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Originally Posted by Neo

Not to be crude, nut how can someone paralyzed from the neck down get anything.

This is what the Times had to say about it...

Originally Posted by Shreveport Times

"The arrests have caught the attention of The Times online readers, many of whom have questioned the validity of the allegations, given that Smudricks has been paralyzed from the neck down following a car accident five or six years ago. The alleged abuse of the children, who are under age 15, happened between January 2005 and February.

Ballance said he could not discuss specifics of the case but offered that aggravated rape has various definitions under state law.

Louisiana Revised Statutes defines aggravated rape as “a rape committed upon a person 65 years of age or older, or where the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without lawful consent of the victim.” One of the circumstances that qualifies is when the sexual contact involves a victim under age 13."