A retired Aurora police sergeant is facing criminal charges for raping his daughter and sexually assaulting his two adopted daughters, but remains free from custody while his ex-wife is the

A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    223·
    2 months ago

    I really recommend everyone to read the article. Shit somehow only gets worse

    Not only is the asshole a rapist, he also tried to drown one of his sons because said son confronted him after catching mr “model citizen” with his hands on one of the daughters’ private parts.

    Those reunification therapy sessions? The mother has to pay the $370 per week alone when it’s just her 2 sons attending. There was also one session:

    She said she checked on her children during the session and found one of her sons curled in a fetal position on the ground in Bassett’s office, but Bassett ordered her to stop addressing what the mother termed the serious needs of her children.

    She said she fears the reunification therapy is harming her boys, whom she described as crying uncontrollably, having explosive outbursts and expressing thoughts of self-harm after attending Bassett’s reunification sessions with their father.

    Ms. Basset, the “reunification therapist”, deserves some jail time as well

    • nickiwest@lemmy.world
      65·
      2 months ago

      I don’t understand how it’s legal for a court to order religion-based therapy that costs $1500 per month. That’s absolutely insane from every possible angle.

      • Snapz@lemmy.world
        131·
        2 months ago

        We’re now far beyond most people’s perception of “sure, but that couldn’t happen here” in many parts of the country. They are clinging to what they think is true instead of seeing what is because confronting the reality is difficult - it challenges the fundamental truths we believed would be there no matter what, but that’s not true now and it’s only getting worse.

        As society evolved for the better on the whole, around 2010 the gop had a choice to die in irrelevancy and shame or to break society to a point where their shame wasn’t a disqualifying factor anymore. They choose to break shit (watch a doc called “slaying the dragon” for a good summary of this). That set the stage for trump and gave the heritage foundation access needed to start cutting important wires and pouring gasoline on critical infrastructure of democracy. They’ll risk sinking the ship with all of us on board rather than no longer have a chance at being Captain.

    • prettybunnys
      51·
      2 months ago

      The story reads like a super villain origin story, it just … it boggles the mind that reality could be this fucked