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DoBW

(3,314 posts)
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:41 PM Monday

Utah family scumbags

Utah Senate president’s grandson walked away from child rape charges with no jail time after a last-minute law change.

Grandpa, J Stuart Adams, is a #Republican. Per their norm, Grandpa is protecting a rapist... his own 18 yr old grandson. #pedos

JC 💙🦋🛸 (@colorado80537.bsky.social) 2026-05-11T23:22:51.485Z
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Utah family scumbags (Original Post) DoBW Monday OP
Actually, the perp is Adams' step-grand-*daughter.* Ocelot II Monday #1
Wanted to ensure the 13 year old felt "included"... haele Monday #2
IOKIYAAR Norrrm Monday #3
White DEI didn't earn it and he got let go because of who his relative was ! kimbutgar Monday #4
I wonder who and when the 18 year old was molested. ms liberty Monday #5
F*cker. Nt Trueblue Texan Monday #6
Lemme guess, Mormons? AZ8theist Monday #7
Awww, come on, he LOOKS like a nice guy! BigmanPigman Monday #8
Utah sounds pretty lenient SpankMe Monday #9
She should have had more time. summer_in_TX Monday #10

Ocelot II

(131,159 posts)
1. Actually, the perp is Adams' step-grand-*daughter.*
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:50 PM
Monday
In a letter submitted to court last year, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams defended his step-granddaughter by recasting her sexual assault of a 13-year-old as misguided compassion, claiming the relationship between the two began as an attempt to make sure the victim “felt included.”

In 2023, Adams’s step-granddaughter, who was 18 at the time, was charged with two counts of rape of a child and two counts of sodomy on a child after she had sex with a 13-year-old minor. Anyone under the age of 14 cannot legally consent to sex in Utah.

Adams has faced harsh criticism after he helped to engineer a legislative change in 2024 that would allow prosecutors to treat certain 18-year-old child rape defendants as minors in specific circumstances. They must still be enrolled in high school, and the sexual activity cannot be coerced. That modification matched the circumstances his grandchild was facing.

Though the change was not retroactive, the prosecutor, judge and defense attorney said the new law was a major factor in a plea deal offered to the defendant. She eventually plead guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. Under the terms of the deal, she spent no additional time in jail and was not required to register as a sex offender.

https://utahpolitics.news/utah-senate-leaders-defense-of-granddaughter-in-sexual-assault-case-she-wanted-victim-to-feel-included/

haele

(15,573 posts)
2. Wanted to ensure the 13 year old felt "included"...
Mon May 11, 2026, 09:46 PM
Monday

That brings up a whole host of questions as to why the 18 year old would think underaged sexual activity was appropriate as a way to help a 13 year old feel included?

ms liberty

(11,350 posts)
5. I wonder who and when the 18 year old was molested.
Mon May 11, 2026, 10:09 PM
Monday

It didn't start with her, I'd be willing to bet.

SpankMe

(3,748 posts)
9. Utah sounds pretty lenient
Mon May 11, 2026, 11:03 PM
Monday

Maybe I can go there and shoplift a few iPhones so that Best Buy feels included.

summer_in_TX

(4,256 posts)
10. She should have had more time.
Mon May 11, 2026, 11:35 PM
Monday

She now has a second-degree felony aggravated assault (that means she used a weapon, I think!!!), plus three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery on her record. Serious stuff. It sounds like she had some jail time, just not additional time.

"She eventually plead guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. Under the terms of the deal, she spent no additional time in jail and was not required to register as a sex offender."

Glad they couldn't treat her completely as a minor and seal her records.

Wonder if her acting out was because she has been sexually abused herself or if she is simply a psychopath who gets off on that sort of thing.

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