Inappropriate Relationship, Fur Sure

JULY 2--A Colorado woman allegedly had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy with whom she was part of 'a social group known as 'Furries' who dress up like animals,' police charge. Richael Michels, 45, began the illicit relationship with the boy after her daughter broke up with him earlier this year, according to this arrest warrant affidavit. Michels's husband told investigators that his wife got the teenager involved in the 'furrie lifestyle.' A witness whose name was redacted from the affidavit told police that he met Michels and the boy at a Furries gathering in March and subsequently saw the pair engaged in sexual contact. The 20-year-old witness, who said Michels confided in him details of her sexual relationship with the boy, once sent Michels a text message chastising her about the encounters: '...it's because you've been having sex with him that we can't have that going on at the furmeet.' When confronted last week by Fort Collins cops, Michels denied having sexual intercourse with the teenager, but acknowledged once giving him a 'hand job' while 'intimately kissing' the boy. The teenager told police that he had frequently had sex with Michels in her car 'in and around Fort Collins.' Michels, who is facing seven felony counts, is being held in the Larimer County jail in lieu of $35,000 bail. (3 pages)