Bad Old News You Learn On The Internet

and wonder how you missed.

Did you know that Susan Smith... that Susan Smith, was the step child of one Beverly Russell, a Republican Party leader from the Christian Coalition? Did you know that while telling America how not to let it's morals decline any further, he was really molesting young 15 year old Susan, and in fact was having an affair with here all the way up to the time before she killed her children!?

Russell, a prominent leader of the South Carolina Republican Party and the local Christian Coalition, knew that Smith was not the sweet innocent first presented to the media because he had stolen her innocence. When she was only 6, her natural father killed himself over a messy divorce and Russell's marriage to Smith's mother. At the age of 13, Smith attempted suicide, and while aware of her fragile mental state, Russell began his sexual advances two years later. At 17, Smith attempted suicide again. Russell claims that he held off until Smith was married before escalating this sick sexual liaison.

More, from a rather old article on this that appeared in the LA Times, here