He was 27 and she was FIFTEEN YOU FUCKING GHOULS. Calling her his “young lover” should be a fireable offense and I hope her family sues the whole goddamn network.
I think forcing extreme pain on someone while also triggering an arousal mechanism that's evolved to help them bond and fall in love is kind of the definition of cruel and unusual torture?
Samuel Ward Jr. killed a trans woman he had been actively having sex with for 2 years and knew personally for 4 years. He got to walk free on the excuse "he didn't know she was trans". This is not the usual weird bureaucratic headache. TN is declaring open season on trans women.