Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after July 2024 sexual assault at pool party
The former mayor of a Louisiana city has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy during a party at her house while she was still in office.
Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after a jury in the municipality of DeRidder on Tuesday found her guilty of two felonies: carnal knowledge – or statutory rape – of a juvenile as well as indecent behavior with a minor.
Jurors deliberated less than an hour at the conclusion of a seven-day trial during which they heard testimony about how she sexually assaulted an underage boy while both had been drinking alcohol heavily during a July 2024 pool party at her home well into her second term as DeRidder’s top elected official.
On the final day of the trial, the victim testified that – despite imbibing so much he vomited – Roberts “flirted” with him by the pool and began kissing him, the local news outlet KPLC recounted. He testified that she eventually took him upstairs and raped him, KPLC added.
