From jsonline: Billionaire Johnson heir gets brief jail term in sex assault case
After three years of pre-trial litigation that went all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court — twice — a Racine County billionaire who had been facing felony charges he sexually assaulted a girl pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors.
The victim in the case had moved to North Carolina, said she wished the case would be dismissed, and fought legal efforts to make her come to Wisconsin to testify.
Samuel Curtis “Curt” Johnson III, was charged in 2011 with indecently touching a girl when she was between ages 12 and 15. Johnson, 59, is an heir to the S.C. Johnson household products company fortune.
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Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail with Huber privileges after 60 days and fined $6,000. He will not have to register as a sex offender.
Several of Johnson’s relatives, including his mother, were present, though none spoke. The victim’s mother was also present, but also made no statement to the court.
The facts as reported are accurate but very incomplete. Mysteriously so since they are easily available on-line.
Note that this child was sexually molested over a period of at least three years. Not by a stranger. In the home. This molestation was reported to the authorities by a counseling therapist (psychiatrist, psychologist, MFCC), a legal requirement, that was told of the abuse by either the perpetrator or the victim. There is no recovery from long-term sexual abuse. It’s with a victim for her/his entire life.
The victim is Mr. Johnson’s step-daughter. She would have been four or five years old when her mother married Mr. Johnson. She has three younger sisters (half-siblings).
Her mother describes herself as:
I’m a redeemed child of God and the momma to four vivacious daughters. I’m passionate about finding hidden blessings in the trials of life, living it out in an honest and open way, while encouraging those around me to believe in better.
As for divorce, she says that God has called me to stay.
Their new $3.4 million, lakefront home in North Carolina has made for a new lifestyle that the family has eased into. But money and/or God can’t heal fractured family bonds of trust.
For the sake of all her children, hope that God now tells Ms. Johnson not to stay.