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A shocking update in a case out of florida. an 18-year-old girl charged with having a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and she s back in court today. her name is katelyn hunt. she was told to stay away from that younger teenager but if prosecutors are right, she didn t, to the tune of about 20,000 text messages exchanged with that younger teenager since that order just in february. john zarrella takes us back to how this case all began. katelyn hunt appeared to be a frightened 18 year old. her freedom on the line. i m scared of losing the rest of my life and not being able to go to college and be around kids and my sisters and my family. reporter: that was february. she had been accused of two counts of lewd abehavior. ....
Hunt and her family claim the contact was consensual. to hold someone accountable for a felony for having a relationship with a peer is outrageous to me. reporter: under florida law, a 14-year-old can t give consent. hunt was ordered not to have any contact with the 14 year old. prosecutors now say she did. and not just once or twice. they say they have 20,000 text messages between the two since the no-contact order. in one, prosecutors say hunt wrote no matter what if they find out we talked, i m going to jail until trial starts. in another prosecutors say there was this exchange. the 14 year old texted, the assistant state attorney asked me today if anyone saw us in the bathroom when we would do stuff. should i have said names? hunt responds, no. ....
New developments today in the case of a 19-year-old woman who faces 15 years in prison if convicted for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. florida prosecutors are waiting for katelyn hunt to accept a new plea deal that would keep her out of jail and keep her from having to register as a sex offender. keep in mind, this is the second plea deal they have offered before going to trial. but it still includes a felony charge. according to our affiliate wptv, hunt s mother says if the state would offer the plea deal without the felony, she would 100% advice kate to take it. hunt who was 18 at the time when she was charged, says her relationship with the girl was consensual. let s talk about this with former prosecutor monica lindstrom. legal analyst lisa blum. ladies, welcome. lisa, first to you. what do you think of hunt s mother s advice? no deal with the felony charge in there? she s hanging tough on behalf ....
Offender. katelynn hunt faces two battery charges for having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend. authorities say this is a sexual predator. scared of losing my life and not being able to go to college and be with my sisters and my family. 18-year-old katelyn hunt is defending herself against charges she sexually assaulted a child except that child is hunt s high school classmate, a freshman. age, 14. to hold someone accountable for a felony for having a relationship with a peer seems outrageous to me. reporter: it s not just the law that seems outrageous to the family but the punishment. katelyn hunt is facing 15 years in jail and a lifetime labeled ....