One thing you all need to take into consideration. This was his stepdaughter. What have we learned here at FR? The worst thing a child can hear is “Mommy’s new boyfriend” (or Daddy’s new girlfriend)
A stepparent is more likely to commit abuse like this than a real parent.
Quite true.
Which in no way responds to my post in which I noted that until the FemiNazi Era, evidence was required. “He said” v. “She said” had too many instances of miscarriage of justice, especially when many years had elapsed.
Yeah I’m not going to bat for the guy.
Just mentioning it as a possibility is all.
Maybe he’s completely guilty.
The jury seemed to think so. Could be they got it right. Dunno.