An Upsetting Update In The Makayla Settles Case

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]There has been a major update in the Michaela Settles case. Michaela was a beautiful 18-year-old girl who graduated high school in North Carolina and then decided to move to California to pursue her college dreams. Her biological father also lived in California and within just a couple of days of being there, she ended up calling her mom saying that her father, her biological father had violently her and unfortunately in December she ended up taking her own life over this.

[00:00:29]it was just too much for her to bear. So now, because she is not here to testify, there was worry that he would be able to get out of this by saying that it was consensual, which he did say it was consensual. And of course, because she's not there to testify that it absolutely was not, even though this was incest through and through, and he gave alcohol to a minor, he said it was consensual.

[00:00:51]He gave her alcohol, got her drunk, and then they both chose to do this. And now we know that as of this week he did plead guilty, which is great on paper, you would think, but it's not because he plead guilty to yes, incest and also giving a minor alcohol. He also plead guilty to abusing a position of trust and how she was particularly vulnerable.

[00:01:14]But because he is still saying this was consensual, there's no assault charges.

[00:01:18]Which means the maximum sentence that he will face when he is sentenced, which is scheduled for June 23rd, get this, will be 3 years. And we also know in California with overcrowding, with good behavior, with all that, he could be out in as little as a year or a year and a half.