KEN LANNING Background¶
Hebephilia - interest in adolescent girls Preferential sex offender¶
Psychopath - felt like doing it and you did it¶
- his own moral code, refuses to follow any other rules
What is achild?¶
Inexperienced, naive, sexually naive girls Control + manipulate having money paying them adds to control¶
Grooming and seduction¶
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gain cooperation of child victim
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identify certain girls who are appealing to you.
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assess and evaluate the girl
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have one of your girls recruit more girls
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attention, affection, kindness
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key to grooming children is giving gifts, paying money
EFTA00188171¶
How much is pay?¶
Defense attorney¶
State v. Gervasio Torres, Jr.¶
15th Dist.¶
Victims tend not to disclose anything that is not consistent with common belief about child molestation - victim is innocent who is forced or brainwashed by the stranger-predator¶
Gradually, over time they will disclose the full story.¶
- needs to develop confidence in the interviewer
They are confronted with doing something that you were not supposed to do¶
-you lie, deny, misin¶
Reason that this is a crime is not ble children are innocent, it is because they are not fully developed mentally/emotionally -being a teenager is about doing dumb stupid things¶
Compliant child victims - not forced¶
- they deny, then minimize quality and quantity
of acts.¶
- they will spin the story in the best light for them
Totality of evidence lying may be evidence that the children actually were molested - story evolves as they become more comfortable¶
EFTA00188172¶
Emphasise JE’s active role in the manipulations.¶
-girls weren’t perfect, but JE took advantage of them¶
Using an expert witness to educate the jury that children can’t consent¶