Posted on 05/20/2005 8:30:15 AM PDT by zaxxon
Man gets three years probation in 'sexsomnia' case
Thursday May 19, 2005
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) A Chelmsford man who was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to assaulting two young girls is being defended by the victims' mother, who claims the man has a sleep disorder.
Richard Anderson, 34, suffers from ``sexsomnia,'' a sleep disorder in which a person engages in sexual activity while asleep, the woman said. He claimed in court that he was asleep when he touched the two girls and denied having any memory of the incidents.
The woman told The Sun of Lowell on Wednesday that her daughters, 11 and 13 at the time of the incidents, feel ``victimized'' because their words were distorted and a child-interview specialist gave false testimony to the grand jury. The allegations surfaced after one of girls went to a school counselor.
According to court documents, Lowell Superior Court Judge Robert Bohn acknowledged that the interview specialist ``distorted at least two important facts of this case, providing evidence that was knowingly deceptive.'' But the judge refused to dismiss the case, and Anderson pleaded guilty to reduced charges in an agreement with prosecutors.
A spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said it is unfortunate that the victims are unhappy with the outcome, but prosecutors ``pursued this case in the best interest of justice and in what we believed was the best interest of the victims.''
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Now I have heard eveything.
What a sick mother. Too bad we can't lock her up.
And three years probation is not enough...it is probably not his first and won't be his last.
"after pleading guilty to assaulting two young girls is being defended by the victims' mother, who claims the man has a sleep disorder."
Sounds like Mommy was ravished too, and now has a reality disorder....WHERE'S A MILLSTONE WHEN YOU NEED ONE?
Unbelievable. The door is now open for all these sickos.
That`s the way to get away with crime, just invent your own psychological diagnosis. Hey, I think I`ll rob a bank, sorry I have "robomnia". I was not aware of it at the time.
Thanks for the ping!
Are you assuming the man was living in this woman's home? It doesn't say that--but it's the only thing I can figure. Apparently at least one of the girls was more disturbed by this than the mother wants to recognize. She went to her school counselor and told about the incident.
Sounds like my wife!
Sounds like my wife!
**rimshot sound**
There's some guy out there right now who will claim to suffer from "takethemoneyfromthebank somnia."
Sleepsex beats nosex.
My wife said to me "Take some place where I've never been before...so I took her to the kitchen!" Bah-dum-dum -Henny Youngman
I figured that also. Probably the latest of her many shack-up losers.....no telling what all those kids have seen and had done to them. Another example of a loser parent putting their needs first.....and the beat goes on.....
Sleepsex beats nosex.
Wife-wise I meant to say............
The mother sounds like she needs a few years at the Iron Hilton....in a straightjacket!
Actually, my wife and I have "hall sex". When we pass each other in the hallway, she says "F You!" and I reply "F you too."
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