Oops, she did it with her adult boyfriend.
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There is a lot of debate about whether or not the adult boyfriend of underage Jamie Lynn Speers should be prosecuted now that it has been confirmed that he impregnated the minor.
I say yes! Absolutely yes.
This is a crucial crux in a debate that is bandied about on a daily basis. It is common practice to prosecute an 18 or 19 year old for sleeping with a 16-year-old. It happens in almost every state all of the time. So, if this very public situation were to pass without legal implications, it will set not only a horrific example, but also a precedent that our society cannot afford to shoulder.
The information the family is leaking only make this situation sound worse. They met at church? That does less to impress me than it does to horrify me. Of all places in our society, you would hope and pray that when your daughter meets a boy at church he is not going to be the one to get her into bed.
In Tennessee, where the couple live, there is a very real possibility that he could see as much as 10 years behind bars, according to the laws in that state. He is over 18, she is 16, and I am pretty sure they are more than years apart in age.
If Jamie Lynn Speers is indeed a “role model”, as the tweens of our land have stated in the past, then she needs to continue to be an example of what typically happens in a case like this. The public needs to see that the adult in the situation (in this case Casey Aldridge) needs to be charged with statutory rape. Speers should also be fired from her Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101”. She should not continue to collect a paycheck playing a virginal 9th-grader on a children’s network.
What is not typical in this situation is the ability that Jamie Lynn Speers and her white-trash mother have to turn a profit based on the pregnancy. OK! Magazine broke the story and will pay Jamie Lynn $1 million when the baby is born. Money cannot buy a good reputation, good morals, or common sense, but it will keep Jamie Lynn from having to collect WIC and live in HUD housing.
While we’re at it, Lynne Spears just needs to be kicked in the teeth. What is she so busy doing that she is not protecting her young daughter from this kind of behavior? Yes, while Jamie Lynn is still a minor, her parents are indeed quite responsible for reigning her in. In fact, they have the absolute right to have forbidden her from dating this older guy in the first place.
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