Autumn
05-01-2007, 02:35 PM
It's not as scandelous as it sounds. But I do think it's weird.
http://www.tvguide.com/news-views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7B17169E9A-D9BD-40DB-A2A8-730CB982F05C%7D
This Saturday [which means last Saturday] on America's Most Wanted (9 pm/ET on Fox), viewers will see Lauren Nelson use her Miss America powers for good, as a "special investigator" enlisted to snare online predators in a very different Web. Nelson, who has dedicated her reign to promoting Internet safety for kids, posed in chat rooms as a 14-year-old girl, and found herself on the receiving end of overtures at first plain and genteel, but for the most part ultimately graphic and sexually perverse in nature. The end game? To give a would-be predator enough rope with which to hang himself, by arranging for an in-person "meeting" with Nelson's underage alter ego. The perv would instead, however, be greeted by AMW host John Walsh and the Suffolk County (New York) Computer Crimes Unit.
Detailing for TVGuide.com the fine line she had to brave within the instant-messaging arena, Nelson, 21, says her teen persona never made the first move — nor needed to. "[The men] would send the first message, saying, 'ASL,' or 'age/sex/location,' so immediately they know that I am a 14-year-old girl from Long Island," she shares. "From there, they started a conversation and escalated it to a sexual level. And they came, on their own time and very willingly, to this [decoy] house to have sex with a 14-year-old."
Given that this is a 20 year old woman, it is kind of sad she could pose as a 14 year old. I heard they used pictures of her as a teen, though, to lure these guys. Not sure if I would be comfortable with that!
She is reportedly saying she will not come back and testify against the 7+ men they busted in this sting, which means that they may not be able to prosecute these men. Hmmm! She cares!
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=c9fd9c28-4b70-478e-808e-9fcdddd579ce&k=95710
"Her agents have told us that she's not coming back to testify," Spota said. The Miss America Organization did not return calls for comment Monday from a Newsday reporter.
Given that Nelson actually spoke with at least one of the men arrested during the operation, Spota said he had instructed prosecutors not to present any more cases to the grand jury until they can "determine her involvement." One case already presented may falter, he said.
http://www.tvguide.com/news-views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7B17169E9A-D9BD-40DB-A2A8-730CB982F05C%7D
This Saturday [which means last Saturday] on America's Most Wanted (9 pm/ET on Fox), viewers will see Lauren Nelson use her Miss America powers for good, as a "special investigator" enlisted to snare online predators in a very different Web. Nelson, who has dedicated her reign to promoting Internet safety for kids, posed in chat rooms as a 14-year-old girl, and found herself on the receiving end of overtures at first plain and genteel, but for the most part ultimately graphic and sexually perverse in nature. The end game? To give a would-be predator enough rope with which to hang himself, by arranging for an in-person "meeting" with Nelson's underage alter ego. The perv would instead, however, be greeted by AMW host John Walsh and the Suffolk County (New York) Computer Crimes Unit.
Detailing for TVGuide.com the fine line she had to brave within the instant-messaging arena, Nelson, 21, says her teen persona never made the first move — nor needed to. "[The men] would send the first message, saying, 'ASL,' or 'age/sex/location,' so immediately they know that I am a 14-year-old girl from Long Island," she shares. "From there, they started a conversation and escalated it to a sexual level. And they came, on their own time and very willingly, to this [decoy] house to have sex with a 14-year-old."
Given that this is a 20 year old woman, it is kind of sad she could pose as a 14 year old. I heard they used pictures of her as a teen, though, to lure these guys. Not sure if I would be comfortable with that!
She is reportedly saying she will not come back and testify against the 7+ men they busted in this sting, which means that they may not be able to prosecute these men. Hmmm! She cares!
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=c9fd9c28-4b70-478e-808e-9fcdddd579ce&k=95710
"Her agents have told us that she's not coming back to testify," Spota said. The Miss America Organization did not return calls for comment Monday from a Newsday reporter.
Given that Nelson actually spoke with at least one of the men arrested during the operation, Spota said he had instructed prosecutors not to present any more cases to the grand jury until they can "determine her involvement." One case already presented may falter, he said.