Criminal defense attorney Mike Cavalluzzi and former prosecutor Loni Coombs team up to discuss the connection of TLC reality star Mama June to a convicted sex offender and whether the behavior should lead to an investigation into the safety of her children.
The conversation kicks off with the cancellation of the TLC reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo amid allegations that the mother on the show, Mama June, is in a dating relationship with a convicted sex offender.
Cavalluzzi said he’s not surprised the series was canceled, since the Screen Actors Guild union has strict rules governing TV sets that include protecting children from potentially harmful behavior.
If Mama June is dating a registered sex offender, Coombs said it is quite possible that he would be required to keep away from any minor children still residing in the household.
“They can date whomever they want to date,” she said, adding that doing so is taking a huge risk. “But let me just say to you women out there who think this child molester is reformed, and it’s okay to have him near my children – they may not be dating you for you. They might be dating you because you are a mother with children, just think about that.”
“I think it should trigger an investigation absolutely and I would not have a problem if the conclusion of that investigation is that the kids have to be removed from her. Because I think what she’s doing here is so dangerous, so disrespectful, it’s the worst kind of parenting you could ever imagine,” Cavalluzzi said.
Watch the full episode to also hear a discussion of the reasons a no-fly zone was approved over Ferguson, MO in the wake of the deadly shooting of Michael Brown, as well as the issue of assisted suicide after last weekend’s death of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill woman who took advantage of Oregon’s right-to-die law to end her life on her own terms.
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