Mother Arranges Rape of 13-Year-Old Daughter

(White Plains, New York) For setting up the rapes of her 13-year-old daughter and her daughter's 14-year-old friend, a 41-year-old mother [name withheld to protect children] was indicted in Westchester County and charged with two counts of rape and several counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Apparently, the mother got the girls liquored up along with two guys she recruited, an 18 and a 19-year-old, in a hotel room she paid for.

From The Journal News:

"This all started in the bedroom, on the bed, in front of the mother," Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro said of the alleged crime at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on April 19. "There were comments by the mother that 'It's about time she had sex,' and 'What happens in White Plains, stays in White Plains.' The girls (were) saying to the mother that they're having sex. She didn't think anything of it. I'm sure now she does."

The 41-year-old Long Island mother, whom Pirro would not identify in order to protect the victims' identities, was an accessory to the rape and was therefore charged with the same crime as the two other suspects -- Pleasantville Cottage School resident Gilberto Gonzalez, 19, and Michael Berger, 18, then a bus boy at the Crowne Plaza. Gonzalez and Berger were charged with second-degree rape, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Astonishingly, the mother watched as the sex was occurring and did nothing.

The mother is in jail on $100,000 bail, Gonzalez is also in jail with $25,000 bail. Berger was released after forking up $7,500 bail.

Interestingly, it's a safe bet that this is probably an inopportune time to be prosecuted for a sensational crime in Westchester County since District Attorney Jeanine Pirro recently announced her candidacy for a still-to-be-determined high-profile political office. Some say that she may oppose Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Senate. Consequently, Pirro's publicity machine will be running full speed and taking every advantage to express her views before the public. The unnamed mother had better fasten her seatbelt. I suspect, Pirro is going to give her a rough ride.

Or, maybe not if the girls' privacy becomes a paramount ethical issue. Of course, ethical considerations have a tendency to become blurred in political campaigns.