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Second woman testifies at Klaudt's trial
Witness: "I said stop three times"
By Chet Brokaw, The Associated Press Friday, November 02, 2007
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/11/02/news/top/doc4729f8621795e258336403.txt
PIERRE - A woman sobbed frequently Thursday as she told a jury she
considered it rape when her foster father, former state Rep. Ted Klaudt,
touched her genitals during what he said were tests to see if she could
sell her reproductive eggs.
"I said stop three times because it hurt," the woman, now 20, said about
the activity she said took place in February 2006 when she visited
Klaudt in Pierre while he served in the South Dakota Legislature.
She said the touching continued despite her request that it stop.
Asked why she failed to report the incident until law officers had
contacted her, she said: "Because I'm scared of him. I'm scared of
hurting his family."
The woman cried openly and used tissues to dry her eyes on the witness
stand, where she was seated about 20 feet from Klaudt. He sat quietly in
his chair but watched her and the other witnesses intently.
Among the witnesses Thursday were three other women who said Klaudt
either conducted fake examinations on them or tried to do so as part of
the phony egg-donation scheme.
The trial will resume Tuesday, and Circuit Judge James W. Anderson said
he expects testimony will be completed by the end of next week.
Klaudt, a 49-year-old former Republican lawmaker, is charged with four
counts of second-degree rape in Hughes County, alledging offenses
against two foster daughters. The alleged incidents happened in Pierre
during the 2005 and 2006 legislative sessions, and one of the offenses
happened when one of the girls was a legislative page, prosecutors said.
If convicted, Klaudt could face a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison
on each rape count.
Klaudt is also charged with rape, other sex offenses, witness
intimidation and stalking in Corson County, where he lives on a ranch.
The trial on those charges is set to begin Nov. 13 in Deadwood.
The girls were sent to foster care in the Klaudt family home in Walker
after being released from state reform schools.
Klaudt's lawyer, Tim Rensch, told the jury at the opening of the trial
that even though his client's conduct was immoral, it didn't amount to
rape because no force or coercion was involved.
But Assistant Attorney General Patricia DeVaney said Klaudt did use
coercion when he touched the breasts and vaginal areas of the two girls
under the pretense that he was determining whether they were healthy
enough to sell their eggs to infertile couples.
A 19-year-old former foster daughter testified Wednesday that Klaudt did
as many as 10 tests on her and that three of those tests occurred in
Pierre in his motel suite.
The second woman, who also was in foster care in Klaudt's home from the
age of 15 in 2002 until she graduated from high school in May 2006, said
she wanted him to test her because she was worried she was infertile.
She said she also was interested in becoming an egg donor because Klaudt
said she could get $5,000 for an egg.
The woman said she let Klaudt touch her breasts in his home in Walker
after he said he could rub some lumps out of them.
She said Klaudt examined her genital area when she visited him in Pierre
during the 2006 legislative session. She said she never would have
agreed to the test if she had known it would involve a vibrator and that
no samples would ever be sent to a lab for testing.
The woman said she asked Klaudt to stop three times because the
examination hurt but that he did not stop. She said when law officers
first interviewed her, she initially denied the incident had happened
because she was scared and particularly wanted to avoid hurting Klaudt's
wife.
Under questioning from defense attorney Rensch, the woman said she
believed the examination in Pierre was forcible rape because Klaudt
refused her requests to stop.
Rensch also asked whether the woman had made false accusations of abuse
in the past. She said her first stepfather and her brother had abused
her, but she made up a story about her second stepfather because she was
mad at her mother.
A third foster daughter and two other women also testified about
incidents in which Klaudt touched them for the egg-donation scheme. In
one case, he visited a woman after she had left foster care, and he had
her boyfriend do the false examination.
The boyfriend testified he thought it was perverted for Klaudt to be
seated nearby while he touched his girlfriend's genital area. But he
said public officials are usually trustworthy, and he thought Klaudt
knew what he was doing with the egg-donation plan.
"He was a public figure, a state representative, her foster father," the
boyfriend told jurors.
Kendall Light, an analyst for the state Division of Criminal
Investigation, said he retrieved information from Klaudt's computer that
indicated messages were being sent under a number of names. Light said
he found e-mails and records of online chats that were conducted from
the computer under user names such as photoman and studman.
One account on Klaudt's computer was under a name of a woman who claimed
to work for an egg donation program. That account sent e-mails to one of
the foster daughters urging her to complete her application and let
Klaudt finish examinations for the donation scheme.
Department of Criminal Investigation Agent Brent Gromer then read some
of Klaudt's chats with other computer users. One exchange sought to
persuade a woman to do a screen test for an erotic film that would
involve a gynecological examination.
In another series of messages, the user called studman asked someone to
help scare one of his former foster daughters away from two boyfriends
by sending her messages saying one was a drug user and other was a rapist.
Prosecutors have said the sex offenses in Hughes and Corson counties
occurred over several years when the girls ranged in age from 15 to 19
and were under foster care provided by Klaudt and his wife. The teens
were among a number of girls who were sent to Klaudt's home as part of a
program that provides foster care for young people who have no safe home
to return to after completing time in South Dakota's juvenile
corrections programs.
Klaudt served eight years in the House from 1999-2006 and left because
of term limits. He ran for a Senate seat last year but lost to the
Democratic candidate.
