HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK)– A taking a trip vet based in Houston was billed with sex-related battery of a small last month in Florida. The lawyer standing for the sufferer stated extra declared sufferers are stepping forward.
The Marion Region Constable’s Workplace stated 52-year-old Gregory Ford was jailed for sex-related battery of a sufferer in between 16 and 17 years old in September.
The criminal problem stated the teenager’s mom submitted a record with a constable’s workplace in Alabama concerning her little girl having a sex-related partnership with Ford.
According to the mom, her little girl began operating at his vet technique when she transformed 15 years of ages.
Lawyer Spencer Kuvin, the primary lawful police officer and lawsuits supervisor at GOLDLAW, stated he’s standing for the sufferer.
” Dr. Ford was in fact excellent close friends with the moms and dads of this girl,” Kuvin stated. “It is just one of the reasons that the moms and dads really felt comfy with having their youngster, that at the time was 16, trainee with Dr. Ford and take a trip with him from time to time to visit these various occasions to make sure that she might obtain educated as a vet specialist.”
The testimony explained Ford as a taking a trip vet focusing on efficiency equine treatment, with his technique based in Houston.
The criminal problem stated he took a trip to programs, races, and occasions in numerous states, consisting of Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi.
” Dr. Ford was greatly associated with the barrel auto racing globe,” Kuvin stated. “He would certainly take a trip and he would certainly have 1 or 2 or perhaps even 3 girls that would certainly go and help and end up being vet professionals for the program.”
Kuvin stated the teenager’s mom underwent her little girl’s cellular phone and located raunchy messages in between the teenager and Ford. The criminal problem stated the little girl supposedly confessed to police that she and Ford made love 3 or 4 times.
” At first, the girl assumed she remained in love. So, she was disturbed at her mom. She seethed. She was frightened. She was annoyed,” Kuvin stated. “Her temper averted from her mom and towards Dr. Ford, understanding what he had actually done and just how he had actually controlled her.”
Because of the taking a trip nature of his career, police stated they thought there might be extra sufferers throughout the nation.
Because Ford was billed, Kuvin stated he’s directly talked to at the very least 4 various other sufferers from various states.
” Via our conversations with the FBI, that are proceeding this examination and the hotline that they have actually established, we have actually discovered that there might be upwards of anywhere in between 12 to 15 prospective sufferers of Dr. Ford throughout the years,” Kuvin stated.
Authorities have actually not verified to ABC13 any kind of various other sufferers or costs versus Ford yet.
” There were a variety of girls that were obtaining the specific very same messaging from Dr. Ford,” Kuvin stated.
Partly of a declaration sent out to ABC13, supposedly composed by the young adult in this instance, she stated, “What must have been a favorable, career-building experience was become something deeply harmful and unsafe.”
Kuvin stated sufferers in these type of situations can occasionally condemn themselves for the scenario and not wish to discuss what’s taken place.
” While you may really feel guilty and you may really feel dismayed concerning what took place and seem like there’s some blame on you, there’s not,” Kuvin stated. “It’s not your mistake.”
Kuvin stated Ford’s accusation is set up for Oct. 28. Presently, Ford is still behind bars in Florida.
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