Former Neillsville Resident Enters Plea for Child Sexual Assault
Thursday, September 24th, 2015 -- 12:14 PM
-A former Neillsville resident appeared in Clark County Court on Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting his step-daughter and entered a plea to the charge against him.According to the criminal complaint, the defendant, who was married to the girl's mother from March 2004 until February 2008, began sexually assaulting the victim when they were living in Alma Center in Jackson County. The assaults began in July of 2005 and continued until October of 2007. The girl was just 5 years old at the time and the incidents would occur while the girl's mother was at work.
The family then moved to Neillsville in February of 2007 and lived there until October of 2007 and the assaults continued. The man continually threatened the girl while the assaults occurred, saying he would kill her if she told anyone. The girl's mother eventually kicked the defendant out of the home in October 2007 and divorced him in February 2008. She kicked him out of the house for unrelated reasons and didn't know about the incidences until her daughter told her later on. The victim and her mother came forward in January of 2014 to report what had happened.
During a plea hearing on Wednesday, the man pleaded no contest, and was found guilty of, repeated sexual assault of a child. A pre-sentencing investigation was ordered and no sentencing date has been set at this time.
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