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  • Sundance Film Festival co-founder pleads guilty to sex abuse

    05/03/2019 5:59:01 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 12 replies
    ap ^ | April 30, 2019 | Staff
    AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen, 71, entered the plea as part of an agreement that includes a sentence of six years to life. He plans to plead guilty to a second charge involving the same victim later this week, his attorney Steven Shapiro said. His acceptance of the plea deal was a surprise since he had just been charged earlier this month and it came during his first court appearance. Shapiro said...