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
Perpetrators of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
Witness: "I said stop three times"
By Chet Brokaw, The Associated Press Friday, November 02, 2007
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/11/02/news/top/doc4729f8621795e258336403.txt
PIERRE - A woman sobbed frequently Thursday as she told a jury she
considered it rape when her foster father, former state Rep. Ted Klaudt,
touched her genitals during what he said were tests to see if she could
sell her reproductive eggs.
"I said stop three times because it hurt," the woman, now 20, said about
the activity she said took place in February 2006 when she visited
Klaudt in Pierre while he served in the South Dakota Legislature.
She said the touching continued despite her request that it stop.
Asked why she failed to report the incident until law officers had
contacted her, she said: "Because I'm scared of him. I'm scared of
hurting his family."
The woman cried openly and used tissues to dry her eyes on the witness
stand, where she was seated about 20 feet from Klaudt. He sat quietly in
his chair but watched her and the other witnesses intently.
Among the witnesses Thursday were three other women who said Klaudt
either conducted fake examinations on them or tried to do so as part of
the phony egg-donation scheme.
The trial will resume Tuesday, and Circuit Judge James W. Anderson said
he expects testimony will be completed by the end of next week.
Klaudt, a 49-year-old former Republican lawmaker, is charged with four
counts of second-degree rape in Hughes County, alledging offenses
against two foster daughters. The alleged incidents happened in Pierre
during the 2005 and 2006 legislative sessions, and one of the offenses
happened when one of the girls was a legislative page, prosecutors said.
If convicted, Klaudt could face a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison
on each rape count.
Klaudt is also charged with rape, other sex offenses, witness
intimidation and stalking in Corson County, where he lives on a ranch.
The trial on those charges is set to begin Nov. 13 in Deadwood.
The girls were sent to foster care in the Klaudt family home in Walker
after being released from state reform schools.
Klaudt's lawyer, Tim Rensch, told the jury at the opening of the trial
that even though his client's conduct was immoral, it didn't amount to
rape because no force or coercion was involved.
But Assistant Attorney General Patricia DeVaney said Klaudt did use
coercion when he touched the breasts and vaginal areas of the two girls
under the pretense that he was determining whether they were healthy
enough to sell their eggs to infertile couples.
A 19-year-old former foster daughter testified Wednesday that Klaudt did
as many as 10 tests on her and that three of those tests occurred in
Pierre in his motel suite.
The second woman, who also was in foster care in Klaudt's home from the
age of 15 in 2002 until she graduated from high school in May 2006, said
she wanted him to test her because she was worried she was infertile.
She said she also was interested in becoming an egg donor because Klaudt
said she could get $5,000 for an egg.
The woman said she let Klaudt touch her breasts in his home in Walker
after he said he could rub some lumps out of them.
She said Klaudt examined her genital area when she visited him in Pierre
during the 2006 legislative session. She said she never would have
agreed to the test if she had known it would involve a vibrator and that
no samples would ever be sent to a lab for testing.
The woman said she asked Klaudt to stop three times because the
examination hurt but that he did not stop. She said when law officers
first interviewed her, she initially denied the incident had happened
because she was scared and particularly wanted to avoid hurting Klaudt's
wife.
Under questioning from defense attorney Rensch, the woman said she
believed the examination in Pierre was forcible rape because Klaudt
refused her requests to stop.
Rensch also asked whether the woman had made false accusations of abuse
in the past. She said her first stepfather and her brother had abused
her, but she made up a story about her second stepfather because she was
mad at her mother.
A third foster daughter and two other women also testified about
incidents in which Klaudt touched them for the egg-donation scheme. In
one case, he visited a woman after she had left foster care, and he had
her boyfriend do the false examination.
The boyfriend testified he thought it was perverted for Klaudt to be
seated nearby while he touched his girlfriend's genital area. But he
said public officials are usually trustworthy, and he thought Klaudt
knew what he was doing with the egg-donation plan.
"He was a public figure, a state representative, her foster father," the
boyfriend told jurors.
Kendall Light, an analyst for the state Division of Criminal
Investigation, said he retrieved information from Klaudt's computer that
indicated messages were being sent under a number of names. Light said
he found e-mails and records of online chats that were conducted from
the computer under user names such as photoman and studman.
One account on Klaudt's computer was under a name of a woman who claimed
to work for an egg donation program. That account sent e-mails to one of
the foster daughters urging her to complete her application and let
Klaudt finish examinations for the donation scheme.
Department of Criminal Investigation Agent Brent Gromer then read some
of Klaudt's chats with other computer users. One exchange sought to
persuade a woman to do a screen test for an erotic film that would
involve a gynecological examination.
In another series of messages, the user called studman asked someone to
help scare one of his former foster daughters away from two boyfriends
by sending her messages saying one was a drug user and other was a rapist.
Prosecutors have said the sex offenses in Hughes and Corson counties
occurred over several years when the girls ranged in age from 15 to 19
and were under foster care provided by Klaudt and his wife. The teens
were among a number of girls who were sent to Klaudt's home as part of a
program that provides foster care for young people who have no safe home
to return to after completing time in South Dakota's juvenile
corrections programs.
Klaudt served eight years in the House from 1999-2006 and left because
of term limits. He ran for a Senate seat last year but lost to the
Democratic candidate.
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
Perpetrators of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
