Thursday, April 19, 2007

Mother of a teenage boy accused of having sex with son's school mate



According to nky.com:

A Hollywood makeup artist and wife of a one-time Bengals player was arrested Monday on charges she had sexual contact with a high school student during parties at her Villa Hills home.
Jeni Lee Dinkel, 51, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count each of third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy after turning herself in to authorities. The Class D felonies each carry a penalty of one to five years in prison.

When I saw this story in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Monday, I was floored. i went on to read that her son attends school with her accuser. Could you imagine going to school and have your mother being called a "you-know-what"? For this reason, I started to feel sorry for the son attending the private all boys school in Northern Kentucky.

I guess that is just what Dinkel's defence wants you to think. Just read what the defense attorney, Phitzer, put out today in nky.com:

"...Tragically, this is not the biggest problem in their lives," Pitzer said. "Five weeks ago, I was in Mexico with Jeni Lee Dinkel. She got a phone call, and she crumpled to the ground, and I held her while she sobbed uncontrollably, getting the news that her son, Alex, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She was immediately back in Cincinnati, did not leave Alex's side for the entire time he was in Children's Hospital, where he spent 11 hours on an operating table.

"Thankfully, he is back in school," Pitzer said of Dinkel's son. "It's miraculous but his recovery is dependent, more than anything else, the surgeons tell us, (on) his psychological attitude. And Jeni is doing her level best, as is her husband, Tom (a former Bengals linebacker), as is Alex's sister, Taylor, as are all his friends, to try to keep (Alex) feeling as good as he can, so he can, in fact, survive.''

Question 1: Why was Dinkel's attorney vacationing with her?


Question 2: Why can't a make-up artist perform pro bono work our her council?

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