Well. That escalated quickly. The small town of DeRidder, Louisiana just got a storyline nobody saw coming. According to reports from the courtroom, the former female mayor, Misty Roberts, found herself at the center of a late-night pool party plot twist that sounds like it was written by reality TV producers.
Here’s the setup.
There was a pool party, it was late, there were drinks, and apparently, there were very questionable decisions.
According to her son during his teen sex trial, he walked in on his mom having relations with his friend. Yes, his 16-year-old friend at the same pool party. You can imagine the record-scratch moment. The kind where time freezes and you question all life choices.
Now, pause! Small towns talk fast. Before the pool water probably even dried, the story was likely circulating like a group text on steroids.
In the courtroom, prosecutors played the full 2025 forensic interview for the jury, during which Roberts’ son said he saw his mother having sex with his friend through a crack in a window.
But when he took the stand in person, he told jurors he was uncertain about what he saw, reports KPLC who have been in court.
Text messages between mother and son were displayed in court. In one, he warned her, ‘He is seventeen.’ Authorities have said the alleged victim was 16 at the time.
Other texts shown to jurors included exchanges about what alcohol the teens wanted for the party.
Messages from that night also showed the son telling his mother that what was happening was ‘crazy’ and that his younger sister was crying.
Roberts’ daughter also testified, as prosecutors played her interview with investigators. In it, she said she saw her mother and the teenage boy ‘on top of each other’ that night.
None of the young witnesses testified to seeing ‘private parts,’ according to testimony. One said the boy was shirtless.
Jurors were also shown photographs from the party, including images of minors holding drinks near the pool.
This is one wild sexual escapade that has made its way to the courtroom.
A DoorDash driver testified that he accepted a request from ‘Misty C’ to purchase emergency contraception and leave it at Roberts’ front door.
He told jurors he recognized the house because he had taken his children trick-or-treating there in the past.
In the days that followed, he said he heard rumors about the allegations and believed the delivery was connected to that night.
Roberts’ nephew testified that he tried to see what was happening in the room by using his phone’s camera.
He said he was unsure whether he pressed ‘record,’ but if he did, he never sent any video to anyone.
He acknowledged clearing his Snapchat memories before turning over his phone to investigators, explaining that he had photos of himself and friends drinking and was worried about getting in trouble. He testified that he did not intend to delete evidence.
Teenagers getting drunk and getting banged by older folks is one crazy story we’d hear in 2026.
A teenage member of the alleged victim’s friend group also testified that the boy appeared drunk and vomited that night. He said Roberts was ‘talkative and dancing’ and that he saw her flirting with the teen.
He told jurors he later saw Roberts and the boy having sex through a crack in a window. After they came downstairs, he described yelling and a major argument. He also testified that he was told he could not leave by two adults, Jill Weaver and Roberts.
On Saturday, Roberts’ ex-husband, Duncan Clanton, told jurors she confessed to him directly.
Clanton testified that Roberts admitted she had sex with the teenage boy and that their children had caught them in the act.
After speaking with her privately, he said he spoke with their son, who confirmed what Roberts had told him.
He also testified that Roberts texted him, ‘I need you to deny it, please.’
In another message shown to the jury, Roberts wrote, ‘I can’t keep hurting others, friends and family. Lord knows I’ve done enough.’
Clanton said he would not lie about the incident, though he had avoided discussing it.
During cross-examination, defense attorney Todd Clemmons asked whether he agreed Roberts was a great mom. Clanton responded, ‘No.’
The lesson? If you’re a public official in a small town, maybe keep the late-night pool parties low-key, and maybe double-check the guest list, because when family and friends collide in the worst way possible, it doesn’t just make waves in the pool, it makes waves everywhere.
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