Ohio woman pleads guilty to exercising her husband to death

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CHARDON, Ohio — An Ohio transgender woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in an apartment complex swimming pool.

Middlefield police say surveillance video shows 41-year-old Christine Newton-John pulling James Mason around the pool by his arms and legs and preventing him from leaving. Mason had a heart attack on June 2 just after the extended swim session.

Police Chief Joseph Stehlik says a deputy investigated the death because of previous complaints that Mason was abused. Newton-John pleaded guilty on Thursday. She faces up to five years in prison.

Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name. They married in Kentucky in 2006.


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Was it necessary to mention transgender status? At least the story gets the pronouns right. But AFAIK, once a person has GRS, they are the new gender...legally anyway. Why not just report it as "Woman Exercises Her Husband to Death"? And why not bring up the May-December marriage more stridently?

I think *I* could have written this story better.

Not sure what to think about it. I have heard the story a few times and never once heard anything about the transgendered status of the suspect.

Same story? I was wondering about the names...

What about all those Ohio women who have over-fed their husbands to death?

That's OK, it seems.

What the hell does being transgendered have to do with the story?

OnyxCougar;535578 wrote:

What the hell does being transgendered have to do with the story?

The same that being an Ohio woman has to do with the story. Bwaahaaa...;)

Maybe it should read: some chick or not-chick does something to make someone she knows stop respiring, somewhere in the world, at some time.

Film at 11

Shawnee123;535582 wrote:

Maybe it should read: some chick or not-chick does something to make someone she knows stop respiring, somewhere in the world, at some time.

Film at 11

Come on, now....

Well, what makes any "story" a "story" and more publishable than the next story?

It's a valid point delivered with dripping sarcasm, in my usual manner.