Crissa Kentavr

Also, @BoozyBadger probably wouldn't touch us with a 10-meter pole. And, truth be told, we don't blame him. This stuff is messed up. On top of that, it falls into a realm of heavy opinion. People can be outright hostile in this regard.

Someone asked me about this a while back. Without knowledge of the situation and parties, or access to any of the court documents, I’m hesitant to give an opinion on such a heavily charged topic simply because I don’t know what was and wasn’t presented to the court and without/1

knowing what was actually before the court I wouldn’t feel comfortable giving an opinion on a case that was fully tried, especially when that opinion could inadvertently cause harm to Sisk in regards to any court restrictions they may have right now. /2

It sounds strange, but I would hate to say something, have someone press it, and end up making the situation worse, especially when I can’t access even the basic details of the case from the court to see any docket history.

We understand. The harsh truth of this matter is that everything surrounding it is delicate. Sisk was even made the subject of a brutal police interrogation simply for having friends raise money for legal counsel on her behalf. And we mean brutal; The kind that leaves scars.

What's done is done, sadly. And aside from a miracle, all we can hope to do is support her through her sentence and tell her story as a cautionary tale.

Also, if it wasn't clear, we really do respect your position on this. Our tweet about you not getting involved was the result of our regular gallows humour that gets us through the worst of it. We meant no offence.

Oh none taken. I just wanted to make sure you knew I was aware of it and wasn’t just not commenting for no reason.

The minor essentially threw Sisk under the bus to save herself, spinning this story of Sisk being some dangerous predator who had been grooming her and trying to lure her out of state (all requests to meet IRL were initiated by the minor in reality), and the court bought it.

Something we should clarify: The minor was charged with several counts of a class 2 felony for the creation and distribution of child pornography when it was discovered that she was dessiminating nude photos of herself to multiple parties within said chatroom. 1/2

However, Sisk was tried in court before the minor was, and the prosecution (the minor's attorney) used this case as an opportunity to pin all blame on Sisk. By the end, the court was made to believe that the minor had been coerced and charges against the minor were dropped. 2/2

Despite the fact that no evidence to prove coercion existed and everything was based on hearsay meant to play in to the emotionally driven bias of the court.

As far as the court was concerned, evidence of said coercion came in the form of Sisks guilty plea. That said, the prosecution put a lot of pressure on Sisk to make the plea, with threats of life prison sentences. The plea bargain was made to look compassionate by comparison.

Given the history of AZ DoJ to side with the prosecution in sex offense cases, even Sisk's attorney urged her to take the plea bargain despite being innocent. Unfortunately, the judge decided to add restrictions to the bargain after it was decided. Such included Internet ban.