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Peter Yarrow's presidential pardon masked 'indecent liberties' conviction, victim says amid sex abuse lawsuit

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Concerns about folk singer Peter Yarrow are continuing to grow as a woman he was convicted of molesting in 1969 now claims his crime was overshadowed and essentially forgotten once he was pardoned by former President Jimmy Carter.

Barbara Winter was the 14-year-old girl who Yarrow admitted to molesting in 1969. He was convicted and served less than three months in jail for the crime, only for him to later be pardoned by Carter in 1981.

Winter, speaking out about his pardon in an interview with the Washington Post this week, said it felt as if she "got sucker-punched in the gut."  "It’s telling him, ‘It’s OK what you did, just don’t get caught next time,’ if that makes sense," she continued.

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