[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A couple in Utah has been arrested on rape charges, new court docs reveal — and horrifyingly, the alleged victim was their own 15-year-old daughter.
Per KSL News, the couple was taken into custody on Thursday in the city of Provo. They were charged with three counts each: forcible sodomy, object rape, and forcible sexual abuse.
Per jail records reported on by ABC 4 and others, the man also faces an additional charge of rape. Neither the man nor woman have been named in media reports, as outlets don’t wish to reveal the girl’s identity by naming her parents. Related: So-Called Georgia ‘Witch Doctor’ Rapes Woman During ‘Spiritual Cleansing’ Ritual The ordeal started on Thursday morning when cops received a call directly from the 15-year-old in question.
She claimed her stepfather — a man described as being in his mid-30s — had been raping her for more than a year. When cops arrived to question the teen, per KUTV, she told them both the man and the woman had been engaging in sexual activity with her since she was just 14 years old.
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