Millionaire allows teen son to marry housekeeper's daughter, avoid school

[Cal Carpenter]

48. I really recommend

reading some of the additional info and links available on this thread.

The so-called 'school' that the mom and courts want to send this troubled kid to is what is bananas.

I am generally not quick to defend the lifestyles of millionaires with housekeepers, but that's not what this is about. The dad is risking months in jail to stop his kid from being forced to go to an abusive situation. The courts in Florida are not giving him many options.

The story should be about the fucked up school and others like it, and Florida's judicial system promoting these academies despite their terrible, violent, and even fatal track records.

The housekeeper and the money make the marketable headline and detract from the real scandal in this situation.

I do wonder about the young woman who married this kid, if she is being coerced, or if she is hopefully, maybe, benefiting in some way. But if all is well on that front, then I have no problem with what the dad did. He was desperate, and this seems to have worked. He would rather be in jail himself then see his kid get sent to this shithole.