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Kaitlyn Hunt’s Lawyer, Having Failed Her Client, Now Scapegoats the Prosecution

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 153 Comments

Kaitlyn Hunt: Now she’s where guilty perverts belong.

Anyone who watched Tuesday’s hearing in the Kaitlyn Hunt case knows two things: “Free Kate” is guilty as hell, and her lawyer is an idiot.

Let’s admit that even a good lawyer would have difficulty representing a client as guilty as Kaitlyn Hunt. Bad cases require bad arguments, and if the guilty client insists on fighting the case all the way to trial, any attorney who accepts the fee is going to be obliged to look like an incompetent idiot from time to time. But read this statement issued by Kaitlyn Hunt’s lawyer today and see if you can spot a certain — what shall we call it? — ironic lack of self-awareness:

Translation: “My perverted client is guilty as hell, and it’s so unfair of prosecutors to keep pointing out what a guilty pervert she is!”

SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE PLEA BARGAIN!

 

Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

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153 Responses to “Kaitlyn Hunt’s Lawyer, Having Failed Her Client, Now Scapegoats the Prosecution”

  1. Unix-Jedi
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:00 pm

    Calculated or not, it appears to be part and parcel with an abusive relationship.

    Miss Hunt doesn’t strike me as being foresightful enough to plan that – I suspect it started “innocently” enough to be able to pass information back and forth, and escalated as nobody caught on into far more.

    The whole transcript would be very interesting, especially as it revolved around public events, prosecutorial disclosures, and such – to see how much spin control/intelligence was sought out.

  2. trangbang68
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:00 pm

    They have assets? Some of them probably have lacerated sphincters, others have collections of antibiotic resistant microbes. A few have herpes sores in the facial area. Many have rare jail ink collections. I guess you could call those assets, but I don’t think the Smiths would want them.

  3. RS
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:01 pm

    I share your concern. Everything else aside, the way this case has played out, there will no doubt be a chilling effect on other parents who wish to seek legal help for children who become caught up in these situations. Part of the long term plan, I think. (BTW, you’re doing yeoman’s work on this. Well done.)

  4. Mm
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:13 pm

    Many have homes and jobs. Wages can be garnished. These people need to be taught a lesson or other parents will be dissuaded from reporting crimes like this. Which, by the way, is another reason we have statutory rape laws – to encourage people to report these crimes instead of hiding them.

  5. laura_PH
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:13 pm

    Yes, I think it was just a way for Kate Hunt to flout the law and keep tabs on the victim – make sure she’s not cooperating, etc. But now, I really do think they’re going to rip the victim’s family to shreds, and whatever info they release on the victim, including sex videos, will just be collateral damage. (And of course, I’m just outright guessing about videos or any similar material from the victim to Kate Hunt, but the guess is based on the concept that you don’t send that stuff where it’s not welcomed and reciprocated. Which *does not* mean I’m saying the victim deserves to be doxxed or is less of a victim… just that 14 year olds are idiots without any real concept of long-term consequences, and when they want someone’s approval, at that age they go far to get it.)

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    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:17 pm

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  7. Mm
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:19 pm

    Child porn? This would result in additional state felony charges against KH, not to mention possible federal felony charges.

  8. clay_sears
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:23 pm

    RT @NASCARNAC: Allright @ToddKincannon make ur legal eagle wings useful & give us ur take on #freekate attorney’s response http://t.co/euEU…

  9. clay_sears
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:23 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Shorter #FreeKate lawyer: “It’s so unfair of prosecutors to keep pointing out what a guilty pervert my client is!” http://t.c…

  10. Unix-Jedi
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:26 pm

    “by keeping it, she has enabled Miss Hunt to commit further crimes”

    This is why we have such things as statutory rape laws.

    But “Enablement” isn’t the issue here. The Hunts – both Miss and Mrs were aware of – and utilized – the contact to violate court orders and damage the victim.

    Even if “she was asking for it” and “Looked 18!” – they, _at the very least, after the arrest_, knew better, and knew it was wrong.

  11. laura_PH
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:33 pm

    Sure, if they’re caught at it. But they don’t have much history of obeying the law just because they’re worried they’ll get caught breaking it. Look at the dad, a disgraced cop who intimidated a witness. And now Kelley Hunt Smith and Kate Hunt both tried to get the victim to destroy evidence and lie to prosecutors. They just never seem to expect to get caught, and if caught, never seem to expect actual consequences.

  12. Jeanette Victoria
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:35 pm

    RCZ has made it a career of defaming Indian River County Detective Jeremy Shepherd and anyone who thinks adults shouldn’t have sex with a minor

  13. laura_PH
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:35 pm

    Like I said, pure speculation, aka a load of BS… I was mostly wondering if I’m the only one thinking along these lines.

  14. RealityD
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:39 pm

    Good point. FK is playing with fire. Will they be stupid enough to think they can get away with this?

  15. richard mcenroe
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:43 pm

    Could be a trademark infringement: http://tinyurl.com/l86loss

  16. richard mcenroe
    August 21st, 2013 @ 3:44 pm

    Yep. Costs you everything.

  17. Professor_Why
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:08 pm

    Kaitlyn Hunt’s Lawyer, Having Failed Her Client, Now Scapegoats the Prosecution http://t.co/LZ6QznoIip

  18. Jay McHue
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:14 pm

    I hope some sort of legal action can be taken against Graves regarding her belittling and ridiculing of the girl’s parents, church and the Bible and for her accusation of physical abuse.

  19. SDN
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:15 pm

    A deal deal!

  20. LN_Smithee
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:39 pm

    I guess John Mattingly prefers that shorter “rods” be used by non-parents.

  21. SPQR9
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:40 pm

    Her attorney is pretending that this is only a public spectacle because of the prosecution.

    Uh, no. Notice that huge crowd of whackjobs? That’s your client’s “supporters”.

  22. JR
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:42 pm

    If this child life is so horrible that Kate needed to ride in on her white stead to save her, not have sex but just talk and listen to her, seems that Ms Graves has now put her in danger…. What a bunch of BS…. MS GRAVES should be disbarred

  23. SPQR9
    August 21st, 2013 @ 4:45 pm

    The Hunt family strategy of going for big public outcry is usually a loser argument. Sure, prosecutor offices are political but its really rare for them to abandon a prosecution because of public outcry.

    The problem for the defense attorney is that a large public outcry leads the client to falsely believe that public support translates to success at trial. It almost never does. So bad decisions are made with respect to pleas.

  24. concern00
    August 21st, 2013 @ 5:22 pm

    Ok, I’m finally beginning to feel sorry for Kate. Without a doubt she is naive, ill-informed and lacking in practical intellect.

    Those advising her, however, be it parents, lawyers or Stat. Rape Inc. (aka #freekate) are grossly culpable in their misleading advice to her and without a doubt should be shouldering the majority blame for any poor outcome delivered to Kate and by definition for the pain and suffering of the victim and her family.

    Kate is guilty of being an idiot (and breaking the law). Her fan club are guilty of ruining her life.

  25. LN_Smithee
    August 21st, 2013 @ 6:52 pm

    Only people who cruise the Megan’s Law sites would know about Kate if her parents had just swallowed hard and told her to take the medicine she deserved.

  26. Media Covers for #FreeKate While Her Supporters Attack the Victim’s Parents : The Other McCain
    August 21st, 2013 @ 6:56 pm

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  27. rmnixondeceased
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:09 pm

    If she did have knowledge, she failed in her duty as an officer of the court …

  28. RMNixonDeceased
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:10 pm

    “If she did have knowledge, she failed in her duty as an officer of the court …” — rmnixondeceased http://t.co/5lLcATlDjr

  29. rmnixondeceased
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:13 pm

    No, just unfinished. The tattoo artist didn’t have enough time to finish by adding the word “Stupid”.

  30. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:35 pm

    Sadly, this is the kind of dress people show up in court in all the time these days – even jurors.

  31. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:41 pm

    I believe Mzzz. Graves is a Lesbian – if not, she is most certainly a Radical.

  32. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:44 pm

    This lawyer is a Radical. She doesn’t give a good Goddamn about what is proper and professional. This is a political battle for Graves.

  33. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:47 pm

    It may be disgusting, but it makes sense once your realize Graves’s goals are political – to further the Leftist goal of making the abnormal normal and, this, throwing America into Chaos.

  34. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:50 pm

    Damn well put, Matt.

  35. Bob Belvedere
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:52 pm

    What if the end goal is political?

  36. DavidD
    August 21st, 2013 @ 8:53 pm

    I love the irony in the last sentence of the lawyer’s letter: “The defense of Kaitlyn Hunt will continue until the matter is either resolved or determined in a court of law, not public opinion.”

    It seems to me that it’s the Free Kate crowd who’s trying to get Kaitlyn Hunt acquitted in the court of public opinion.

  37. Unix-Jedi
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 12:59 am

    Instead, the Hunts are Burning Bridges.

  38. calilife4me
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 1:09 am

    People, simply, don’t realize that 20 year old seniors exist. Actually, a student can be in high school until 21.

  39. RhymesWithRight
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 7:08 am

    Interestingly enough, this so-called attorney makes a great point for the prosecution regarding how incompetent the victim was to give any sort of consent in the final substantive paragraph — she just can’t understand the seriousness of what is going on (which is why we have the age of consent laws in the first place).

    By the way — how does that explain the masturbation video that Kate sent to the victim?

  40. RickCanton
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 7:40 am

    “My perv client is guilty as hell & it’s so unfair of prosecutors to keep pointing out what a guilty perv she is!” http://t.co/Q0iQEOwajA

  41. Unix-Jedi
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 12:46 pm

    You fuddy-duddies wouldn’t understand the intricacies of the modern youth romance!

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  43. JohnPSquibob
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 4:52 pm

    One also forgets that the Death Penalty cannot be applied to someone 17 years, 364 days old.

  44. rabidfox2
    August 22nd, 2013 @ 9:03 pm

    Actually, if she had knowledge and didn’t report it, couldn’t her license to practice be at risk?

  45. rmnixondeceased
    August 23rd, 2013 @ 9:51 am

    To be brief, yes.

  46. rmnixondeceased
    August 23rd, 2013 @ 9:55 am

    I do not pity them for they shall reap what they have sown.
    I do weep for their immortal souls, the anima that they ignore and often disbelieve exists.

  47. RMNixonDeceased
    August 23rd, 2013 @ 9:56 am

    “I do not pity them for they shall reap what they have sown.I do weep for their immortal souls…” — rmnixondeceased http://t.co/vlgCCplZLW

  48. rmnixondeceased
    August 23rd, 2013 @ 9:57 am

    Heh! They didn’t invent sex, they are just deluded into believing they did. There is nothing new under the sun.

  49. Jim Russel
    August 23rd, 2013 @ 7:18 pm

    a good lawyer would have stressed to kate that she is an adult and that while her attorneys and parents can advise her, she is the only one who can make any decisions regarding her own defense. she would have stressed this to the parents as well.

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