three counts of
child molestation this morning in
Atlanta, Georgia, over
13 years after the first allegations
that he sodomized three young boys were made.
As a condition of his plea, Kramer was given 5 years for
each count to run concurrently which a judge reduced to
34 months of house arrest , ordered to pay a $100,000
fine to each of his victims, and is required to register as
a sex offender.
HOUSE ARREST for molestation after avoiding
prosecution for 13 years!
In October of 2000, two boys, then 13 and 15, alleged
that he had molested them while they slept over at the
science-fiction conference creator's house.
Just before prosecutors were set to go to trial in 2003, a
third young man came forward with allegations of his
own which dated back to 1996.
Kramer has avoided a trial for the past 13 years citing
health reasons which would prohibit him from spending
full days in a court room.
Doctors have stated that he could only handle up to
three hours at a time in court because of his use of a
respirator, and that he would require a 90 minute break
in between each 3 hour court session, making going to
trial nearly impossible.
A Gwinnett County district attorney stated in 2010 that
he believed much of Kramer's health complaints to be
fabricated to avoid going to trial.
Earlier this year, Kramer's former business partners
announced that he would no longer profit from Dragon
Con when former attendees threatened to boycott the
conference because of the molestation charges. He was
paid an undisclosed amount for his share of the
conference.
No comments:
Post a Comment