Monday, September 21, 2009

Rubber Ducky saw something he shouldn't have




BATH TIME PHOTOS PROMPT CHILD PORN ALLEGATIONS
(ABC News)

It was an average day for AJ and Lisa Demaree when they decided to get a batch of family photos developed at their local Walmart. However, when an employee found some photos that raised suspicions, the Demarees were slammed with allegations of child pornography over photos nearly every American family has -- bath time shenanigans.
"The Peoria, Ariz., couple had their home searched by police and worse, their children -- then ages 18 months, 4 and 5 -- were taken from them for more than month. Their names were placed on a sex offender registry for a time, and Lisa Demaree was suspended from her school job for a year. The couple said they have spent $75,000 on legal bills."
Although the judge threw out the case, now the Demarees are sueing the state for the "nightmare" they had to endure over something so trivial. To have one's children taken away, and to subject the children to such trauma at such a young age, is completely outrageous. I'll admit that I have those embarrassing photos that my mother likes to show my aunt..and her friends...at lunch dates. But I can guarantee 95% of my peers (at least) have suffered similar humiliation. A baby with a bare tush on a bear skin rug? Classic. Heinous? Not particularly.


Link to story at abcnews.com:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/arizona-couple-suing-bathtime-photos-prompt-wal-mart/Story?id=8624533&page=1

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