Transgender Woman Has Child Porn Conviction Overturned Because She Was ‘Struggling With Her Identity’
Shane Trejo
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Vetea Joseph Bunton, 22, was reportedly caught with graphic depictions of child sex on her phone in Jan. 2016. Australian authorities say that Bunton, a transgender “woman” who was 18 at the time, had images on her phone of children having sex with each other as well as children having sex with adults.
“There were a total of 15 images depicting young boys between the age of five years and 16 years posing naked, performing oral sex or engaging in anal intercourse, either with other young people or adults,” the court said.
Bunton pleaded guilty in Dec. 2018 to a charge of possessing child exploitation material in the District Court of Burbane. Justice Brian Devereaux gave Bunton leniency the during initial court proceedings in part because of comments she made to forensic psychologist, Dr. Gavan Palk, who apparently vouched for her in his report.
“She does not present as a person who is a risk to children. Her sexual offences appear situational and in the context of low self-esteem and lack of confidence due to teenage sexual adjustment issues,” he said. ‘There was no evidence of entrenched pedophilic tendencies.”
Bunton claimed that she only downloaded the kiddie porn “out of curiosity and at a time when she was struggling with issues concerning her transgender identity and sexual identity.” Devereaux noted that none of Bunton’s testimony “really excuses obtaining child exploitation material with children as young as five.”
Devereaux ultimately sentenced Bunton to two years of probation along with mandatory treatment. She was also required to register as a sex offender under the initial ruling. Even though Bunton avoided any jail time, an appeals court felt that Devereaux’s determination was unfair and overturned the conviction for this member of the LGBT community.
A three-judge panel determined that Devereaux’s ruling was “inappropriate” and “disproportionate to the real risk she presents by her offending.”
“In my respectful view, the applicant’s circumstances are unusual,” Justice Philip Morrison wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel.
Morrison worried that Bunton’s status as a sex offender would affect her transition. He was concerned about “onerous” reporting requirements and the inability to develop an alias as she “undergoes transgender treatment.”
The LGBT agenda is causing the disintegration of the rule of law across the West. The recent case of 7-year-old James Younger, who is being transitioned into a girl by his mother in Texas against the wishes of his father, has drawn attention to how the left-wing courts are enabling gender insanity:
Judge Kim Cooks has granted joint custody to the parents of 7-year-old James Younger, a young boy who has been encouraged to transition into a girl by his mother.
Jeffrey Younger and his ex-wife, Dr. Anne Georgulas, have been involved in a bitter court battle over their twin children, James and Jude, for many months now. Georgulas wants to transition James from a boy into a girl named “Luna” and pump him full of puberty blockers before he reaches the age of 10…
Making matters worse, Georgulas is a licensed pediatrician in Coppell, TX. She may be using her authority to push her Mengelean gender beliefs on other unsuspecting parents and children…
This judge’s decision is a rare victory for sanity against the pervasive child abuse agenda of the LGBT movement.
Other abominations – like drag queen story hour and pride parades featuring pornographic displays – are regularly occurring throughout the West as well. LGBT activists have proven their critics to be correct as they wage war against traditional morality, as the souls of children hang in the balance.
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