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    Florida Teen Arrested For Same-Sex Relationship Rejects Plea Bargain

    If convicted, Kaitlyn Hunt faces up to 15 years in prison and registration for life as a sex offender. Update: She has has rejected the plea offer.

    Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old Florida cheerleader charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a minor, her 15-year-old high school girlfriend, rejected a plea bargain today.

    At the press conference concerning her case, she was overwhelmed with emotion and unable to speak:

    Kaitlyn said on Today, "I'm definitely hoping for a better plea deal. If not, we will just have to do everything we can to win the fight."

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    Meanwhile the "Free Kate" Facebook page has grown to over 47,000 members:

    Kaitlyn's father posted on his Facebook this morning:

    After rejecting the plea bargain and being charged with statutory rape, the Hunt family released this statement: