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  • Jul 13, 1945
    The Roswell Daily Record, of New Mexico, reports that four young men pleaded guilty to charges of statutory rape. Among them is Lefty Frizzell
    Aug 21, 1947
    Lefty Frizzell is sentenced to jail in New Mexico for two to three years for statutory rape. Frizzell ultimately spends six months behind bars, where he writes a country hit, "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
    Feb 18, 1948
    Woody Guthrie writes the first of several erotic letters to Mary Ruth Crissman, the sister of a former duet partner, one of them supplemented with newspaper accounts of murders. She later files charges against him for mailing obscene materials
    Feb 21, 1948
    Lefty Frizzell ends a six-month jail sentence for statutory rape in Roswell, New Mexico. During his stay behind bars, Frizzell wrote "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
    Oct 11, 1949
    On her 17th birthday, Dottie West--then known as Dorothy Marsh--breaks down in the principal's office and admits her father has been raping her for years. Her father is sentenced to 40 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary
    Dec 22, 1949
    Woody Guthrie receives an early release from a 180-day jail sentence for mailing obscene materials. Guthrie had experienced better returns for his writing: In 1945 cousin Jack Guthrie had a hit with their co-written "Oklahoma Hills"
    Aug 11, 1951
    Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory delinquency, stemming from a dalliance with an under-age girl in Little Rock on April 1
    May 23, 1956
    Woody Guthrie is arrested for vagrancy in New Jersey. He is institutionalized at Greystone Park in Morris Plains, where he spends his next five years, suffering from Huntington's chorea
    Mar 26, 1970
    Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow is found guilty of "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl, resulting in a three-month jail sentence. Six years later, he's the writer and producer of Mary MacGregor's pop-country hit "Torn Between Two Lovers"
    Dec 13, 1981
    Following an afternoon concert for 1,500 inmates at the Missouri State Penitentiary, Johnny Paycheck is arrested in Jefferson City, Missouri, and jailed for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl in Wyoming




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