This needs to be pointed out. From one of the articles linked to this thread:
In 2015, Abelseth filed a complaint with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office against Barnes, alleging he'd raped her on Dec. 13, 2005, after they'd both been drinking at a bar in Hammond. Abelseth told investigators Barnes had offered her a ride home. Instead, she said, he took her to his place in Ponchatoula. "I had woken up on the bathroom floor nude," Abelseth wrote in her statement, saying she was unable to give consent as she was unconscious during the encounter.
So her allegation is that she was unconscious, not that she was "tipsy" and kinda/sorta consented. That would be akin to you passing out, being taken to a gay bar, and raped without your knowledge or consent. So what facts did the judge in this case have before him before he granted FULL CUSTODY to the rapist?
1) The man, knowingly or unknowingly, violated the statutory rape laws of his state.
2) The woman shouldn't have been in the bar as she was under age.
3) The woman was 16 when this happened and probably wasn't making the most mature decisions. (She says she believed she couldn't report the rape after 24 hours. Some 16 year olds are that clueless.)
4) The woman and the man shared custody of their daughter for several years.
5) The woman gave her teen daughter a cell phone and the man got FULL CUSTODY.
Take point 5. Under what circumstances do you think that's okay? Even if the mom had been 21 at the time of the pregnancy, everyone was sober, full consent was given etc. How do you wrap your mind around the idea that a judge would do something so asinine? And yes, garbage like that happens every day. Usually the victims are men. That doesn't mean their aren't jackass judges that push the scale the other way for no apparent rhyme or reason.