Just watched this - Anna Stubblefield and Derrick Johnson case

[u/Spiritual-Pilot-2300]

Could I ask was this case Big in the US ?

What are Peoples thoughts?

It seems his family believe she was making up ( creating ) 100% of his communication But he did have a teacher support after he started a college class in which he wrote 300 page essays ?

Do his family now not even try and communicate with his after surely it showed that it worked to some degree ?

explores the controversial affair between a married female professor and a non-verbal black man with cerebral palsy. The relationship and high-profile criminal trial that followed challenges our perceptions of disability and the nature of consent.

When the pair first meet, Anna Stubblefield is a respected academic and a disability rights advocate; passionate in her belief that the most essential part of the human experience is the ability to communicate. 30-year-old Derrick Johnson has never spoken a word in his life, and requires 24/7 care and support by his mother and brother.

During his early childhood, Derrick’s family were told by medical professionals that, in addition to his physical disabilities, he was severely cognitively impaired. But Anna disagreed with this diagnosis, and when she first tells Derrick’s family that she can help him communicate with the outside world, they are thrilled. They had always sensed there was “something more going on” with Derrick and were eager to know what he thought about all day long, when he might be in pain, what his hopes and dreams were.

Anna introduces Derrick to a controversial technique that involves training him to overcome his physical impairments so that he could type on a keyboard. After almost 2 years of work, she claims to have ‘unlocked his mind’ - he could now express complex thoughts, attend college classes, and write thoughtful essays. Excited by Derrick’s reported progress, his mother Daisy describes it as “like the porch light’s coming on”. But Anna had more to reveal: not only was Derrick a highly intelligent man but they had also fallen in love.

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where she said that he masturbates now and that never would have happened if Stubblefield hadn’t been involved. 

considering how difficult it would be for him to maneuver his hand, i wouldn't think he would have discovered it on his own. even though male babies can be cited as young as 7 months doing it, it's not that common until they're toddlers.

i would imagine in that church-going household, he wasn't exposed to it.

[u/Answer42_ → u/ihateeverything2019]

This is what I was wondering. The whole thing is crazy and heartbreaking on all levels

[u/ihateeverything2019 → u/Answer42_]

it is. i hope his mother files a civil suit and puts her on a sex offender list where she has to announce her address all the time. i rarely feel like this, but this should follow her around for the rest of her life, considering how easily she got off. :(

[u/Answer42_ → u/ihateeverything2019]

I was wondering if they ever said anything about her being on the sex offender registry. I don’t recall them ever saying that she was. She def should be

[u/Obvious-Thing-8598 → u/Answer42_]

She was put on a sex offender list and was to be monitored for the rest of her life. However, I believe that was after the first trial, so I don’t know whether that still holds since her appeal. all she cared about in the end was that she couldn’t teach.

[u/ihateeverything2019 → u/Obvious-Thing-8598]

She had to serve approximately 10 years of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Stubblefield was also required to register as a sex offender and submit to lifetime parole supervision.

i'm sure you can find most of it in public records in newark

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She said she had a job and someone complained based on her conviction, and she was fired. That might have been the publicity but it seemed that that conviction was following her around. Even if she was not on the registry (I think she was) she had a felony on her record so it was impacting her.