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From KELO:
Victim Sues Ted Klaudt, WifeMore legal troubles for former South Dakota lawmaker Ted Klaudt. Now, one of the two foster daughters he was convicted of raping in a scheme over reproductive eggs, is suing him and his wife in federal court. According to court papers, Connie Klaudt knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it.
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We won’t disclose her name because she’s a rape victim. But according to these court papers she now lives in Mandan, North Dakota and says Klaudt tricked her so her consent wasn’t valid.
She also claims, that Klaudt’s extreme and outrageous behavior caused her mental and emotional distress and that procedure to harvest her eggs for women who could not conceive was really for Klaudt’s own sexual gratification.
The lawsuit also goes on to accuse, Connie Klaudt of knowing about the abuse but not doing anything about it.
It says she had a duty as a foster parent to provide a safe home environment that was free form sexual exploitation and assault.
From AP:
Foster Child Sues Abusing Ex-LawmakerConnie Klaudt told the AP on Tuesday she had not been served with the complaint and did not have a lawyer.
“I cared for and loved all of my kids, including (the girl), just as if she was my own child. If she had come to me with any problem and told me, I would have taken care of it,” she said.
One of the girl’s lawyers, Michael Tobin of Sioux Falls, said he did not want to comment beyond the complaint.
The suit accuses the Klaudts of negligent infliction of emotional distress and breach of fiduciary duty. Ted Klaudt also is accused of battery, fraud, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and his wife also is accused of negligence.
