Kaitlyn Hunt Gets Another Plea Offer

Posted on | October 1, 2013 | 73 Comments

The state’s attorney’s office in Vero Beach, Florida, has offered another plea-bargain deal to accused sex offender Kaitlyn Hunt:

Special conditions in the plea include:
*Hunt remains jailed until December 20, and on that date, probation will convert to community control.
*She shall have no contact directly or indirectly, including electronically or through third parties, with the victim.
*If the victim initiates contact, Hunt shall not respond in any manner.
*Hunt shall remain at least 500 feet from the victim, her residence, place of work, and school at all times. If Hunt becomes aware that she is within 500 feet of the victim, she shall immediately remove herself to a distance of at least 500 feet.
*Hunt shall submit to warrantless search and seizure by the probation officer (and law enforcement at the request of the probation officer), of her residence, car, phone, and computer.
*Hunt shall provide the probation officer with immediate and full access to telephone and Internet communications including call logs, text logs and messages, instant messaging logs and messages, emails, social media accounts, Skype or similar accounts, and account names, numbers and passwords for all accounts. And Hunt shall not use any such account belonging to any other person nor allow any other person to use any such account belonging to her.
*Hunt shall complete 150 hours of community service at a minimum 15 hours per month commencing upon her release from jail.
*Hunt shall submit to a Florida department of corrections-approved psychological evaluation and successfully complete recommended treatment, if any, at her own expense. She shall waive confidentiality regarding all aspects of the evaluation and treatment.
*Hunt shall submit to electronic (GPS) monitoring during the entire term of supervision.
*Upon completion of one-year of community control, Hunt may ask the court to convert the remainder to probation with the same terms and conditions.
*During her probation, Hunt shall observe a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
*Hunt may transfer probation to any state that will accept supervision, and if she transfers out of Florida, electronic monitoring will be discontinued. If Hunt returns to Florida, electronic monitoring will resume immediately.
*Hunt shall pay restitution to be determined to the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund, costs of investigation, costs of prosecution ($828.00), costs of incarceration, and standard felony court costs in equal monthly installments to commence upon her release from jail. Hunt also stipulates that she has the ability to pay all costs at the date of sentencing.
*There shall be no early termination of probation, and there shall be no modification of the standard or special conditions of community control or probation without the agreement of the State Attorney’s Office.
*The sentences on all counts are to run concurrently.

This appears to be far more strict probation than the first deal Hunt was offered in April or the second deal she was offered in July, but then again, that was before they caught her sending nude photos and a masturbation video to the victim, who is now 15.

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73 Responses to “Kaitlyn Hunt Gets Another Plea Offer”

Fareedi al Laayla al Qakhaul
October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:40 pm

Yeah. And they just bury the texts, pix, and vids she sent the victim whilst out on bail – LOSERS!!!
Fareedi al Laayla al Qakhaul
October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:44 pm

Me too!
Fareedi al Laayla al Qakhaul
October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:48 pm

When did BS get a house? I thought he lived in a trailer…
Fareedi al Laayla al Qakhaul
October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:52 pm

They are rapscallions and varlets!
Dana
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:37 pm

His mother’s basement?
Dana
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:38 pm

How could she have turned normal? The age of consent is still 18 in Florida, with the “Romeo and Juliet” exception down to 16, and the victim is still only 15. Is there anybody in her home town who doesn’t know that she’s jailbait?
rsmccain
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:38 pm

ICYMI: Kaitlyn Hunt Gets Another Plea Offer http://t.co/zKsxk0Ga5M
BredRightAndTrue
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:43 pm

He does… which may partly explain his insane obsession with others’ homes. He has threatened numerous times that he will be the owner of so-and-so’s house after court filing “x” and court ruling “y.” Not to mention, he gets his kicks out of posting pics/addresses of his perceived enemies’ residences.

Oh, and the other part is because Bill Schmalfeldt is a deranged cyberstalker and evil assclown.
Durasim
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:45 pm

No, that is not the only threat or consequence of violating the proposed plea.

The third count for sending pornographic material to a minor would be Nolle Prosequi.

http://www.supporthonesty.net/files/finalplea.txt

Hunt would still have 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. That is five criminal charges she would be pleading “no contest” for and waiving her right to jury trial for those charges. If she violates her community control or probation she receives on those charges, she would be on the hook to be conviction and sentenced under those charges. And such a determination would be entirely before a judge with a lowered burden of proof. No jury and no “reasonable doubt” hurdle.

And in addition to that, if Hunt violated her plea, the prosecution would have the option to refile the third count about transmitting harmful material to a minor, but they would have to go through a regular criminal trial (or another plea) to get a conviction.
Durasim
October 2nd, 2013 @ 1:57 pm

They have not offered the same exact plea three times in a row. This latest plea does require Hunt to remain in jail until December, which would add up to her staying in jail for four months. None of the prior pleas ever required jail time. But now the prosecution has more leverage with Hunt already being in custody.
Anyway, Hunt and her cadre started off demanding just a misdemeanor plea, and then demanded a free pass (when they thought their PR campaign would pay off). The fact that Hunt may now have to accept four months in jail as a compromise suggests she really overplayed her hand.
Unix-Jedi
October 2nd, 2013 @ 2:31 pm

They have not offered the same exact plea three times in a row.

Well, no, they’ve retyped it each time.

But essentially, yes, this is the same plea deal she sneered at the first time.

