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ALLEGAN COUNTY [Michigan] -- The mother of four children victimized in one of the county's worst child-abuse cases admitted Friday she ignored her young daughter's complaints that her father molested her.
The abuse was documented in some of the 20,000 images of child *advertiser censored* found in an Allegan-area home shared by two families, sheriff's detectives said.
In pleading guilty to second-degree child abuse, Melissa Rupert, 27, said she failed to protect her then-8-year-old daughter from the girl's father, James Rupert, 27.
"(She) did tell me about James harming her sexually, and I didn't listen to her," Rupert told Allegan County Circuit Judge George Corsiglia.
"She told me that James had touched her in her private area," she said. "In hindsight, I should have listened to her because of events that occurred after she told me."
She and her husband earlier relinquished parental rights to the children.
Seven children, ages 9 and younger, lived in the house in Valley Township.
James Rupert is serving 17 1/2 to 50 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault. His father, Ronald Rupert, is serving 23 to 50 years in prison on three charges of first-degree sexual assault. Isaac Newton Kelly, 74, the great-grandfather of children in the other family, was sentenced earlier to 75 days in jail for possessing child *advertiser censored*. Police found one photo on his computer, but said it did not involve children in the house. His attorney said he was unaware of the abuse.
"(She) did tell me about James harming her sexually, and I didn't listen to her," Rupert told Allegan County Circuit Judge George Corsiglia.
"She told me that James had touched her in her private area," she said. "In hindsight, I should have listened to her because of events that occurred after she told me."
Seven children, ages 9 and younger, lived in the house in Valley Township.
James Rupert is serving 17 1/2 to 50 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault. His father, Ronald Rupert, is serving 23 to 50 years in prison on three charges of first-degree sexual assault. Isaac Newton Kelly, 74, the great-grandfather of children in the other family, was sentenced earlier to 75 days in jail for possessing child *advertiser censored*. Police found one photo on his computer, but said it did not involve children in the house. His attorney said he was unaware of the abuse.
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ALLEGAN COUNTY [Michigan] -- The mother of four children victimized in one of the county's worst child-abuse cases admitted Friday she ignored her young daughter's complaints that her father molested her.
The abuse was documented in some of the 20,000 images of child *advertiser censored* found in an Allegan-area home shared by two families, sheriff's detectives said.
In pleading guilty to second-degree child abuse, Melissa Rupert, 27, said she failed to protect her then-8-year-old daughter from the girl's father, James Rupert, 27.
"(She) did tell me about James harming her sexually, and I didn't listen to her," Rupert told Allegan County Circuit Judge George Corsiglia.
"She told me that James had touched her in her private area," she said. "In hindsight, I should have listened to her because of events that occurred after she told me."
She and her husband earlier relinquished parental rights to the children.
Seven children, ages 9 and younger, lived in the house in Valley Township.
James Rupert is serving 17 1/2 to 50 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault. His father, Ronald Rupert, is serving 23 to 50 years in prison on three charges of first-degree sexual assault. Isaac Newton Kelly, 74, the great-grandfather of children in the other family, was sentenced earlier to 75 days in jail for possessing child *advertiser censored*. Police found one photo on his computer, but said it did not involve children in the house. His attorney said he was unaware of the abuse.
"(She) did tell me about James harming her sexually, and I didn't listen to her," Rupert told Allegan County Circuit Judge George Corsiglia.
"She told me that James had touched her in her private area," she said. "In hindsight, I should have listened to her because of events that occurred after she told me."
Seven children, ages 9 and younger, lived in the house in Valley Township.
James Rupert is serving 17 1/2 to 50 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault. His father, Ronald Rupert, is serving 23 to 50 years in prison on three charges of first-degree sexual assault. Isaac Newton Kelly, 74, the great-grandfather of children in the other family, was sentenced earlier to 75 days in jail for possessing child *advertiser censored*. Police found one photo on his computer, but said it did not involve children in the house. His attorney said he was unaware of the abuse.
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