Innocent Young Man is Wrongly Accused

On November 29^th, 2004, my husband�s ex-wife�filed a criminal complaint accusing�my�18 year old son�of unlawful sexual contact with my step-daughter (who is now 13 years old). On the same day, my husband's ex-wife�filed�a motion to restrict my husband�s parenting time which meant that he couldn�t have any contact with either of his children. Importantly, my husband's ex-wife never called my husband to share these concerns and, most importantly,�she did not talk to her daughter about any of this before going to the police.

The story goes...My step-daughter�and her friend were in a hot tub�together and my step-daughter told her friend�that her step-brothers had touched her and she did not provide any other details. The friend�wrote�this comment in her diary, her mother read her diary, �and�the mother eventually called my husband's ex-wife.

Before talking to either�of the girls, the mothers went to the police.�Later in the day, the two mothers went to school, picked up the girls, and brought them to the friend's home where�the girls�were confronted�together. Two days later, the�girls went to the police to give their statements.

My son turned 18 years old�one week before�my husband's ex-wife went to the�police and has been charged as an adult which means his situation is extremely serious. If convicted, he faces a mandatory sentence of 10 years to life. Also, in all of the alleged incidents that my step-daughter describes, both my husband and I were present, as well as�other children. In one incident, she claims my son tried to touch her while six of us were�driving in a�van for approximately 45 minutes and she and my son were in the middle seats�that were captain's chairs.��

So how do we know that all of the these are false allegations? My son passed his polygraph and he has a "clean" Pyscho-Sexual Evaluation which is basically an extremely thorough evaluation�that measures his propensity to engage in any of these behaviors. Not surprisingly, the evaluator determined that he is a perfectly normal�young man.

Also,�my husband has supported�my son from the beginning and�believes�that his daughter is�lying about all of this. My husband's family also supports�my son and does not believe this girl. Clearly it�has been extremely difficult for my husband and his family to�take this position, but�unfortunately my step-daughter's credibility is questioned because they know her so well.�

For my son, this nightmare has been�going on for more than a year and it is truly amazing�that he�has stayed focused on his goals and has not allowed this to destroy him. Last year, during his second semester of his senior year,�he was forced to stay out of school for 7 weeks�and still did remarkably well�and graduated in May. He then received a full Army ROTC scholarship to St.Louis University and has just completed his first semester with a 3.3 GPA, upheld his rigorous ROTC commitment, played rugby and pledged a fraternity.

Now, we face his trial, starting at the end of January. I'm asking�for your support. Please let Carol Chambers,�the Arapahoe County District Attorney,�know that these allegations are false and that this young man has suffered enough from a system that has treated him unfairly. Someone needs to dig deeper and insist that my step-daughter go through the rigorous evaluations that my son has endured. At the end of the day, this situation is a result of a very nastly post-divorce legal battle and my son is an innocent victim. Thank you!