Jury Deliberations Will Continue Tuesday in the Stephen Budd Trial

By Brian Entin
WPTV
June 1, 2015

http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/closing-arguments-underway-in-stephen-budd-trial

Closing arguments started Monday in the case of a former Rosarian Academy Elementary School teacher accused of child molestation.

Stephen Budd is accused of molesting two Rosarian Academy students when they were in the fourth grade.

The girls, now in their late teens, testified about the alleged sexual abuse that happened in the classroom.

Prosecutors told the jury Monday afternoon that there is no reason the girls would make up the stories.

They also reminded the jurors about another witness who testified she was also abused years earlier.

Budd's defense attorneys argue that there is no physical evidence in the case.

The jury is expected to start deliberating Monday afternoon following closing arguments.