The most effective pal of the disgraced Louisiana mayor accused of raping a 16-year-old boy informed her personal son to “lie until you die” about what he noticed on the drunken pool celebration the place the alleged assault happened, she testified.
Jill Weaver, the lifelong greatest pal and former sister-in-law of ex-DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts, informed jurors that when she first went to the boozy pool celebration round 8 p.m. on July 20, 2024, Roberts was essentially the most drunk she’d ever seen her, in response to a report by KPLC.
“He was saying [Roberts] effed his greatest pal,” Weaver recalled of the battle between the mother and her son, in response to a report by the Lake Charles American Press.
Weaver left the celebration round 11 p.m. and was beckoned again by her personal son round 2 a.m. after Roberts accused Weaver’s son of taking a video of her allegedly sexually assaulting a drunk teen on the celebration.
“Oh nice, you referred to as your mother,” Weaver recounted Roberts saying at her second arrival on the bacchanal, KPLC reported.
Then the youngsters confirmed their telephones to the 2 adults to show they didn’t have movies of the incident, Weaver testified on the Beauregard Parish County trial.
Weaver would finally textual content her personal son to “lie until you die” about that night time and admitted she and Roberts spoke about hold the youngsters from reporting what they’d seen to authorities.
Roberts appeared to lament the difficultly of protecting issues beneath wraps within the city of simply 9,800 individuals, when she texted Weaver and one other particular person: “I hate this small city…”
Weaver recalled how the night time devolved into Roberts threatening to commit suicide.
“That complete night time was rather a lot, it was chaos … it shortly went from that state of affairs into her eager to kill herself.”
Weaver additionally testified when she spoke to Roberts the subsequent day, Roberts claimed she couldn’t keep in mind what occurred.
One of many teenagers on the celebration that night time testified later Saturday that Roberts’ alleged sufferer was tipsy and had thrown up.
Regardless of this, Roberts was flirting and dancing with the boy, the teenage witness mentioned.
Jurors heard allegedly damning proof from Roberts son, daughter and nephew who have been all on the celebration and mentioned they noticed their mother’s alleged sufferer shirtless together with her inside a room the place they gave the impression to be playing around. Not one of the relations noticed both of their “non-public elements,” they testified.
The jury noticed an interview of the son telling investigators he noticed his mother hooking up the boy via a crack within the window.
And the daughter testified she noticed her mother and the teenager “on high of one another.”
And Roberts nephew tried to take a video of what was occurring within the room, although he didn’t know if he pressed “document.” He mentioned if he did, he by no means despatched the video to anybody.
After that night time, the alleged victims’ mother texted Roberts about the potential of her changing into pregnant and Roberts assured the mom she was on contraception, textual content messages confirmed.
Roberts personal pals informed her to take the morning after capsule.
A DoorDash driver additionally testified, telling jurors he dropped of Plan B to Roberts house. He mentioned he acknowledged the home from when his children went trick-or-treating their on Halloween.
Roberts texted Clanton, “I would like you to disclaim it, please.” He testified that whereas he wasn’t essentially denying the incident to individuals, he had been avoiding the topic. He mentioned he wouldn’t lie.
Roberts resigned from her mayoral put up simply days after cops launched a probe into that night time. Roberts is charged with third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles.
