I will testify, says Miss America
An undercover sex sting that used Miss America as bait appeared to be in trouble until the beauty queen said Tuesday that she had changed her mind and agreed to testify against the men she helped arrest.
Lauren Nelson, 20, of Lawton, Okla., worked with police in New York’s Suffolk County to target would-be Internet sexual predators, taped for an episode of “America’s Most Wanted” that aired on Fox last weekend.
She posed as a teenager and lured men into chatting online and meeting her at a home, where police and crews were waiting. Eleven men were arrested in the sting.
Suffolk Dist. Atty. Thomas Spota said Monday that Nelson had told prosecutors she did not plan to return to Long Island to testify.
On Tuesday, the Miss America Organization said Nelson was “fully cooperating with the law enforcement officials.”
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