A county attorney in Utah has said a “tragically mentally ill woman” is behind allegations that he and his wife cannibalized children and participated in a ritualistic child-abuse ring.
At a June 1 press conference, Utah County Attorney David Leavitt said he found out about the old accusations in a 151-page investigative report, report the Salt Lake Tribune, the Gephardt Daily, the Deseret News, KSL NewsRadio, KUTV and Newsweek.
Leavitt called the allegations a “pack of lies” and questioned whether the woman’s false claims were the impetus for an investigation of ritualistic child abuse by the sheriff’s office.
“There is no organized ring of abuse,” Leavitt said. “It was debunked more than 10 years ago. The allegations that are there are so outlandish and so crazy that they’re just not true.”
Leavitt said the woman made sex-abuse claims against 15 to 20 people that were dismissed as not credible before he became the county attorney.
The report with the woman’s claims was posted on the website of a man charged with rape by Leavitt’s office. The man allegedly faked his death, fled the country and was living under an assumed name when he was arrested, according to the Deseret News.
The day before Leavitt’s press conference, Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith announced that his office is investigating a “ritualistic child sexual abuse and child sex-trafficking” ring that operated from the years 1990 to 2010.
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