Monica Mares, 37 and Caleb Peterson, 20, were found to be committing incest in Clovis, New Mexico, a neighbor found them and reported them to the police.
The said couple were due to face trial but pleaded guilty at the final hour after accepting a plea deal for three years probation with 18 months supervised and they were also being told to stay apart for 18 months and Mares was also told to stay away from her nine other children.
The couple decided to go public with their affair last year in order to raise awareness of Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA) and hoping to make it legal for them to have a sexual relationship.
Mares gave birth to Caleb, who was born Carlos, when she was 16 years old and gave him up for adoption soon afterwards.
Caleb, who is in a sexual relationship with his mum (Picture: John Chapple)
Caleb when he was born, before his adoption (Picture: Monica Mares/John Chapple)
They got in touch over Facebook and decided to me meet at Christmas in 2015.
Caleb said, he fell in love with her in part because she looked after him.
‘I never had anyone cook me meals or give me anything,’ he told the Daily Mail. ‘I never got anything my entire life and she went out of her way to make me happy.
‘After about a week or so I started having feelings for her, and I guess I fell in love.’
Monica was told to stay away from her nine other children (Picture: John Chapple)
The mother says she would readily give up the right to see her other children if she was asked to choose between them and Caleb.
‘The first time we were physical we ended up holding hands, and then we ended up kissing – and the kissing led to other things,’ she said.
‘I felt comfortable with him and we fell even more deeply in love.’
What is Genetic Sexual Attraction?
GSA is defined as sexual attraction between close relatives who first meet as adults.
For example, if the couple are siblings or half-siblings, a parent or offspring, or first or second cousins.
However, incest is a crime in all 50 US states, as well as in the UK.
Monica Maresoutside her trailer (Picture: John Chapple/ Daily Mail)
But Mares says she’s afraid to go out because people in her town know about the relationship, and threaten her and call her names.
After they relationship became public, Caleb’s personal life has suffered a lot and his dad walked out on him
The teenager said: ‘If I could speak to her now, I would say to her: “I love you and I miss you and I can’t wait to see you again”.’
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