Was Abuse Letter To Santa Fabricated?
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Was Abuse Letter To Santa Fabricated?
An attorney who represents a Texas man whose stepdaughter wrote to Santa asking for an end to the sexual abuse she said she and her sister suffered says the abuse claims were fabricated.
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(January 10, 2009)--An attorney who represents a Texas man whose stepdaughter wrote to Santa asking help to end alleged sexual abuse says the accusations in the letter are made up.

Attorney Mauro Barreiro said the mother of Andres Enrique Cantu's two young stepdaughters helped fabricate the allegations.

He said the mother, who’s Cantu's wife, is in the country illegally and wanted the family to qualify for special visas available to some crime victims.

Barreiro also said Cantu, of Pharr, should not face two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child because his alleged crime does not meet the criteria for the charge.

Pharr police Lt. William Edmundson declined to provide a detailed response to Barreiro's assertions, citing the sensitive nature of the case.

On Friday, Barreiro unsuccessfully sought to have his client's $350,000 bond reduced.

Police allege that for as long as four years Cantu sexually abused the young sisters in their bedrooms while the girls slept or did their homework.

The 9-year-old's plea to Santa, written in December as a school assignment, launched the investigation and led to the first charge of continuous sexual abuse.

Cantu was also accused of abusing the girl's older sister, who was also mentioned in the letter.

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Posted by: UKNOW Location: HERE on Jan 13, 2009 at 02:00 PM

I am sorry! Back to MET E CO MOM AND DAUGHTERS - nice try! We have enough PERVS here without fabricating MORE stories!
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Posted by: me Location: here on Jan 13, 2009 at 01:44 PM

I would surley hope that this woman would not do such a horrible thing. For the sake of all involved. What if what he is saying is true? Maybe not but it is possible...this is america...home of ill do whatever to get it free or to benifit from. I hope the police take this serious because lives of many are on the line.
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Posted by: Irish Location: Austin on Jan 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM

That is why we they should get some kind of program to get these people legalized. It should would help and not have things like these come up
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