Tel-Chai Nation

I'd heard somewhat that the parents of MySpace teen Katherine Lester were divorced, but the exact details until now weren't clear enough to me. Now, however, they are, and from the looks of things, it appears that what happened is that the teen Lester was brainwashed by the father and his second wife. As Debbie Schlussel explains, this is what the father and stepmother did:

First, they did an "exclusive" interview with an ABC station in central Michigan (in which the shameless Terry and Krista Lester blamed everyone--airlines, Greyhound, etc.--but themselves and the Islamocyberstalker for their daughter running away). Then, they did another "exclusive" interview with "Good Morning America," this morning, complete with an all-expense paid trip to Manhattan and luxury accomodations. They seemed to enjoy watching their daughter cry on live national TV. Reportedly, Terry Lester has also been contacted by producers wanting to do a movie about his daughter. So he's squeezing out all the 15 minutes he can get.

And he's encouraging his daugher's online relationship with Jimzawi, even encouraging him to travel here to visit her. After all, Hollywood wouldn't actually be interested in making a movie about the runaway teen's relationship abruptly coming to end after the first trip, without any contact. Meeting and marrying the Muslim and converting to his religion--even vowing to cover her hair--now that makes a much better story, especially in the world according to Hollywood.

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Watch the "Good Morning America" interview. You can see the dollar signs and media stardom twinkling in the eyes of these sick "parents"--a word which is used very loosely here. They conjure memories of the Chandra Levy Parents' World Tour, only worse--because the Lester's daughter is still alive and they're abusing her for their own gain, extracting as much media emolument as possible.

Parents who truly love their children would never do this.

And that's why the mother now has to file to regain custody of her daughter. The father and the stepmother should be ashamed of themselves for indoctrinating their daughter for the sake of media publicity, which is what I'm now convinced is the case. I hope the mother can regain custody, and can send her daughter for counseling under her own supervision. And that cretin Jinzawi, should he come to the US, should have charges filed against him.

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