Gah. It certainly is.

Although I didn't know that having sex with a step-relative = incest. Huh.

But the poo factor is unfortunate enough

yeah. gross. but I think the 800lb woman is the step-mom so it was incest.

This story has more information from Peggie Johnson directly, and says she's 500 pounds.

If you're wondering what classifies incest, Tennessee state law says step-parents and even adopted parents can be charged with incest, even though they are not blood relatives.

Yeah, most states have step-parent/step-child sex acts listed under incest.

birdherder, read the article again.

Isn't it possible for them to videotape examination and cross-examination with her and play it in court?

[rushes to search statutes]

It's not incest in Maine!! Whoo-hoo!

Step counts! I learned that from Larry David.

I have more questions than anything here, in terms of the incest charges. How long have they been married? Did he raise the daughter? According to the first article, he's only 34 and his wife is 53, and the step-daughter's 23. Was the daughter an adult when he married her mother? Would that still be incest? (Not the healthiest of situations, but incest?) What if they got divorced and then he and the daughter got together? (This seems to happen all the time in soaps.)

The neglect's another issue. But to what extent should they (the husband and daughter) have to tend to her? Should they have to devote their whole lives to her? No one deserves to sit in their own excrement, but she seems to expect everyone to do everything for her. That doesn't seem good for them or her.

I've seen a few documentaries on TV in the last year or so about super morbidly obese people, and my view (ymmmv) is that the people who are 'caring' for them are abusers. They are people who are confined to a bed or a sofa, they can't even stand up, yet they still manage to consume massive amounts of food and gain more and more weight. Someone is buying, preparing and bringing the food to them. That is not 'caring' for someone.

"ymmmv" - "your munchy mileage may vary"

Yeah, being in line-of-sight of a morbidly obese woman stinking of shite is such a turn-on, I sure wouldn't be able to keep my hands of that cute daughter-in-law. bleaaaaahhhh

er, hands off

As I said, *so many levels*.

it's tennessee. the step-daughter's first cousin is doing a bloodhound in the litter box.

*yawn*

"U.S.A.! U.S.A.! We're Number Two!!!"