Posted on 09/09/2015 11:29:19 AM PDT by rickmichaels
U.S. reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner, who is being investigated in connection with a fatal California car crash earlier this year, defended herself on Wednesday and expressed concern over county jails that place transgender people with the opposite sex.
Jenner, who transitioned to being a woman this year and at the time of the crash was known as Bruce, was driving a Cadillac Escalade in the February crash that killed one woman and injured another.
Los Angeles County authorities are considering misdemeanor manslaughter charges against Jenner and have said speed was a factor in the collision, according to media reports last month. Such a charge could carry a one-year prison sentence, according to NBC.
"That is the worst-case scenario ... It is an enormous problem that they would put trans women in a men's county jail," Jenner, 65, told NBC in the pre-taped interview, which aired on the "Today" program.
Transgender advocacy groups have said inmates who identify as another gender are at greater risk for abuse, including rape and are pressing for stronger protections. While such prisoners are sometimes put in solitary confinement, some jails have begun to open special transgender housing units.
Jenner, a 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist who later became known as part of the celebrity Kardashian family, said she remembered very little about the crash but was not speeding.
"All I needed was probably a half a second of time, I almost got stopped but couldn't quite get it stopped," she said.
In the wide-ranging interview, Jenner also laughed off the sale of Halloween costumes featuring her, although they have angered some who have said the outfits insult transgender people.
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Bruce did it, and Bruce is gone
How can you send dear Caitlyn to jail for a crime she didn’t commit?
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He should be.
Dye Bruce’s hair blond and OJ will hit it.
Easy solution. Stop pretending to be a woman.
He still has a penis, thus not a woman. Just a cross dresser at this point. Get help Bruce.
“He got a real pretty mouth ain’t he?”-Deliverance
Jenner knows he won’t get any jail time. He is just spouting this for his transwhatever cause.
Should have thought about that before you killed somebody.
Poetic...I do believe the Good Lord has a sense of humor...
So, Jenner is becoming a woman to be a lesbian?
Oh That’s why he switched Parties he is afraid of guys.. Or maybe just maybe he wants a women’s prison cause they are easier.. Easier Said than Done!!
“he remembered very little about the crash but was not speeding”
Science does not lie Bruce, you were speeding. Just like you are still a male.
Why did that make me think of “Office Space?”
If he/she/it turns up missing their picture will be on a bottle of tranny fluid
I guess there was not enough room in the article to mention “the woman’s” name......
Absolute self absorption is the defining character of these creatures.
Junk story, catered to meet the gay agenda. Jenner has zero risk of going into a prison; if he got sentenced to any jail time, he’d simply serve it at a local jail where he pays for the room, or he’ll get house arrest.
There is zero likelihood he’d step foot into a county jail. What it is all about is trying to make people horrified that they’re locking up insane people with the general population, and I absolutely agree, they should have specific mental wards for those who want to play dress up.
Maybe he should date “Chaz” Bono. I wonder what ol Chaz has been up to lately. The media hasn’t mentioned her in a few years. Probably depressed and suicidal somewhere, much like Bruce will probably be soon.
He shut right the F up! HA!
Something tells me a female prison would be no cakewalk.
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