How Could You? Hall of Shame-Steven Wells
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From Fort Wayne, Indiana, adoptive father “Steven Wells, 49, was handed a six year suspended sentence and four years probation at Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Friday. Wells avoided custody thanks to a plea deal which saw him admit sexual misconduct for a minor, with more serious child molestation charges dropped in return. His victims were aged 14 and 13 at the time of the abuse, which started in 2012 and continued at the family home on a leafy Fort Wayne street for five years. Wells’ younger daughter has a disability which means she has the mental capacity of a seven year-old child.
Their ordeal finally ended in 2016 when the older daughter opened up about the abuse to a counselor at a local Youth Opportunity Center. In a statement seen by WANE, she added: ‘I was going to hide it for my whole life and say nothing because I don’t want to see my dad go to prison. ‘I told today because I am at my breaking point.’ The victim has not shared her thoughts on Wells’ light sentence. Wells has been barred from contacting either of his victims, and was allowed to go free at the end of his court hearing on Friday.”
Incest dad who forced underage adopted daughters into sex with him is spared jail
[Metro 11/18/19 by Jimmy McCloskey]
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