Actually when she was only 17 years old, per E! News. She said her "jaw dropped" with the treatment she received from the media in the early 2000s amid the increased attention, making it "very ...

In “Half a Life,” Ciment recalls, she characterized a letter that Arnold wrote to her when she was 17 as “a missive between .

She said she knew Kerns was 23 years old at the time, and said she made it clear to him that she was only 17, according to information in the affidavit. The girl told state police she and Kerns ...