Arrest made in the case of the rape of the 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to IN for an abortion

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/


A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led to international attention following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade and activation of Ohio's abortion law.

Gershon Fuentes, 27, whose last known address was an apartment on Columbus' Northwest Side, was arrested Tuesday after police say he confessed to raping the child on at least two occasions. He's since been charged with rape, a felony of the first degree in Ohio.

Columbus police were made aware of the girl's pregnancy through a referral by Franklin County Children Services that was made by her mother on June 22, Det. Jeffrey Huhn testified Wednesday morning at Fuentes' arraignment. On June 30, the girl underwent a medical abortion in Indianapolis, Huhn said.

Huhn also testified that DNA from the clinic in Indianapolis is being tested against samples from Fuentes, as well as the child's siblings, to confirm his paternity.

Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Ebner said the case did not warrant Fuentes — who is believed to be undocumented — to be held without bond.

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WTF that he wasn't held without bond??????

[Mike_in_LA]

1. Welp....

....he's sure to have a great time in prison.

[jimfields33]

4. It's about time we found out about this scum.

[bronxiteforever]

38. I wonder why rwnj ag from Ohio denied knowledge

Of the case until later. It’s like he wished the consequences of his belief would vanish

It’s a shame that an innocent child of 10 had to go to another state for the abortion.
I can’t even imagine the permanent physical and emotional damage a 10 year old giving birth would suffer!

[irisblue]

2. From the article

snip-"Ebner said a high bond was necessary, however, due to Fuentes being a possible flight risk and for the safety of the child involved. Before being arrested, Huhn and Det. David Phillips collected a saliva sample from Fuentes, according to a probable cause statement.

Ebner set a $2 million bond for Fuentes, who is being held in the Franklin County jail."

[Nevilledog]

6. Gut reaction cuz in AZ he would have been non-bondable by the nature of the crime & legal status

I forget sometimes that other states don't have the same (often) Draconian laws.

[getagrip_already]

21. Hey, it's only rape of a child, it's not like it's mentioning "gay" in school...

SARCASM.

But sadly, I had to point that out.

[LisaL]

3. His bail was set at 2 millions.

Thankfully, I doubt he will be out any time soon.

[LonePirate]

5. How are RWers going to claim this entire event was fabricated now that an arrest has been made?

Plenty of voices on the right were adamant the rape and pregnancy of the 10 year old girl never happened.

[Nevilledog]

7. They'll just ignore it. Like everything else that infringes on their alternate reality.

[uponit7771]

26. +1,

[Brenda]

10. They'll screech "Illegal Rapist!"

Based on his undocumented status. As if "legal" people don't rape in the USA.

Edited to say I'm glad they caught him and I hope the girl is/will recover from this horrible double rape, once by him and the other by the United States Supreme Court and Ohio. Crap, twice by him, missed that. Poor little girl...where were her parents?

[Nevilledog]

13. Like this

[Ilsa]

17. Duh! The parent probably didn't know about the rape until it became

clear the little girl was pregnant. At that point, they had to pack up and get her moved out of state for the next few days.

I doubt many ten year old girls call the police to report a rape.

[Nevilledog]

19. There will be no apologies from these RW evil fuckers

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

20. Oh yeah, reporting the rape of a child is such a fun gag! I'm

sure they get plenty of those every April 1st. And who doesn't love the attention of law enforcement when a parent "allows" their child to be raped?

[Nevilledog]

18. Well, shit...WSJ published this YESTERDAY

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-abortion-story-too-good-to-confirm-joe-biden-ten-year-old-girl-indiana-ohio-caitlin-bernard-11657648618?redirect=amp

https://archive.ph/liUMw



They called Biden a liar.

[Ilsa]

23. So they think the judge should release the name of a 10 year old rape victim?

The names of adult victims aren't even released by the media, much less a court.

[uponit7771]

27. +1, MAGA are ghoulish and revel in it

[Nevilledog]

30. I hadn't realized how much this was a thing

[madaboutharry]

35. Those two dumbasses.

It makes me so angry that stupid unqualified people get elected to public office where all they accomplish is hurting people with their ignorance.

[Celerity]

41. The WSJ Editorial Board needs to be removed from the rest of the paper

they are horrific RW'ers and yet the paper itself is of very good quality and standards

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. Murdoch's done quite a job on the Wall Street Urinal

I cancelled my subscription soon after he took over the paper.

[SouthBayDem]

46. Thankfully the WSJ retracted that editorial

https://archive.ph/hZ07P

Very insincere editorial in my view. It spends five paragraphs basically blaming everyone but themselves for causing the doubt (for instance: "The [Indianapolis] Star’s story was based on a single source and provided no other confirmation." Then changes the subject in the final paragraph: "These columns have long supported abortion rights, albeit far more limited than those allowed under Roe v. Wade."

Normally the WSJ has very high quality news reporting, but their editorials leave a LOT to be desired.

Link to tweet

One critique of the WSJ editorial (keep in mind the editorial board is separate from the newsroom):

Link to tweet

[rogue emissary]

33. If none of them show up.

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I was the ONLY reporter in the courtroom this morning as the man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl, impregnating her, leading to an abortion in Indiana, was arraigned.

