Courtney Stodden: “15 years ago today, a 16 year old girl was married off to a man 35 years older than her and the world treated her like the scandal instead of the victim.”
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Courtney Stodden: “15 years ago today, a 16 year old girl was married off to a man 35 years older than her and the world treated her like the scandal instead of the victim.”
by adularia-
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God this is so heartbreaking
She was failed by so many adults around her. Sad
and just think that chrissy teigan felt the need to cyberbully this poor girl
I’m so glad she’s coming out on the other side and has gotten tons of therapy along the way to realize how so many people failed her. He’s a pedophile and her parents should have been arrested for this horrific abuse.
I really feel for her. I was in a similar situation, albeit the age gap not as wide and the marriage nowhere near as public, but I am still healing 5 years after I finally left. I can only begin to imagine the trauma inflicted on her in the public eye.
Her parents are going to hell
has she spoken about her parents and their part in this?
Will never forget Chrissy Teigan telling a child bride to take a “dirt nap” for her grave crime of….being groomed?
If I recall correctly, Teigan herself was like 25-26 at this time.
And this is what so many men are fighting to normalize
TIL Courtney Stodden is only 31 years old
This shouldn’t be legal.
Doug Hutchison is a pedo
35 years OLDER? Jfc
Who knew that Doug Hutchison and Percy Wetmore would be equally disgusting.
While I don’t doubt there was media acting like that, I think a lot of media I read at the time said her parents failed her and she was a victim.
Maybe not the loudest voices but I definitely remember people other than me being horrified at not only what happened but how sexualised she seemed to be at such a young age in the publice eye.
I hope she’s in a better place now.
I feel like Joel McHale/The Soup *really* dragged her for this, and the comments were how she was a “rough” looking 16?!? Like, wtf. She was failed on so many levels and so many people did not protect her or care for her. I am glad she speaks up about it.
Even plays a pos in his parts.
America owes her an apology.
Scum like Doug Hutchison deserve all the worst things in life
I remember reading about this as a 16 year old on my way back home from school. Our society is so machista all of the news rags were being critical of HER and shaming HER when she was a victim being failed by the people around her. Shame on her parents. These are the things that truly make me wish there is a hell so the people that don’t pay in life pay in the after life.
I was around this age also (secretly) “dating” men who were 35 plus, even then i thought this shit was repulsive. I couldn’t believe a literal child marriage was being portrayed the way it was in the media. My heart breaks for her. When you’re that age dating so much older, it’s so easy to dismiss things or really not realize the gravity of a situation. I still struggle with the damage that “dating” guys twice my age at that age, I can only imagine what it did to her marrying her predator and being so openly bullied for it.
Poor Courtney. There were a number of adults in this situation- including Doug and her mother- who knew better but failed her so miserably.
I love her, she’s been telling her story on tiktok and calling the media and everyone out for how she was treated. I’m happy she is healing, she deserves it.
shes still not as old as their age difference