Woman ordered to give custody payments to man who fathered daughter through rape

Crysta Abelseth was reportedly impregnated by John Barnes when she was beneath the authorized age of consent (Image: WBRZ/Fb)

A lady within the US has been ordered to pay baby custody funds to the person she claims pressured her into intercourse when she was 16-year-old.

Crysta Abelseth was beneath the age of statutory consent when John Barnes, then 30, acquired her pregnant in 2005.

Beneath Louisiana regulation, the place the age of consent is 17, the encounter quantities to statutory rape, as an individual beneath that age will not be legally in a position to give consent.

Ms Abelseth, now 32, has at all times insisted she was attacked after he supplied to driver her dwelling after an evening out within the Metropolis of Hammond.

She informed WBRZ: ‘As a substitute of bringing me dwelling, he introduced me to his home…as soon as inside, he raped me on his front room sofa.’

When she gave beginning, Ms Abelseth stated she ‘let individuals imagine’ it was the kid of a boyfriend however her world was turned the wrong way up in 2011.

She continued: ‘When my daughter was 5 years previous, he discovered about her, and as soon as he discovered about her, he pursued custody and needed to take her away from me. 

‘They granted him 50/50 custody although [the child] was brought on by rape.’

Mr Barnes has been engaged in a custody battle over the kid he's organic father to (Image: WBRZ)

Ms Abelseth claims she has been informed to offer baby help funds to Mr Barnes (Image: Fb)

A DNA check confirmed he was the daddy. Mr Barnes informed the American outlet the kid is his however referred all different inquiries to his lawyer, who did present additional remark.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Mr Barnes by way of his enterprise for remark.

In 2015, Ms Abelseth pressed fees by way of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace however ‘it was by no means assigned to a detective, and nothing was ever investigated’, she stated, regardless of officers saying an investigation stays open.

Now he has been granted full custody of the kid after a court docket dispute over the availability of a cell phone.

The Louisiana Basis In opposition to Sexual Assault (LFASA) informed the outlet: ‘It appears fairly straight ahead that not solely did a criminal offense happen, however on account of the crime, this particular person mustn't have custody of the kid.’

A listening to is scheduled subsequent month after Ms Abelseth launched an attraction to revoke Barnes’ parental rights.

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