Glamorous female mayor, 42, who suddenly and mysteriously resigned last week has now been charged with CHILD RAPE

A erstwhile Louisiana politician who abruptly resigned from her domiciled has been charged pinch nan rape of a juvenile while successful office. 

Misty Roberts Clanton, erstwhile Mayor of DeRidder, announced her resignation past week and was arrested connected Thursday connected accusations of activity pinch a minor.

Louisiana State Police said successful a news merchandise connected Thursday that Clanton, 42, had 'sexual intercourse pinch 1 juvenile unfortunate while employed arsenic Mayor'.

The agency's Special Victim's Unit said investigators said pinch 2 juveniles who confirmed Clanton had activity pinch 1 of them, cops said.

On Thursday, Clanton turned herself successful and was booked into nan Beauregard Parish Detention Center connected charges of 3rd grade rape. 

Over an hr later, she was released connected a $75,000 bond, pinch her lawyer Adam Johnson saying successful a connection that she was innocent. 

He said: 'It is my grant to correspond Misty Roberts. My customer learned precocious past nighttime of a warrant, contempt not being contacted to beryllium interviewed anterior to investigators obtaining nan warrant. 

'My customer maintains her innocence and, arsenic it stands, she is successful truth innocent. She has not been charged pinch a crime and/or convicted of immoderate crime. 

'And we spot nan nationalist will respect her law presumption of innocence which is basal to our strategy of justice. 

'Misty and her family are very grateful for nan support they person received from their friends and neighbors and we look guardant to putting this unfortunate business down them.'

Just past week, Clanton said she would beryllium distant from nan agency for 2 weeks and appointed a politician connected Friday, earlier resigning nan adjacent day. 

In her resignation letter, she said: 'For astir 15 years, my emotion and passion for DeRidder has been my instauration while serving arsenic Mayor.

'I will everlastingly beryllium proud of what we person been capable to execute - together. This domiciled has rewarded maine pinch galore awesome relationships. 

'I am humbled to person witnessed nan difficult activity that took a organization to travel together and flooded done unprecedented times. However, I must set my attraction and priorities.

'Please judge this missive arsenic my general resignation, effective today.

'To nan residents of this city: Thank you for your trust, emotion and support successful maine to lead our metropolis into our early of greatness. My emotion for DeRidder will ne'er waiver.'

Clanton was successful nan mediate of he 2nd word arsenic nan municipality's mayor, winning reelection pinch sixty percent of nan ballot successful 2022.