Local Newspaper made it all so much worse
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My new husband (less than 6 months married) plead guilty recently.
In 2020 (before we got together) when he was 19, he messaged a minor, which turned out to be an undercover officer. They were in contact for two weeks, one conversation became explicit before he stopped contact, realising how inappropriate his actions were.
When he was 18 he exchanged explicit images with a 15 year old, who he met through friends under the impression she was older. When she confirmed her age he cut contact with her.
Since he plead guilty our local busybody newspaper released his article, implying that every photo and offence was linked to the younger girl.
I can't defend his actions, or explain why he messaged someone that age or why he would have been inappropriate. But now instead of coping and trying to get my head around this impossible situation, I'm having people think that he's committed something so much worse than it was out of context.
I live in a small town and everyone I work with or went to school with or anything only has the information from the article to go off and I'm really struggling with it.
In 2020 (before we got together) when he was 19, he messaged a minor, which turned out to be an undercover officer. They were in contact for two weeks, one conversation became explicit before he stopped contact, realising how inappropriate his actions were.
When he was 18 he exchanged explicit images with a 15 year old, who he met through friends under the impression she was older. When she confirmed her age he cut contact with her.
Since he plead guilty our local busybody newspaper released his article, implying that every photo and offence was linked to the younger girl.
I can't defend his actions, or explain why he messaged someone that age or why he would have been inappropriate. But now instead of coping and trying to get my head around this impossible situation, I'm having people think that he's committed something so much worse than it was out of context.
I live in a small town and everyone I work with or went to school with or anything only has the information from the article to go off and I'm really struggling with it.
Nightmare :(. So sorry :( . This is a fear for many of us. There should be media restrictions instead of the drive for sensationalism. Living in a small town or village makes exposure a lot harder to contemplate or deal with. So much about our situations is made worse because responses and actions are unbalanced and unhelpful.
I hope you can find some peace.
I hope you can find some peace.