utah mom accused of bullying with porn

[Amby 490]

A Utah mom allegedly doctored a pornographic photo of a woman having sex with a dog, superimposing into the picture the face of a 13-year-old girl who attends middle school with her daughter.

Danette Stark, 37, appeared in court Monday to face 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Prosecutors said she created the image, put it into fliers and distributed them at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City.

Authorities said surveillance video showed Stark entering the seventh-grade bathroom at the school on the second to the last day of classes. A custodian found the fliers in the bathroom and contacted local authorities, Salt Lake County District Attorney Lohra Miller told FoxNews.com.

She said Stark admitted to making 30 fliers, but police recovered only 18 of them.

“If anyone sees copies of these they need to turn them over to police immediately,” Miller said. “If they distribute it, make copies or put on the Internet, they are committing a crime of distributing pornography under Utah law. “

Stark allegedly told police that she believed the unidentified girl “wronged” her in some way.

Stark has a daughter who is the same age as the girl. Attorney Steve Russell, who was standing in for her attorney, said he wouldn’t explain the relationship between the two teens, but he told the Deseret News, “I’m sure they know each other.”

Police say Stark found the photos on the Internet and placed the fliers, which included derogatory comments directed toward the girl, into several students’ lockers in addition to the bathroom.

Miller told FoxNews.com that this is the district's first case of social networking bullying, and they are trying to keep the 13-year-old girl’s identity as private as possible.

“She is traumatized by the event,” Miller said. “We are trying to keep her privacy protected as much as possible to help keep her life as normal as possible.”

Phone messages left for Stark and the Salt Lake City School District were not immediately returned. Stark’s attorney did not have an immediate comment.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/28/utah-mom-allegedly-distributed-pornographic-images-girl/?test=latestnews

[Darnell 8,478]

imo, when 'social networking bullying' occurs by someone's mother, should be slammed as hard as possible.

Methinks Utah DA is gonna have a lot of 'fun' with this one.

[^_^ 5,021]

Not surprising. Many 30-somethings these days still act like freakin' children.

[IndigoSkies 168]

This is one case of extreme helicopter parenting. If your 13 years old is having a feud with another 13 years old, you don't get involved in the feud. You try to stop it. As someone said, 30-years old nowadays act like children.

[^_^ 5,021]

As someone said, 30-years old nowadays act like children.

Someone? KMA, douchebag!

[ValerieA 350]

When did it become OK for parents to act like irresponsible teenagers and be buddies, rather than parents, to their children?

Edited to correct atrocious grammar.

Edited June 29, 2010 by ValerieA

[mawilson 2,133]

“If they distribute it, make copies or put on the Internet, they are committing a crime of distributing pornography under Utah law. “

Come on, there's no such crime.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Not surprising. Many 30-somethings these days still act like freakin' children.

Understatement.

[Amby 490]

Come on, there's no such crime.

eh? the girl is 13!

[mawilson 2,133]

eh? the girl is 13!

But it's a fake picture - girl's head, someone else's body. Not exactly child porn.

[Amby 490]

But it's a fake picture - girl's head, someone else's body. Not exactly child porn.

I don't know? I gave up trying to argue with you about anything a long time ago. I give up again because I'm too lazy to search for it.

I think it has something to do with knowing it's a minor even if it's a fake photo. I read something about that recently.

[mawilson 2,133]

Like I said, a non-crime.

[Amby 490]

Under federal law (18 U.S.C. §2256), child pornography¹ is defined as any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where

• the production of the visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
• the visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computer-generated image that is, or is indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
• the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Federal law (18 U.S.C. §1466A) also criminalizes knowingly producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture or painting, that

• depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and is obscene, or
• depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, #######-genital, or oral-#######, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex and such depiction lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

Sexually explicit conduct is defined under federal law (18 U.S.C. §2256) as actual or simulated sexual intercourse (including genital-genital, oral-genital, #######-genital, or oral-#######, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex), bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person.

forgot link http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?PageId=1504

Edited June 29, 2010 by Amby

[mawilson 2,133]

What is this "federal law" you speak of?

[Amby 490]

PS. I win

I'm not searching anymore