Sex offender wins access to child pornography, and more

Child molester wins access to child pornography

A Washington state man accused of molesting young boys is being allowed to view child pornography in jail. Weldon Gilbert is serving as his own lawyer, so he is entitled under discovery laws to view the evidence against him—including more than 100 child-pornography videos seized from his home. “The whole thing is just very strange,” said a jail spokesman.

Online relationship ends in lawsuit

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Cheryl Gray, 50, of Michigan is suing Wylie Iwan, 35, of Washington state after he ended their online relationship. Gray claims that after “meeting” Iwan on Facebook, she bought him gifts and spent hours a day communicating with him, before Iwan met someone else and disparaged her on Facebook. “I did nothing wrong,” said Iwan. “It was an online relationship.”