Morgan Lamandre

South LA native. Wife, Mother & Attorney for Sexual Assault Survivors at @staradvocates. Blazing trails to impact the people of LA. Views are my own. (she/her)

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@ScottLSternberg @ag_landry @PelicanInst ???

[AudreyHayworth @HayworthAudrey]

@MorganLamandre and I co-authored this op-ed on the public conversations about the #Epstein files, the disconnect between survivor disclosures, and the low reporting numbers. Only 3% of survivors reported their sexual assault last year in La. https://t.co/Vaomc4e53k

[STAR Center @staradvocates]

"His concern seems directed at everyone except for the hundreds of exploited children and adults whose abuse is the reason these records matter in the first place." -@MorganLamandre, STAR President & CEO

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[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

The same guy mentioned “72 times” in the LSU Husch Blackwell report? #LaLege

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[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

BREAKING: LSU and AD Scott Woodward are finalizing an exit agreement, per Yahoo Sports' @RossDellenger.

Longtime LSU athletic administrator Verge Ausberry is expected to serve as the interim athletic director.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@CS_Westbrook But also LOL at “smelled like the 70s.”

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

Will the library get fixed if they name it after him? That may be the only way the library gets fixed.

[Governor Jeff Landry @LAGovJeffLandry]

I’m calling on @LSU to honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk by putting up a statue of him on campus.

There is no better warrior for free speech than Charlie Kirk, and we must continue his legacy on every campus in America. 🇺🇸

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@CS_Westbrook Yes. This is one example of what happens when there is a little rain.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@BarryBecnel Yeah, but with changes in technology, the ability to influence what digests say, and with legislators almost never reading any version of the bill, I think the practice causes more harm and confusion. It is so sad that everything is political these days.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

Can someone in #LaLege please propose a resolution or whatever is needed to prohibit the use of digests? Digests are harmful. They do not accurately reflect the laws being proposed and they cause a lot of harm. #AbolishTheDigest

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

This is true. The same lawmakers who may write into law that gym memberships and country club dues are legitimate campaign expenses...refused to add child care during campaign events into the campaign law last year. #lalege

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[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

But last year they didn’t want to let Senator Barrow’s bill to codify the ethics ruling that allows campaign funds for childcare expenses because of the potential for “abuse.” That makes a lot of sense. #lalege

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

ICYMI: Personal attorneys for @LAGovJeffLandry have helped write legislation that would allow Louisiana elected officials to spend campaign/PAC money on their home mortgages, country club dues, gym memberships and Mardi Gras krewe dues. #lalege

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[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

Children do not choose to engage in the sexual abuse inflicted upon them and evidence of their sexual abuse is NOT pornography, it is “child sexual abuse materials.” Please support HB 268 this session! 3/3 @staradvocates @HayworthAudrey

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

In 2015 we changed LA law to ensure no survivor would ever be told the rape they experienced would be called a “simple rape.” Ten years later we are continuing the work we started by introducing HB 268 by Rep. LaFleur. #LaLege 1/

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[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

LA law currently uses the term “pornography involving juveniles” to describe sexual abuse material of children. WORDS MATTER. 2/

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow Again, rape is still rape even if the criminal statute on our books names it carnal knowledge.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow I don’t think you are understanding your own logic here. By using your logic, you can argue in court that since someone factually consented to sex even though they legally couldn’t, then you would be entitled to an acquittal under this statute.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow Factually a 17 year old can enter into a contract with someone, but legally they cannot and the contract will be deemed unenforceable. Again, factual consent is not legal consent. Sex without legal consent is rape.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow And? Context clues in the law tell you “consent” in the law means factual consent. Someone can give factual consent, but that does not make it legal consent.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow Sex without legal consent is rape. Rape may be called or named various things in criminal statutes, but rape is still rape no matter what we name it. (Ex Florida sexual battery name for rape).

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

@stephen_petit @HayworthAudrey @marsh_minnow The law in Louisiana does not allow a 13 year old to consent to sex with someone over the age of 18. Factually a 13 year old “may” consent, but legally they cannot since the law DOES not allow this. 1/