TV personality Sidney Starr, 37, is breaking her silence after being arrested on child molestation and sodomy charges. Her mother is also speaking out to deny allegations, claiming the child sex charges don’t match her daughter’s character.
RELATED: OMG: Sidney Starr Arrested In Atlanta On Child Molestation, Sodomy Charges
As we shared earlier, Georgia’s Hapeville Police Department arrested the transgender reality star, whose legal name is Sidney Favors.
On Sunday (August 2), officers apprehended Starr at an Embassy Suites hotel right off International Boulevard, near Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Officers said they received a report about an alleged incident involving Starr and a juvenile.
She is accused of confessing to performing oral sex on a minor and claiming it was consensual. Officers booked Starr into the Fulton County Jail. She was charged with multiple felonies, including aggravated child molestation, statutory sexual battery against someone under 16, and sodomy. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is now handling prosecution.
Sidney Starr And Mother Maintain Her Innocence After Reality Star’s Child Molestation, Statutory Sexual Battery, Sodomy Arrest
Following Starr’s arrest, her mother, Stephanie Favors, spoke with TMZ to deny the allegations against her daughter. Favors said she was completely blindsided by the charges. She insisted that the charges don’t match the character of the child she raised. She also strongly claimed that Starr would never engage in sexual activity with a minor.
The mother said Starr was in Atlanta for a professional booking and that she had not yet spoken with her daughter since her arrest. Despite the severity of the allegations, Favors is fully defending her daughter.
Additionally, TMZ received a statement from Starr, who also stands firm on her innocence. The statement in-part read:
“[Starr] unequivocally denies the allegations against her and intends to vigorously defend herself through the legal process. Allegations should not be mistaken for fact, and public opinion should never replace due process.”
Furthermore, Starr’s statement encouraged the public to not use her case as a reflection of the transgender community. She insisted that “one person’s alleged actions should never be used to judge or stigmatize an entire group.” Starr continued to thank fans and ask for privacy. Lastly, she said this address will serve as her one and only public statement on the pending case.
Ts Madison And Alonzo Arnold React To Sidney Starr’s Child Molestation, Statutory Sexual Battery, Sodomy Arrest
Following Sidney Star’s shocking arrest, transgender personality and actress Ts Madison and nonbinary/asexual hairstylist Alonzo Arnold took to Instagram to react.
Despite Starr’s wishes to not stigmatize transgender people, some social users have already begun using her case as an argument against the LGBTQ+ community. Subsequently, Alonzo Arnold slammed Starr, even calling her “Sidney ’Sodomizing’ Star.”
Arnold continued to call her out for further stigmatizing their community. Meanwhile, Ts Madison used Starr’s case to explain why she, as a 48-year-old only dates men who are in their 30s and up.
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