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#news Remember when Hillary Clinton defended the man who allegedly raped a 12-year-old, ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the victim & laughed while discussing the case?#DCKathy Shelton who at the age of 12 was the victim of a severe rape in Arkansas. #ArkansasA 41-year-old man named Thomas Alfred Taylor was accused of the assault that caused serious injuries that Shelton has publicly said impacted her life profoundly, including Infertility and emotional trauma. She was hospitalized and reportedly spent five days in a coma, according to Shelton herself. #hospitalHillary Clinton (then Rodham), a 27-year-old attorney and law professor at the time, was Taylor's defense lawyer. Clinton filed a motion for a psychiatric examination of Shelton and questioned her motives. In that affidavit, Clinton wrote, "I have been informed that the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and to engage in fantasizing."The case did not go to trial. The charges were reduced via a plea deal from first-degree rape to unlawful fondling of a minor under 14. Taylor served about 10 months in prison.Shelton later publicly criticized Clinton, saying she felt put "through hell" by the defense tactics and that Clinton's involvement (including the psychiatric exam request) was traumatic. #ChristinaAguayoNewsDuring the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump highlighted the case, inviting Shelton to events and claiming Clinton "laughed at" the victim — a claim fact-checkers (Washington Post, NPR, Snopes) said were exaggerated or false, saying the laughter wasn't directly at the victim, but she laughed while discussing the case.