Courtney Stodden: Difference between revisions

At age 16, the aspiring [[country music]] and [[pop music]] singer<ref name=ABCNews/><ref name=USWeekly>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/green-miles-doug-hutchison-51-marries-aspiring-country-singer-16-2011206|title=Green Mile's Doug Hutchison, 51, Marries Aspiring Country Singer, 16|newspaper=[[US Weekly]]|date=June 20, 2011}}</ref> signed up on the Internet for an acting workshop taught by actor [[Doug Hutchison]],<ref name=ABCNews/><ref name=AccessHollywood>Spero, Jesse (October 9, 2012). [http://www.accesshollywood.com/couples-therapys-dr-jenn-berman-doug-hutchison-is-not-a-predator_article_71032 "Couples Therapy’s Dr. Jenn Berman: Doug Hutchison Is ‘Not A Predator’"]. ''[[Access Hollywood]]''.</ref> on the recommendation of a friend of her mother's sisteraunt, who worked in Hollywood, and knew Hutchison. Hutchison, who did not realize that she was a teenager, began a courtship with her over the Internet that lasted between four and six months,<ref>Note: The [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/doug-hutchison-51-weds-courtney-alexis-stodden-16/story?id=13893244#.T1v9pcyZMzS ABC News citation] indicates that the courtship was four months. However, the interview between Dr. Jenn Berman and Stodden's mother, Krista, that occurred in ''Couples Therapy'' [http://www.vh1.com/video/couples-therapy/full-episodes/putting-love-to-the-test/1697364/playlist.jhtml Episode 2.8] indicated that it was five or six.</ref> during which they fell in love before having met in person. After Hutchison became aware of Stodden’s age, he told her mother, Krista, who had monitored their online exchanges, and was aware of their relationship and their age difference, that he would cease his relationship with Stodden if her parents disapproved. Her parents, citing Stodden’s "devout Christianity", allowed her to make her own decision.<ref name=CouplesTherapy2.8/><ref name=ABCNews/>