I hope she had a lot of good reading material...

[Dingfod]

The sheriff is recommending the boyfriend be charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult. Personally, I think he's got mental problems too.

[Garnet]

Ya think? I certainly wouldn't let anyone park on my toilet for two years.

[ChuckF]

So did he have a second bathroom or what?

[Legs]

Charges filed against the boyfriend

Article

[Dingfod]

Barring a prior court declaration of incompetence on her part, a decent lawyer should be able to get him off. However, given they were living in a rental trailer in a small town in western Kansas, I'm going to guess he probably doesn't even have the money to get bailed out of jail let alone for a good lawyer, if one even exists in that neck of the prairie.

[Sock Puppet]

Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said the mistreatment charge most closely fit the situation.

"I looked at the statutes and spoke to the attorney general's office," he said. "This was a very unusual set of circumstances, and this is the law that most closely applied to the situation."

Huh? Unusual circumstances is an understatement, but the facts either fit the elements of the crime or they don't. I agree with Ding that they probably don't, and a competent prosecutor shouldn't be using a "close enough" standard to bring charges.

Not that I think the boyfriend isn't a twit who deserves a slapping, but if a law wasn't broken, a prosecutor shouldn't pretend that it was.

[Demon]

He rather needs some psychotherapy...

[Miss Shelby]

I don't see how they can make the charges thing fly. Was he her legal gaurdian? She is an adult.

Still, I can't understand, batshit crazy as they both must be, why he didn't just take her by the hand after a day or so and say 'come on, now, let's get up'-and refuse to take no for an answer.

[Smilin]

@ the batshit crazy comment...

I have nothing further to contribute to this thread other than the seconding the "batshit crazy" analysis.