Women Who Rape
27 March 1998
REUTERS
Pregnant Grandmother, 35, Held On Teen Sex Charges
NEW YORK - A pregnant 35-year-old grandmother was jailed early Friday after
failing to make bail on charges she had sex with a 14-year-old who is the
father of her unborn child, officials said.
The woman, Carmen V., was charged with two counts of rape and
endangering the welfare of a minor. She failed to make bail of $2,500 and
was being held on Rikers Island prison, officials said. She is eight months
pregnant.
Carmen V.'s teen-aged daughter introduced the boy to her mother, who told
detectives she had a sexual affair with him from the summer of 1996 to the
end of January this year. It came to light when the boy told a mental
health counselor that he was sleeping with a much older woman.
The case echoed that of Seattle teacher Mary Kay L., 36, who had an
affair with a student beginning when he was 13 and bore his child.
Mary Kay L., a married mother of four, was convicted of child rape and
jailed last month, but most of her sentence was suspended. It was revealed
earlier this month that she was pregnant again, apparently by her
teen-aged lover.
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