The authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a man with raping a teenage girl with whom he fathered two children after receiving her as a "gift" from her parents, US media said Saturday.
Police arrested Lee Kaplan, 51, in the town of Feasterville -- around 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Philadelphia -- on Thursday on charges including statutory sexual assault and corruption of a minor, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The teen's parents and her nine sisters also lived in Kaplan's home. The 18-year-old teen was the oldest among her siblings.
Child welfare authorities removed the young mother, her two young daughters and her nine sisters.
The victim's parents, Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus, gave her to Kaplan four years ago in gratitude "for helping (the) family out of financial ruin," according to criminal complaints.
She was 14 years old at the time. Her two children are three years old and six months old.
Her parents have also been arrested, news reports said. They and Kaplan are being held on $1 million bail each.
The Stoltzfuses told police they were going to lose their farm until Kaplan "comes along and gives them money somehow," Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler told the Inquirer.
0 (mga) komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento