CPS admits more sect 'girls' are adults
May 21, 2008, 4:55AM
And others are expected to be reclassified soon
By TERRI LANGFORD and LISA SANDBERG
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANGELO — Ten "girls" taken into custody by Texas Child Protective Services have convinced the agency they are really adults and more are expected to be similarly reclassified this week, weakening the agency's claim that dozens of underage girls were forced by a polygamist sect to have sex with older men.
On Tuesday, six more "girls" were deemed adults, including 27-year-old Leona Allred, whose lawyer insisted CPS knew from the beginning that her client was an adult.
"My client showed them the same documents they showed them from the beginning: a valid Arizona driver's license and a birth certificate," said Andrea Sloan.
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