Juvenile hall statutory rape case: Our readers never disappoint

While Larry Altman was reporting yesterday on the case about San Pedro resident Kimberly Hald, there was some discussion among the reporters about how readers will respond in the user comments to that story.

We predicted, correctly, that readers would touch on the fact that whenever the allegations are against a woman accused of sexually assaulting a man (or, in this case, boys), there's always the faction that believe there is "no victim." Why is that? Do people really think that boys, who obviously have problems based on where they're living, will not be negatively affected when someone they are supposed to trust and respect takes advantage?

We also knew that some would fixate on what Hald looked like, likely hoping to fuel some perverted fantasy floating around in their minds. True to form, within 10 comments, readers were already raising questions about her appearance.

C'mon. Really? Ok, ok. It's out of your system. Now, let's see if we can have some intelligent discussion about some very serious issues raised in this story, and many others we report on here at the Daily Breeze. Pretty please?