Cody Green

Cody's 2023 RSO mugshot

> "*That would be the cleanest, best pleasure."*
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> - Cody Green, on his perception of sex with a thirteen year old girl.
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**Cody Michael Green** is a predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia investigation of **To Catch a Predator.** His appearance ended up being a stand-out due to his blunt honesty about the situation.

## Biography

Prior to being caught in the sting, Cody Green was already on probation for DUI and fleeing the scene of an accident. Cody was 20 when he started chatting with "Maddie," a girl he believed to be 13. He started chatting with the decoy about being a hood born hustler from the mean streets, when in reality he lived in Alpharetta, an affluent suburb of Atlanta. When finding out the girl was a virgin, he got excited about it and wanted to take her virginity. Cody declares that he desires to lick the girl and ejaculate in her mouth. A few days later, he expressed interest in the decoy performing oral sex on him and stated it was his fantasy.  At one point in the chat, Cody even shows the decoy his bare buttocks, revealing a large rash on his behind. He explained that he didn't want the decoy to be grossed out by it when they meet so he figured he would show her beforehand.

Before meeting her, Cody confessed he needed to see his parole officer for being involved in a car accident. He promised to stay the night and maintain a close eye on her. Cody mentioned he was interested in utilizing vibrators or dildos throughout their sexual encounter. Then, he enquires as to whether she had shaved her legs and wished to be her boyfriend. Cody subsequently becomes worried, saying he fears it was all a setup and does not want to go to jail. His sexually graphic chat continues for days before the two set up a meeting. He also sent eight different pics of his genitals for good measure.

## Sting

Cody showed up at the sting house in an expensive SUV while sporting all-white basketball attire. He immediately rushed after the decoy who had entered a curtain after entering the home. Cody is met by Chris Hansen rather than a real child. When Cody sat down, he claimed he had driven all the way to the house "for no reason" and claimed he had questioned the decoy if she was sure that she wanted sex. He professed to be a "desperate person" who needed a girl in his life. Cody said he would have been okay with her wanting to be friends if that was all she wanted, and he wouldn't have hurt her in anyway.

Cody acknowledges that he brought condoms and white chocolate to the house because the decoy had asked to bring them. Cody continued to blame the decoy when confronted with the nude photos he had provided, insisting she had requested to see them. After Chris reads, "are ready to have my thang in your mouth" from the chatlog, Cody confirms he was talking about oral sex since the girl was "going through with it."  Cody also admits that if the girl agreed, he would have sex with her. He declares that having sex with a thirteen-year-old would be the "cleanest, best pleasure."

Chris points out that he had a nice car and was dressed nicely and asks him why he couldn't find any girls his age. Cody asserted that he couldn't and that girls expected more from their male partners. Cody decides the interview is over and tries makes an exit. He is stopped by Chris, who identifies himself. When the cameras come out and start rolling, he is exposed on national television. Cody thanks Chris for "wasting [his] gas" and exits the residence on his own, causing the police arrest him. Cody repeatedly flips off the cameramen while being booked at the police station.

## Aftermath

After making bail, a month later, on August 6, 2007, Cody was taken into custody in Alpharetta, Georgia, after exposing himself to an eight-year-old girl at a swimming pool. He put his fingers to his mouth to shush the little girl from telling anyone. Cody spent more than three years in custody. He was being detained, according to a jail spokeswoman, because of charges in Harris County.

Cody's attorney, BJ Bernstein, stated Cody endured a traumatic brain injury in a car accident when he was sixteen and "has never been the same since." Al Whitaker, chief assistant district attorney, claimed that despite Cody having undergone a number of psychological tests and having physical evidence of a head injury caused by an automobile accident, he was found to be competent to stand trial by West Central Georgia Regional Hospital's medical staff. Bernstein then requested a forensic analysis. According to Bernstein, the review refuted the findings of the West Central report and said that a thorough neurological test was not part of the initial examination. After a six-hour hearing, Muscogee County Superior Court Judge Frank Jordan Jr. determined Cody was competent to stand trial and was competent when he arrived at the sting house in July 2006. For his graphic chat and showing up to the sting house, in February 2010, Cody was found guilty on criminal attempt to commit child molestation, criminal attempt to commit sodomy, and criminal attempt to commit statutory rape. Judge Frank Jordan Jr. sentenced Cody to three years in prison, twelve years of probation, and lifetime registration as a sex offender. He also ordered that Cody wear an ankle monitor and live with his parents after completing his sentence. Cody was paroled and released from prison on September 23, 2010.

In October 2010, Cody was convicted in Forsyth County Superior Court on one felony count of child molestation after being found guilty of exposing himself to a child. Cody asserted once more that his brain injury was what led to exposing himself to the young child. Although Cody seemed to function normally and had been found to be mentally competent to stand trial, Bernstein said his injury had an impact on his mental filters. She claimed that his injury was comparable to that sustained by military personnel as a result of improvised explosive devices. Sandy Partridge, the chief assistant district attorney for Forsyth County, said she didn't buy his claim that his attraction to kids is a result of his brain injury. Partridge argued that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which was commonly utilized by the psychiatric establishment for diagnosis, did not include Cody's condition. Cody broke down in tears as he described what had occurred and mentioned that he had recently converted to Christianity and was now a "newly crowned servant." Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley sentenced Cody to an additional nine months in prison and 16 years of probation. Cody was placed back in prison in February 2011 on the Forsyth county charge and was later released in August 2011. Cody is listed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry as a "Sexually Dangerous Predator," meaning he is considered to have a strong possibility of committing another offence.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://www.forsythnews.com/local/crime-courts/man-pleads-guilty-to-molestation/
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article29123701.html
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/latest-news/article29236990.html
4. ↑ https://state.sor.gbi.ga.gov/sort\_public/OffenderDetails.aspx?Id=24730&uid=381a649a-56c7-437e-aef7-bdd1c8dad1b3&x=282c3539-1b01-48f4-a73d-871021030659