A Bucks County jury this morning will take up the case of Angela Honeycutt.
No doubt you likely have heard of her by now.
If not, let me bring you up to date.
Honeycutt is on trial for having sex with two underage teen boys at a sleepover that spun out of control.
You think?
The party for the teens was at the home of Honeycutt’s friend Lynne Long-Higham. She’s 46. Honeycutt is 39.
A bunch of boys and girls showed up for the party at Long-Higham’s Lower Makefield house. Eventually the girls went home, as did most of the boys. A few remained for a sleepover.
That’s when Honeycutt apparently decided to supply a little entertainment.
The two women, who were supposed to be chaperoning, apparently felt the need to share a bottle of wine. Not a good idea. It would not be the last of the evening. Things were just getting warmed up.
According to testimony of the two underage teen boys, Honeycutt decided to put on something of a show. She danced suggestively, talked about sex and eventually stripped. Then she headed for the shower, where authorities allege she had sex with one teen and molested the other.
She’s now on trial for sexually assaulting the two boys.
For her part, Honeycutt admits being in the shower, but insists she did nothing more than kiss them. She admits her behavior was less than ideal. OK, so she’s probably not going to be nominated as mother of the year anytime soon.
But the fascinating aspect of this case is the way the public has reacted to it.
There seems to be a split over outrage at the allegations and the woman’s conduct, and whether or not these two kids were actually “assaulted.”
Legally, if what happened in the shower is as the testimony has alleged, that’s pretty clear.
But there remains a not small amount of sentiment out there that believes these kids are not victims at all. It has to do with how we look at sex, specifically the fact that this is a woman charged for a sex act with two kids more than 20 years younger than her.
One of the boys also indicated he was teased at school by some girls after news of the party started spreading.
But here’s another way of looking at it. Flip the ages and the sexes in this case. Suppose this is a 39-year-old man charged with taking two underage girls into a shower and having sex with them. What do you think the reaction would be then?
I thought so.
No doubt you likely have heard of her by now.
If not, let me bring you up to date.
Honeycutt is on trial for having sex with two underage teen boys at a sleepover that spun out of control.
You think?
The party for the teens was at the home of Honeycutt’s friend Lynne Long-Higham. She’s 46. Honeycutt is 39.
A bunch of boys and girls showed up for the party at Long-Higham’s Lower Makefield house. Eventually the girls went home, as did most of the boys. A few remained for a sleepover.
That’s when Honeycutt apparently decided to supply a little entertainment.
The two women, who were supposed to be chaperoning, apparently felt the need to share a bottle of wine. Not a good idea. It would not be the last of the evening. Things were just getting warmed up.
According to testimony of the two underage teen boys, Honeycutt decided to put on something of a show. She danced suggestively, talked about sex and eventually stripped. Then she headed for the shower, where authorities allege she had sex with one teen and molested the other.
She’s now on trial for sexually assaulting the two boys.
For her part, Honeycutt admits being in the shower, but insists she did nothing more than kiss them. She admits her behavior was less than ideal. OK, so she’s probably not going to be nominated as mother of the year anytime soon.
But the fascinating aspect of this case is the way the public has reacted to it.
There seems to be a split over outrage at the allegations and the woman’s conduct, and whether or not these two kids were actually “assaulted.”
Legally, if what happened in the shower is as the testimony has alleged, that’s pretty clear.
But there remains a not small amount of sentiment out there that believes these kids are not victims at all. It has to do with how we look at sex, specifically the fact that this is a woman charged for a sex act with two kids more than 20 years younger than her.
One of the boys also indicated he was teased at school by some girls after news of the party started spreading.
But here’s another way of looking at it. Flip the ages and the sexes in this case. Suppose this is a 39-year-old man charged with taking two underage girls into a shower and having sex with them. What do you think the reaction would be then?
I thought so.
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C. Scott Shields, Esquire
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