A disgraced small-town mayor who was allegedly caught by her kids having sex with a drunken 16-year-old boy at a booze-fueled pool party ordered emergency contraception on DoorDash afterward.
Misty Roberts, the 43-year-old former leader of tiny DeRidder, La., is now on trial for third-degree rape over the 2024 alleged tryst.
After news spread of Roberts’ reputed romp with the teen in the town of 9,800, the mother of the victim — a friend of the defendant’s son — texted the then-mayor to ensure she was not pregnant, to which she replied she was on birth control, prosecutors told jurors last week, according to KPLC.
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Roberts then shared a screenshot of the exchange in a group chat with her friends, who urged her to take Plan B, an over-the-counter “morning after” pill.
A DoorDash driver testified that he accepted a request from “Misty C” to purchase the emergency contraceptive and leave it at her front door.
The driver told the court he recognized Roberts from trick-or-treating with his children at the home and later heard rumors about the allegations, which led him to believe the delivery was connected.
Roberts’ son told investigators in an interview played for jurors that he saw his mom having sex with his pal through a crack in a window — but later demurred in court and said he wasn’t exactly sure what he saw that night, according to KPLC.
The son also texted his mom that night, realizing what was happening, and told her that his sister was crying, according to messages presented by prosecutors.
“He is seventeen,” the son texted Roberts.
Officials later confirmed the boy was 16 at the time.
Roberts’ daughter also took the stand while prosecutors played her interview with detectives in which she said she saw her mom and the boy “on top of each other” that night.
Duncan Clanton, Roberts’ ex-husband, testified Saturday that Roberts told him directly that she had sex with the minor and that the kids had caught them in the act. Clanton said his son later confirmed to him what she told him.
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The court saw several messages exchanged between the divorced couple, including Canton insisting that Roberts was a “great mom” and urging her to “deny what happened” if she was approached at a town council meeting, KPLC reported.
“I can’t keep hurting others, friends and family. Lord knows I’ve done enough,” Roberts soberly responded in one text.
During cross-examination, Clanton was asked if he agreed Roberts was a great mom, and he said, “No.”
In other texts shown in court, Roberts asked her son what kind of alcohol he and his friends wanted for the party.
A member of the victim’s friend group testified Saturday that the victim appeared drunk at the party and even vomited at one point. Roberts was dancing on the victim and flirting with him, the witness said.
A photo seen by the jury showed Roberts at the party in her bikini, with the teen victim looking up at her and smiling.
The victim’s friend said Roberts’ daughter told a group of teens that night she saw her mom and the minor making out by the pool. He said he later he saw Roberts and the boy having sex.
After Roberts and her alleged victim came downstairs, there was yelling and a big argument that followed, the pal testified.
Days after police launched their investigation into the alleged crime, Roberts, who was in her second term in office, resigned as mayor of DeRidder, a city about 20 miles east of the Texas border.
Roberts was charged with third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles.
This is Roberts’ second trial after the first ended in a mistrial when two Beauregard Parish judges were removed from the case because of alleged ties to her ex-husband, according to KPLC. She was arraigned on the current charges earlier this year.
The trial is scheduled to resume Monday.