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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Legislature is moving forward with a bill that would criminalize “ritualistic” abuse of children.
“I’m speaking up for her. I’m speaking up for her because she’s the bravest little girl,” Baldree said. “If I could go back in time, I would hug her and tell her she is beautiful.” According to the bill, the word “ritual” means “an event or act or a series of events or acts marked by specific actions, gestures, or words, designed to commemorate, celebrate, or solemnize a particular occasion or significance in a religious, cultural, social, institutional, or other context.”“I was a whore at seven years old,” Baldree said. “The psychological effects from that are never-ending...
As part of her testimony, she addressed anyone who believes ritualistic abuse is simply a conspiracy theory.The bill is being sponsored by Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan. Brett Bluth, a survivor who also testified in favor of the bill, was interviewed by FOX 13 News in 2022 after the Utah County Sheriff’s Office announced it had received tips from more than 130 potential victims of ritualistic abuse.Bluth testified that he was the victim of ritualistic abuse at the hands of a Utah therapist named David Hamblin.Bluth said his therapy included “torture therapy, suffocation therapy, rape therapy.
“Without a doubt, these things do happen,” Smith said. “I was attacked . I was ridiculed. I’ve had memes made about me because of it.”
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