A disgraced small-town Louisiana mayor has been found guilty of having sex with her son’s 16-year-old best friend at a booze-filled pool party, according to reports.
The jury at Misty Roberts’ trial reached a verdict after deliberating for less than an hour, according to Upper Michigan Source.
Roberts, the 43-year-old former leader of DeRidder, La., was convicted on charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile, the outlet reported.
The conviction comes after the boy she had sex with at the 2024 party testified in front of jurors that he was drunk when the sex crime unfolded, the outlet said.
Roberts will have to register as a sex offender. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 17.
Carnal knowledge carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, whereas indecent behavior carries a sentence of up to seven years, according to the report.
The jury saw previous testimony from several witnesses of the incident, including an interview of the son telling investigators he saw his mom hooking up with his pal through a crack in the window.
Her daughter also testified she saw Roberts and the 16-year-old “on top of each other.”
The disgraced mayor’s best friend and former sister-in-law, Jill Weaver, testified to jurors that she had overheard Roberts’ teenage son screaming that his mom “effed” his “best friend” after the drunken pool party when she was asked to help mediate the chaos.
After that night, the victim’s mom texted Roberts about the possibility of her becoming pregnant and Roberts assured the mother she was on birth control, text messages showed.
Roberts’ own friends told her to take the morning after pill.
A local DoorDash driver also told the courtroom that they had delivered Plan B emergency contraception to her home in 2024 — possibly in connection with the alleged tryst.
Roberts resigned as mayor of DeRidder, a town of 9,800, days before her 2024 arrest.
