Former SD Rep. accused of molesting foster children and pages

[Lanya]

http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,57158

05/18/2007
Former SD Legislator Arrested On Sex Charges

CAPTION: Ted Klaudt

A former South Dakota lawmaker is accused of molesting his own foster children and legislative pages.

Ted Klaudt, 49, a Republican rancher from Walker, faces a long list of charges: eight counts of rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of witness tampering, sexual contact with a person under 16, and stalking.

Court documents mention five possible victims. Three were foster children between the ages of 15 and 19 who lived with Klaudt's family. One is a cousin of one of those girls, and the fifth is a friend of Klaudt's daughter.

In the most disturbing accusation, the girls say Klaudt had them convinced they could earn up to $20,000 by donating their eggs to a fertility clinic. And even though he has no medical training, the girls say Klaudt did all the supposed "exams" and "procedures" himself.

Former State Representative Ted Klaudt is accused of manipulating, molesting, intimidating and threatening teenage girls who the state of South Dakota paid him to raise.

Lou Raguse: Ted what do you have to say about these charges?
Klaudt: No comment.
Lou: All your voters over the years? What do you want them to know?
Klaudt: (no response)

The first victim to come forward told investigators Klaudt offered to earn her enough money to pay for college by helping her donate her eggs to a fertility clinic. She says Klaudt used a fake email address from the supposed clinic agent to trick her into letting him perform what's supposed to be a surgical procedure.

The victims say Klaudt touched them while they were foster children at his home here in Walker. But the girls say the molestation also happened in Pierre during legislative sessions while some of them also served as pages.

Five different girls now say Klaudt did things ranging from manual "breast exams" to the painful procedure of actually going inside of them with a speculum and collecting body fluids. The girls say when they cried, Klaudt gave them a beer and told them to toughen up.

Lou: Ted, do you deny the accusations?
Klaudt: (no response)

He's not telling us anything. But when investigators questioned him in February. He admitted to much of what the girls allege, including sending messages from the fake email account. Klaudt told investigators the girls asked him to help them donate the eggs. But he admits never sending off a specimen.

Inside his home, investigators found Klaudt's briefcase filled with all the tools the girls say he used in his supposed "exams."

The charges reflect alleged crimes against two of the five girls. The most serious of the crimes, 2nd degree rape, carries up to 50 years in prison.

Friday, Klaudt's bail was set at $100,000 on the Hughes County charges. He was taken to jail, where he'll be held until he can make bail.

Below are links to the affidavit and warrant documents.

WARNING: The following may be very graphic and disturbing in nature.

Ted Klaudt Affidavit - [PDF]

Hughes County Warrant - [PDF]

Corson County Warrant - [PDF]

[BT]

Looks like the wheels of justice are in motion.

[Mucho]

This is probly quite commom among the repressed Repubs, especially their hypocritical "leaders".Imagine what the poor Bushgirls must have gone through to become such sluts.Not to speak of the molestations that turned Mary Cheney against men.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750811/posts?page=585

[BT]

Not to speak of the molestations that turned Mary Cheney against men

So homosexuality is learned?

[fatman]

So homosexuality is learned?

Not totally.  My opinion is that it is a combination of factors, biological and environmental.

Imagine what the poor Bushgirls must have gone through to become such sluts

Your crassness and crudity is only exceeded by your ignorance and myopia.

Not to speak of the molestations that turned Mary Cheney against men.

What molestations?  It is a sick thing to accuse a person of a sex crime, no matter what their politics or your loathing for them, almost as sick as the glee you exhibit when a Republican is charged with one.  In your haste to condemn, you seem to forget that six lives are destroyed.

[Mucho]

So homosexuality is learned?

Not totally.  My opinion is that it is a combination of factors, biological and environmental.

Imagine what the poor Bushgirls must have gone through to become such sluts

Your crassness and crudity is only exceeded by your ignorance and myopia.

Not to speak of the molestations that turned Mary Cheney against men.

What molestations?  It is a sick thing to accuse a person of a sex crime, no matter what their politics or your loathing for them, almost as sick as the glee you exhibit when a Republican is charged with one.  In your haste to condemn, you seem to forget that six lives are destroyed.

Welcome back, Fats. I have so beaten and shown up the other RW losers in here that they rarely show their face anymore( Except BT and he owns the place) I have always believed that Repubs are bigger pervs than Dems. Their very hypocracy provesit. Anyone who is so afraid of deviant sex activities either has or wants to engage in a lot of it , i am sure.

[fatman]

Welcome back, Fats

Thanks knute

I have so beaten and shown up the other RW losers in here that they rarely show their face anymore

I think that most people in this forum can assure you that I'm not right wing.  As to being a loser, that's a matter of perception.  I am happy with my life and the way that I live it.

I have always believed that Repubs are bigger pervs than Dems

I am unaware of any commissioned studies tying political beliefs to perversion, other than the obvious one of NAMBLA.

Their very hypocracy provesit.

Hypocrisy only proves that someone is a hypocrite.

Anyone who is so afraid of deviant sex activities either has or wants to engage in a lot of it , i am sure.

So people who find child molestation repulsive want to engage in it, or already have?  I guess that would mean that 99% of this nation either have molested a child or want to.  Same could be said about bestiality.  What's that knute?  Oh, ok, it only applies to Republicans so that makes broadbrushing and churlish remarks okay. 

[Lanya]

Man, am I ever sorry I posted this in the first place.   
 

[Amianthus]

I have so beaten and shown up the other RW losers in here that they rarely show their face anymore

ROFLMAO

People are just tired of pointing out all your lies.

[Mucho]

Welcome back, Fats

Thanks knute

I have so beaten and shown up the other RW losers in here that they rarely show their face anymore

I think that most people in this forum can assure you that I'm not right wing.  As to being a loser, that's a matter of perception.  I am happy with my life and the way that I live it.

I have always believed that Repubs are bigger pervs than Dems

I am unaware of any commissioned studies tying political beliefs to perversion, other than the obvious one of NAMBLA.

Their very hypocracy provesit.

Hypocrisy only proves that someone is a hypocrite.

Anyone who is so afraid of deviant sex activities either has or wants to engage in a lot of it , i am sure.

So people who find child molestation repulsive want to engage in it, or already have?  I guess that would mean that 99% of this nation either have molested a child or want to.  Same could be said about bestiality.  What's that knute?  Oh, ok, it only applies to Republicans so that makes broadbrushing and churlish remarks okay. 

Your comments are nice, but not at all too any point I was making.
I did not accuse you of being right wing, and I am thrilled that your life is happy. That clearly proves you are not RW for they must surely suffer the torments of the damned for all the evil they do.
I am not relying on any survey for my observation that RWers are pervs. I have seen more of them than ever cared to and for the most part they are bigger  pervs than the relatively fewer LWers I have known.
It is true that hypocracy only proves hypocracy, but the paranoid fear that they feel toward anyone that is different, especially homosexuals appears to me that they fear that in themselves and that they probly are.
Of course, every decent person abhors child molestation, but the RWers are not decent. They support unnecessary wars, racial bigotry and poverty by keeping all their ill-gotten gains to themselves. It is a short jump from that to child molestation and/or exploitation. The only pedophile I ever met was a Reagan Repub and that was before he was Pres. BTW- I did prevent him from adopting some poor crippled child.
I actually wasnt expecting an almost normal person to respond to my post, but I am sure the RW lunatics will come out from under the woodwork now.