Yes, finally, she has to spend SOME times in jail.

But no lasting ramifications, no sex offender registry (See if any male gets that sending masturbation videos to underage girls!).

But now the prosecution has more leverage with Hunt already being in custody.

They have leverage because they’ve got evidence in their evidence locker of her continued lawlessness.

Annnnnd they’ll threaten her with doing this all over in a year or three when something forces them to pay attention?

Please.

when they thought their PR campaign would pay off

And they were right.

The prosecutors are running scared from a child molester because of that PR campaign. Even after she repeatedly metaphorically shot herself (and the PR campaign shot itself) in the foot!

The fact that Hunt may now have to accept four months in jail as a compromise suggests she really overplayed her hand.

… For something that should have her spending years in jail with a felony record and a sex offender registry?

Oh, yes, she surely overplayed her hand.

She bluffed without even 2 of a kind.

And won. (Unless she goes double-or-nothing again, and there’s no way she’s passing up this “get out of jail scot-free” again.)

And won.

That’s what the prosecutors have wrought for themselves. Turn up the heat enough and anything will be forgiven, just plea out.

Are they that bad in court?
Unix-Jedi
October 2nd, 2013 @ 2:42 pm

The third count for sending pornographic material to a minor would be Nolle Prosequi.

You mean, the charge where they have evidence and proof in hand?

she would be on the hook to be conviction and sentenced under those charges.

It’s a wonderful theory you’ve got there.

It’s too bad that the Prosecutors are apparently scared spitless to actually go into court and do something about it.
Fareedi al Laayla al Qakhaul
October 2nd, 2013 @ 2:53 pm

It was just a date with a “boy” apparently… I glanced over it on some Twitter post last night — no linkage available — sry!
Durasim
October 2nd, 2013 @ 2:55 pm

“They have leverage because they’ve got evidence in their evidence locker of her continued lawlessness.”

Well, yes, there’s the evidence, but the fact that the defendant is waiting in custody and is not free on bail is also leverage. A person waiting in jail is usually less demanding about what offers to accept, particularly if she will not get out until an agreement is made. A person out on bail has less incentive to compromise since they are not yet suffering the consequences of not dealing.

“The prosecutors are running scared from a child molester because of that PR campaign”

The prosecutors made an even more lenient offer (without jail time) before her PR campaign even existed. Then the PR campaign happened and then fizzled. Now the latest offer requires her to stay in jail for a time and then be on house arrest and probation for years. If the end result of a PR campaign is that she takes a harsher plea that now requires jail time, that doesn’t sound like the PR campaign improved her bargaining position or that it has the prosecutors “running scared.”

“Are they that bad in court?”
The full video of the bond revocation hearing is available online. Watch it and decide for yourself.
DaTechGuyblog
October 2nd, 2013 @ 3:07 pm

Unless someone is paying you a fortune Hunts TAKE THE DEAL! RT @rsmccain ICYMI Kaitlyn Hunt Gets Another Plea Offer http://t.co/fr8i5C4oNI
rsmccain
October 2nd, 2013 @ 3:11 pm

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Durasim
October 2nd, 2013 @ 3:19 pm

“It’s a wonderful theory you’ve got there.”

That is how probation and community control work in Florida (and in most states). If a defendant receives some kind of supervisory sentence for a crime (either through plea bargain or trial conviction), they are required to comply with rules and conditions of their probation or community control. Usually that means they have to not commit new crimes, stay away from the victim(s), report to their probation officer every month, and get tested for drugs. Community control is even more stringent because they are required to stay in their homes unless they need to leave for work, school, doctor, or court appointments, and they usually have the electronic monitor.

If a defendant violates those conditions, they are arrested and must admit or deny the violation. If the Court finds that they violated their probation, they are eligible to receive the highest possible punishment for the crime that they were on probation for. And if adjudication were “withheld” under their original probation plea, the Court can adjudicate them as guilty and make it into an official conviction.

The maximum sentence for possessing cocaine in Florida is 5 years in prison. Say a man takes a plea for probation for the cocaine charge. If he violates that probation, he can receive 5 years in prison at the determination of the court, no jury, no trial, no “reasonable doubt” requirement. He lost all those trial rights when he took the plea or got convicted. Just as Hunt would forfeit her rights to trial for the charges should would plead “no contest” to.

If she takes the plea, maybe she will coast along as if nothing had ever happened. Or maybe she might violate her probation by sexting the victim again or testing positive for marijuana, and then be in a world of shit again.

“It’s too bad that the Prosecutors are apparently scared spitless to actually go into court and do something about it.”
Maybe. But if they were “scared spitless,” why didn’t they just give Hunt the misdemeanor plea she wanted or dismiss the case entirely in all these past months? And why did they go to the trouble of having a hearing in court and getting her bond revoked if they were running scared the whole time?
Unix-Jedi
October 2nd, 2013 @ 3:24 pm

“Are they that bad in court?”
The full video of the bond revocation hearing is available online. Watch it and decide for yourself.

I did.

And I saw Hunt and her attorney without a hope in the world of getting out without a felony conviction and sex offender registry.

…..

And the prosecutor’s office just folded. Again.
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Alessandra
October 2nd, 2013 @ 4:05 pm

What do we have prosecutors for? :-/
Alessandra
October 2nd, 2013 @ 4:07 pm

Why does the prosecutor keep offering these deals?
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October 2nd, 2013 @ 7:13 pm

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