. He\u2019s the one who did it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roberts was found guilty on Tuesday, March 22, 2023, of two felony charges: carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile. She faces up to 17 years in prison when she is sentenced in April.<\/p>\n
This case is not the first time a public figure has been accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor. In recent years, high-profile cases involving individuals such as Bill Cosby, Timothy Busfield, and Mario Rodriguez have made headlines.<\/p>\n
In the Cosby trial, the accuser, Donna Motsinger, stated that he would not testify. In another case, \u2018American Idol\u2019 alum Caleb Flynn was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mario Rodriguez\u2019s sexual assault allegations were dismissed as a shakedown by Tyler Perry.<\/p>\n
Misty Roberts is the former mayor of DeRidder, Louisiana, who was convicted of having sexual relations with a 16-year-old boy in 2024.<\/p>\n
Misty Roberts was convicted of two felony charges: carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile.<\/p>\n
During a pool party at Misty Roberts\u2019 residence in 2024, she allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a 16-year-old boy while she was intoxicated.<\/p>\n
Roberts\u2019 son allegedly threatened the victim, stating that they had been recorded having sex. This prompted Roberts to instruct her son to fight the victim.<\/p>\n
Misty Roberts faces up to 17 years in prison when she is sentenced in April 2023.<\/p>\n
In recent years, high-profile cases involving individuals such as Bill Cosby, Timothy Busfield, and Mario Rodriguez have made headlines for their alleged inappropriate behavior with minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the small Louisiana town of DeRidder, a shocking confession was made during a court trial this week. A 16-year-old boy testified about an incident that took place at a pool party in 2024, where the then-mayor, Misty Roberts, allegedly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with him.\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}