Couple Made Sex Slaves Of Mentally Ill

[TheGarbbageManPorn]

A US couple has been convicted of enslaving residents of a home for the mentally ill they ran, forcing them to work naked and perform sex acts in what one prosecutor described as "a never-ending pornographic movie".
Arlan Kaufman, 69, and his wife, Linda, 62, were convicted in federal court in Wichita of 30 charges - including health care fraud, forced labour and holding clients in involuntary servitude - in their treatment of residents at the Kaufman House Residential Treatment Centre in Newton, Kansas.

Prosecutors contended the Kaufmans controlled the lives of mentally ill residents, including deciding who could wear clothes.

They were found guilty of forcing residents to masturbate, fondle each other and shave each other's genitals - activities that Arlan Kaufman videotaped.

The Kaufmans face up to 20 years in prison for each of the conspiracy, forced labour and involuntary servitude charges; up to 10 years for each of the health care fraud charges; and up to five years for each of the other charges.

"Justice is about speaking for those least able to speak for themselves," said US lawyer Eric Melgren.

He said the convictions came from a wealth of evidence and the "courage of victims who took the stand in the face of their oppressor of years".

Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Centre of Kansas, noted it took more than 20 years for the Kaufmans' victims to get justice.

"We hope justice today will become full justice through sentencing," said Nichols, who is representing 11 former residents in civil litigation.

Attorney-General Phill Kline said it was important for the state to pass stricter controls of group homes for the mentally ill, particularly conflict of interest issues that allowed the Kaufmans to be landlords, guardians and service providers at the home.

The Kaufmans incorporated their unlicensed treatment centre in 1980 and ran it until their arrests in October 2004. Their crimes dated to 1984.

The servitude counts arose from manual labour the residents did at the Kaufmans' farm and from their part in the videos, which prosecutors called "stomach-turning". According to the indictment, the Kaufmans created the videos to sell them.

In closing arguments, US Department of Justice civil rights lawyer Kristy Parker said residents were turned into "uncompensated actors in a never-ending pornographic movie".

But Arlan Kaufman, whose social work licence was suspended in 2001, insisted the residents' behaviour was voluntary. He testified that he videotaped the residents so they could see themselves more objectively when their judgment was not so clouded or emotionally charged.

Arlan Kaufman's lawyer, Tom Haney, argued that video footage of the alleged crimes proved nothing other than successful treatment. He urged jurors to look at the tapes and see how happy the residents were.

"It was therapy. No one was harmed. They were helped," he said in closing arguments.

[sfera]

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[seeric]

like 40000 threads of news on the front page

[loxapinedreams]

I wanna know ... why the fuck did it take so long for these pieces of shit to get caught? where were the fucking state board of health when it was inspection time? where is the socail worker who is responsible for each of these people? and its not one for all residents... where the fuck was the families...
??
yet your dog barks for more than five minutes out of an hour on the beach in santa monica.. the spca is all over your ass.

someone explain this to me!

two fucking pieces of garbage making a living off tax dollars paid to them to look after these helpless yet.. they make the bank, and get their rocks off? They should investigate the whole fucking lot of them... from the trailer trash.. to the person who sign the checks.
unfucking believable.

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[AaronM]

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[J3XO]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
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KANSAS COUPLE CONVICTED ON INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE CHARGES
FOR ABUSING MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that Arlan Kaufman, 69, and his wife, Linda Kaufman, 62, were convicted on federal charges for forcing mentally ill patients to perform sexually explicit acts on videotape and to perform physical labor in the nude. The jury found Arlan Kaufman guilty on 31 federal counts and Linda Kaufman guilty on 30 federal counts, including involuntary servitude, forced labor, conspiracy, healthcare fraud, mail fraud, and Medicare fraud.

"Profiting from the systematic abuse and degradation of some of societyhahaha65533;s most vulnerable citizens, these defendants showed no regard for human dignity and exploited the residents entrusted to their care," said Bradley J. Schlozman, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "Todayhahaha65533;s verdict sends a clear message that society will not tolerate this form of modern-day slavery."

For over 24 years, the Kaufmans operated Kaufman House in Newton, Kansas, a home for mentally ill patients where Arlan Kaufman, a social worker, routinely forced and coerced his patients to engage in nude "therapy" sessions, which Kaufman documented on videotapes he stored in his bedroom. The videotapes, some of which were played for the jury during the four-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, depicted Arlan Kaufman directing the victims to perform sexually explicit acts in front of other patients. In some of the videotapes, Arlan Kaufman can be seen sexually assaulting victims.

Several victims testified at trial that Arlan Kaufman also forced them to perform manual farm labor in the nude. The victimshahaha65533; testimony was corroborated by Butler County Sheriffhahaha65533;s Deputies who discovered four Kaufman House patients, naked, working around the farm under the Kaufmanshahaha65533; supervision.

Testimony at trial established that the defendants kept their mentally ill victims compliant by creating a "climate of fear" at Kaufman House through threats, force, manipulation, and constant abuse. Witnesses testified that the Kaufmans established strict rules and punished violators by taking away residentshahaha65533; clothes. In addition, the Kaufmans isolated residents from friends and family, and on one occasion used a stun gun on a residenthahaha65533;s testicles.

Linda Kaufman, a registered nurse, helped her husband enforce the house rules and participated in fraudulently billing the government for the "therapy" provided at Kaufman House. In addition, when patients revealed to relatives or outside health care providers that Arlan Kaufmanhahaha65533;s treatment included nude therapy sessions, Linda Kaufman denied the allegations and assured outsiders that the victimshahaha65533; allegations were "delusions" resulting from their mental illnesses.

The Justice Department has increased prosecutions of human trafficking cases in recent years. Since 2001, the Justice Department has opened 493 investigations and prosecuted 289 traffickers - more than three times the number prosecuted over the prior five year period. The conviction rate for these cases is nearly 100%.

Civil Rights Division attorneys Lisa Krigsten and Kristy Parker and Assistant United States Attorney Tanya Treadway prosecuted this case for the government. The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General.

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[tony286]

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