This confirms that the case exists

[Cosmocat]

42. At the same time believing with every fiber of their being that

democrats run child prostitution rings and eat them when they are done with them.

[onecaliberal]

8. It's only raping a child why would they hold him?

[Sky Jewels]

9. Oh no! If he goes to prison, his male bodily autonomy might be compromised!

We can't have that!

[keithbvadu2]

11. Some republican thoughts on rape... a "misdeed of the parent"

Some republican thoughts on rape.

The rapist is called a 'parent'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212089664

A GOP state lawmaker who recently gave an impassioned speech about being raped as a 16 year old says she feels attacked after a Republican colleague passed out literature describing rape as a “misdeed of the parent” that doesn’t justify having an abortion.

[Timeflyer]

15. OMG

I'd forgotten about or didn't know about some of these. These horrible, horrible, heartless, hypocritical people.

[ancianita]

28. Yes, Evil is all smiles.

[duckworth969]

12. Flight risk fer cryin' out loud

WTF?!

[leftieNanner]

14. $2,000,000 bond

He was not released because he is undocumented and deemed a flight risk. Ya think?

The wording was unclear.

[lostnfound]

16. Ten years old. What an f'ing bastard he is. Nt

[question everything]

22. but.. but.. the WSJ editorial claims no proof

Medical professionals have a duty to report child rape to law enforcement, but Dr. Bernard won’t say where the alleged crime occurred or identify the Ohio doctor who referred the case. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost told Fox News on Monday that his office had heard “not a whisper” of such a crime from prosecutors, police and sheriffs in his state. You may not be surprised to learn that Dr. Bernard has a long history of abortion activism in the media.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-abortion-story-too-good-to-confirm-joe-biden-ten-year-old-girl-indiana-ohio-caitlin-bernard-11657648618

I do hope they eat their words.

and the cruel comments: What is the probability of a 10 year old being able to get pregnant?

[ancianita]

29. The right wing standard for victims' proof is the giving up of their privacy

Only right wing purveyors of fakery distrust reports by other media.

[Nevilledog]

31. Fox also

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Tweet text:

Justin Baragona
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Fox News host Emily Compagno, yesterday, on the story of a 10-year-old rape victim who had to go to Indiana for an abortion:

"What I find so deeply offensive, they had to make up a fake one!"

Meanwhile, the alleged rapist was just arrested and charged.

https://dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/…


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[wnylib]

40. Who has a stake in protecting rapists from

responsibility for their behavior? Who has an interest in dissembling and obfuscating in regard to a child being raped?

Rapists and pedophiles would have a stake in promoting such attitudes, wouldn't they?

[Sympthsical]

24. Good

A lot of people were looking for this guy. Even WaPo and WSJ couldn't find anything about this, and the AG was doing interviews about it.

Scums needs cleaning up.

[getagrip_already]

25. Her mom will probably receive more time than he will....

For transporting the child across state lines for an abortion. And she probably won't get bail.

[irisblue]

32. Dave Yost, Ohio AG went on fox & said the story was a lie.

His office put this out

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His fox interview

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Johnathan Turley published this in the NYPost.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/activist-tale-of-a-10-year-old-rape-victims-abortion-looks-like-a-lie/

snip-"the “Not a whisper.” That was Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, saying that his search for a notorious child rape case in his state had turned up nothing."
snip-"Yost, however, was equally curious about the absence of a criminal case. Under Ohio law, any such case must be reported to police and Yost’s office would likely be involved in any DNA testing that is common in such cases. He said his staff could not find a single police report or a lab case. Indiana law also requires medical professionals like Bernard to report such cases. So both the “child abuse doctor” and Bernard were presumably under an obligation to report the rape."



Either law enforcement did not tell Yost, the AG, about the on going search or Yost purposefully lied.
Both are bad.

[AngryOldDem]

34. I saw one post on the interwebs today questioning this...

….while hinting that somebody should doxx this child to prove it was true. To them, it was a good story told to conveniently make a point.

[Nevilledog]

43. They've pivoted to making it about immigration

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Tweet text:

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
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Jul 13, 2022
I think I have whiplash from how quickly right-wing media pivoted from “there is no 10 year-old rape victim, the abortion story is fake” to “an illegal immigrant raped her, that’s the real story.”

Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
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The “real story” is that you soulless villains tried to discredit a 10 year-old rape victim because you didn’t want to have to acknowledge how the laws you support re-victimized her. So you just tried to erase her instead.
1:15 PM · Jul 13, 2022

[NoMoreRepugs]

36. AG Yost should pound a big bag of salt up his ass.

Scumbag.

[Lunabell]

37. If the child had gotten an illegal abortion,

She and her helpers would probably have gotten more prison time than her rapist.

[LymphocyteLover]

39. Good. And fuck all the MAGAts who I saw crowing about how this was a fake story because some expose

they saw on fucking FoxNews

[dsharp88]

45. But Republicans said it was all a hoax!

You mean they lied???????