The Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Department is investigating a series of reports alleging \u201critualistic child sexual abuse\u201d and sex trafficking ring perpetrated by high-profile individuals in the state for over two decades.<\/p>\n
The department announced last week that it launched the investigation last April after speaking to victims from multiple counties and is urging the public to provide tips and more victims with knowledge of such crimes to step forward to receive assistance and aid.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn April of 2021, an investigation began into ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking that occurred in Utah County,\u201d the department said in a press release .\u201dThe ensuing investigation discovered that other victims had previously reported similar forms of ritualistic sexual abuse and trafficking that occurred in Utah County, Juab County and Sanpete County during the time between 1990 and 2010. Portions of these allegations were confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese allegations are being investigated by the Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Office in cooperation with other local and federal agencies,\u201d the Utah Sheriff\u2019s Department continued. \u201cWe are pleading with the public and encourage victims or individuals with knowledge of these crimes to contact the Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Office Special Victim\u2019s Unit so that they can be offered all the assistance possible.\u00a0We understand that there are individuals who have concerns for their safety and\/or well-being who have been silenced.\u00a0We need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Special Victims Unit Detectives with @UCSO<\/a>, working with investigators from multiple county and federal agencies are investigating reports of ritualistic child sexual abuse from as far back as 1990. We need your help. https:\/\/t.co\/eJ4rwoElkA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Utah County Sheriff (@UCSO) May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n The Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Office has not disclosed but the identity of the suspects under investigation, but \u201csome of the subjects of the investigation are high-profile Utahns,\u201d Fox13 reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n The department\u2019s announcement of the investigation prompted Utah County Attorney David Leavitt to hold a press conference calling for the resignation of Sherrif Mike Smith for \u201cmisuse of taxpayer and county resources.\u201d<\/p>\n Leavitt claimed he and his wife are named in the investigation and accused of engaging in ritualistic abuse and cannibalism.<\/p>\n\n The UCSO has not publicly named Leavitt as a suspect.<\/p>\n A victim told Fox13 that a therapist who was charged with a series of sex crimes against young female family members is a target of the investigation. The Utah County Attorney\u2019s Office previously dropped charges and the therapist was not convicted.<\/p>\n \u201cHypnosis was a big part of (my treatment). He told me from the very beginning, that that was his main technique,\u201d Bluth told Fox13. \u201c(He) would say, \u2018Do you want to be healed of your homosexuality, or not?\u2019 and the answer was yes.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the targets of the investigation was a therapist previously charged with a series of sex crimes against young female family members. <\/p>\n The Utah County Attorney’s Office dropped charges, and the man was not convicted. <\/p>\n Police reports indicate they had a taped confession. pic.twitter.com\/ZqXGQVsCyG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In March, Utah County Sherriff\u2019s Office rescued three women and arrested 21 people on a slew of drug and trafficking-related charges including sexual solicitation and unlawful sexual conduct, as a result of an undercover operation to combat human sex trafficking.<\/p>\n The group charged represents only a small margin of the overall sex trafficking problem in Utah, Lt. Jason Randall warns<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t even the tip of the iceberg. This is like a snowflake on an iceberg. We are barely scratching the service,\u201d Randal said during a press conference. \u201cOne of the individuals that showed up brought rope, brought tape, brought toys, brought lingerie. And this person was under the understanding they\u2019d be meeting with a 13-year-old child.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt in my mind that we have saved multiple other child victims because this man is a perpetrator and he showed up with the intent of doing harm to a 13-year-old girl.\u201d<\/p>\n WATCH:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Utah Police Launch Investigation Into \u2018Ritualistic\u2019 Child Sex Abuse, County Attorney Demands Sheriff Resign<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Utah County Sheriff\u2019s Department is investigating a series of reports alleging \u201critualistic child sexual abuse\u201d and sex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n