Aug 24, 2022
RawNews1st – A 60 year old Claremore man pleads guilty in federal court to sexually abusing a girl, starting when she was 9 years old.
Federal prosecutors in Tulsa say Raymond Dudley pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery of a minor and sexual abuse.
The plea agreement calls for Dudley to serve between 40 and 45 years in prison. In his plea agreement, Dudley admitted he sexually abused the victim repeatedly between 2009 and 2013, from when she was 9 until she was 13.
Dudley continued to abuse the victim until 2013, when her older sister, who was no longer living at home, reported she too, had been sexually abused by Dudley.
The younger victim later said Dudley promised her in 2013, he would stop abusing her, if she lied about the sexual abuse to child protective services workers.
She agreed and denied any abuse when she was interviewed at the home in 2013. Based on that, DHS believed the older sister’s allegations were unsubstantiated and closed the case.
In 2015, the older girl again disclosed Dudley abused her, but the referral was closed, based on the 2013 investigation.
In 2021, the younger victim, now an adult, told someone she trusted about the abuse.
The person she told, talked to Dudley about the allegations and Dudley eventually admitted to the abuse but minimized his actions, suggesting the victim had “egged some of it on.”
Soon after, the victim made a report with Claremore Police Department and said Dudley abused her twice a week for years, starting when she was 9.
Investigators also spoke to the older victim who said Dudley started sexually abusing her when she was about 14 years old, until she was 18.
Child abuse experts says disclosing abuse is almost always a process for victims and many don’t tell right away for various reasons.
Including: threats, gifts, fear of the abuser, a lack of opportunity, not understanding what’s being done to them is illegal, fear of causing trouble in the family, or getting into trouble themselves.
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