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If Your Wife Slept With A 15 Year-Old, Would You Stand By Her?

If Your Wife Slept With A 15 Year-Old, Would You Stand By Her?

Christina Formella, in Illinois, stands accused of doing some really bad things. And while that needs to be dealt with in court, the "court of online" is all about gender wars.

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If you are unfamiliar with this case, it’s out of Downers Grove, Illinois. Here is the body cam of a teacher named Christina Formella getting arrested in her driveway a few months back:

She was 30 at the time of this arrest. Law enforcement says that when she was 28, she was having a sexual relationship with a 15 year-old at the school she worked at. She knew him from soccer, which she coached, and then later “tutoring.” It came out because the 15 year-old broke his phone, and the kid’s mom went to the Apple Store to get it fixed. When she turned on the new phone, she found some concerning text messages and confronted him. Good, snoopy mom.

Before I drop the pay-wall, here’s a related case you might enjoy. If you like a mix of true crime and some other topics and have about $3.44 or so per month to throw at me (I am not getting rich off this), that’d be nice. If not, all good.

So, "She Might Take My Kids" Is NOT A Justification For Murder

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Feb 10
So, "She Might Take My Kids" Is NOT A Justification For Murder

To briefly set this one up: Jennifer Sheffield was a woman in Mississippi, married for a time to a guy named Brandon. I believe Brandon entered the marriage with a daughter from a previous relationship, then Jennifer and Brandon had a daughter together. I am not sure what Brandon did professionally, although his sister has posted an obit online where he’s oddly described as “a fan of Alabama football.” (#RollTide) This case went viral because, as you might expect from the headline of this post,

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