On behalf of the enormously talented professional performing artists Madonna and Lady Gaga, I object to such comparisons.
May I, instead, offer up the former NY Governor as a possible substitute example for you?
. . . The sexting goes to character, sexual proclivities, judgement, and emotional maturity issues, perhaps. However, the sexting is just not damnable evidence. Just because someone has an out-of-the-ordinary-smarmy sex life does not a murderer make (Eliott *cough*cough* Spitzer). :angel:
In conclusion it will be interesting to have more context on Terri's sexting in general. Because :yes: , as with so many things, context is everything.
The sexting "might" be damning as evidence ~ we don't even know what they have in writing from Terri. So I disagree with you there.
It also depends on your definition of "damning evidence." It depends on what "favors" she was trying to procure from the sexting activity. It depends on why she was sending those pictures.
A jury is going to be judgmental towards a woman of her age with three children. That's just human nature, no matter how feely-wheely we try to be about how sexting is okay.
Indeed, I could have mentioned any number of men: Spitzer, Tiger Woods, the Gov. of SC, etc. It is easy to point at men and call them sex addicts, adulterers, or just scumbags. If Terri was male I think that's what we'd be saying without hesitation.
But those men are not involved in a missing child case, either. And in spite of fame, they still have to answer to someone for their actions if they want to settle their divorces, gain any kind of custody, or get visitation.
Terri isn't even willing to do that, apparently. :banghead:
My previous post was about well-known women who share traits with TH, but who also
aren't involved in a missing child case.
There's nothing technically wrong with being an exhibitionist since some famous people - like Lady Gaga and Madonna (both of whom I like, actually) are also exhibitionists or even Narcissists themselves, and they would both probably laugh and agree with me. There are plenty of men who fit that profile also - Arnold Schwarzenegger and others.
And body-building is rather a self-absorbed occupation, but there's nothing inherently wrong with it. Not everyone's cup of tea, but plenty of ordinary people gain self-esteem working out in the gym.
But TH also complained about Kaine at the gym, and possibly tried to kidnap her daughter from the gym. Kaine said she was also leaving her in day care at the gym for hours at a time.
And worse, Terri insisted that she took Baby K to the gym on the day Kyron disappeared in spite of an ear infection. Her. Own. Words.
So all that will be looked at by a judge. Add the sexting to that, and you get one self-absorbed woman who thought she was a "Hot Mama" and everyone wanted her. Um . . . yeah.
Nothing wrong with that, except she seems deluded and won't talk to a psychiatrist about it.
We have to look at the big picture, the way a jury will.
