The sickening mom smoked outside the room as her daughter was abused.
Peta Butler was just 16 years old when she suffered the most terrible ordeal in life: she was raped by a fat, bald man three times of her age. The most disgusting thing is that it was a scheme by her own mother Therese Butler.
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The sickening mom smoked outside the room as her daughter was abused.
In 2005, Brisbane, Peta was surprised that mother offered to take her out for a 'girls trip'. She didn't realize anything wrong as she was taken to a cheap before being plied with alcohol. But then came her nightmare, Therese's boyfriend called Thommo.
Thommo raped the teenager cruelly while her mom smoked outside the room, listening and doing nothing to help.
'He never said anything ... I felt his face stubble. He had face stubble, feeling that. And I still remember the smell of him. I still remember.'Peta couldn't help weeping as she was interviewed and exposed the crime.
Therese 47, was sentenced to four years suspended after 12 months. But the police were still searching for Therese, the attacker whose computer-generated image has been released.
Therese was a 'serial online dater' who had contact with Thommo for two years before the attack. She said Thommo had threatened to cut contact with her unless she could find him a 'younger version of herself' for him to rape.
In 2005, Brisbane, Peta was surprised that mother offered to take her out for a 'girls trip'. She didn't realize anything wrong as she was taken to a cheap before being plied with alcohol. But then came her nightmare, Therese's boyfriend called Thommo.
Peta's mother.
Thommo raped the teenager cruelly while her mom smoked outside the room, listening and doing nothing to help.
'It only lasted for a couple of minutes. But while he was raping me I had my head turned to the side and eyes closed while crying.' Peta can never forget the devastating memory.
Thommo's computer-generated image
'He never said anything ... I felt his face stubble. He had face stubble, feeling that. And I still remember the smell of him. I still remember.'Peta couldn't help weeping as she was interviewed and exposed the crime.
The young girl didn't know how to deal with the abuse until two years ago she made up her mind to speak out and reported to police.
In a 30-minute phone call by detectives, Therese confessed her crime. She told her daughter: 'It was still rape but you were 16. I wouldn't let him touch you under 16 no way.'
Therese 47, was sentenced to four years suspended after 12 months. But the police were still searching for Therese, the attacker whose computer-generated image has been released.
As Therese was arrested, more sickening details have been dug out.
Therese was a 'serial online dater' who had contact with Thommo for two years before the attack. She said Thommo had threatened to cut contact with her unless she could find him a 'younger version of herself' for him to rape.
The twisted mom obeyed. And the police believed there may be other victims besides Peta.
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein during a hearing Wednesday in Manhattan, the disgraced movie mogul's first court appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week.
One of Weinstein’s accusers, Jessica Mann, was in the courtroom Wednesday and is prepared to testify again, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told the judge.
The former actor wants everyone to know that the defendant “may have power” but “she has the truth,” she said.
“We believe in this case and will be retrying this case,” Blumberg added.
Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 pretrial court date, with the aim of going to trial some time after Labor Day.
Weinstein, wearing a navy blue suit, was seated in a wheelchair and didn’t address the court but smiled and shook hands with supporters in the gallery.
The 72-year-old, who has cardiac issues and diabetes, has been in a hospital since his return to the city jail system Friday from an upstate prison.
In court, his attorney, Arthur Aidala, said he has no concern about his client’s mental abilities, describing Weinstein as “sharp as a tack. As sharp as he ever was.”
Aidala said his client wants to prove his innocence: “It’s a new trial, it’s a new day and his life is on the line.”
In the New York case that is now overturned, Weinstein was convicted of rape in the third degree for an attack on aspiring actor Mann in 2013 and of forcing himself on a TV and film production assistant, Mimi Haley, in 2006. Weinstein had pleaded not guilty and maintained any sexual activity was consensual.
The Associated Press does not generally identify people alleging sexual assault unless they consent to be named, as Haley and Mann have.
Speaking after the hearing, Haley's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said her client still hasn't decided whether she wants to testify at the retrial, noting that doing so at the original trial was traumatizing and painful. Haley was not in court Wednesday, Allred said.
Weinstein was also convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape and is still sentenced to 16 years in prison in California. But he remains in custody in New York and will head back to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, where he is expected to remain, Aidala said.
“He’s in constant pain that he’s fighting through,” the attorney said outside the courthouse, adding that Weinstein has nevertheless been reading avidly behind bars, including a book on Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt.
“Harvey Weinstein was used to drinking champagne and eating caviar, and now he’s at the commissary paying for potato chips and M&Ms," Aidala said. “He’s keeping his chin up, making the best of a horrible situation.”
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals vacated his conviction in a 4-3 decision, erasing his 23-year prison sentence, after concluding a trial judge permitted jurors to see and hear too much evidence not directly related to what he was charged with.
The ruling shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the era of #MeToo, a movement that ushered in a wave of sexual-misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond.
Associated Press reporter Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.
Attorney Gloria Allred works on her laptop outside a Manhattan criminal courtroom, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in New York. Harvey Weinstein is due back in a New York courtroom for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. Weinstein will appear in a New York City court on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
