Kathy Shelton
Kathy Shelton | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | American |
Kathy Shelton (born 1962) is an American
Early life
Shelton was raised by a single mother in Springdale, Arkansas.[citation needed]
1975 attack and trial
In 1975, at age 12, Shelton was brutally raped by two men in Arkansas.[1]
One of the men accused of raping Shelton was 41-year-old
Taylor pleaded guilty to unlawful fondling of a minor under the age of 14.[2] Based on court documents obtained by CNN and Clinton's account in her 2003 memoir Living History, Clinton won a plea deal for Taylor, securing a significantly reduced charge and sentence, based on the prosecution's loss of critical pieces of evidence.[3]
Audio recordings
Mid-1980s taped interviews with Clinton by Roy Reed, a reporter for Esquire, were released in 2014 after being found in the archives of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.[4] Reed said in 2016, "She was laughing at the vagaries of the legal system that play out every day across America in one way or another."[4] At one point, Clinton laughed in the interview while recounting that Taylor passed a polygraph test, which she said "forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs."[2]
Reception
After Shelton became aware that Clinton had been the criminal defense lawyer of the defendant in her case decades earlier, Shelton stated in 2007 that she herself bore no ill will toward Clinton for having had to act as her assailant's court-appointed criminal defence lawyer in the rape case, saying "I have to understand that she was representing Taylor ... Hillary was just doing her job."[5] Later in 2016, Shelton claimed that she had been misquoted in the 2007 interview. She told The Daily Beast in 2014, "Hillary Clinton took me through hell."[6] Shelton said, "I started seeing where I had really been stomped in the ground. I didn't really know what to do about it. I just figured life would have to go on and I would have to live with it".[7] She also said it was after hearing Clinton discussing the case in previously unpublished tapes that she decided to speak out publicly.[5][8]
During the
During the campaign, Shelton spoke out against Clinton in a surprise press conference held by
References
- ^ Krauss, Michael I. (June 26, 2014). "Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Ethics of a Rape Defense". Forbes. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Did Clinton laugh about a rapist's light sentence and attack sexual harassment victims?". The Washington Post. 2016.
- ^ a b Merica, Dan (June 25, 2014). "Prosecutor in controversial case says Clinton had no choice but to defend rapist". CNN. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Story Behind A Campaign Line: Did Clinton Laugh At A Rape Victim?". NPR. 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ a b Kessler, Glenn (October 11, 2016). "The facts about Hillary Clinton and the Kathy Shelton rape case". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "The facts about Hillary Clinton and the Kathy Shelton rape case". The Washington Post. 2016.
- ^ Rogin, Josh (November 14, 2016). "Exclusive: 'Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,' Rape Victim Says". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ Mehta, Seema (October 9, 2016). "What you need to know about the four women Donald Trump appeared with at a surprise pre-debate event". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kessler, Glenn (October 11, 2016). "The facts about Hillary Clinton and the Kathy Shelton rape case". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
External links
- Kathy Shelton on Twitter