FLORIDA
Palm Beach Post
Whether an older, third accuser will testify against former Rosarian Academy teacher Stephen Budd was a topic of discussion this morning at what could be one of the last hearings before his scheduled May 26 trial on child molestation charges.
Budd was arrested in April 2013 on sexual assault, cruelty towards a child and other charges related to claims that he traded candy for sex with two students at the private Catholic school in West Palm Beach.
As part of the investigation, authorities arranged calls between the alleged victims, who told police that during the 2006-07 school year, Budd would give them “Budd bucks,” which she explained was candy in return for sexual acts.
At this morning’s hearing, prosecutor Jessica Kahn filed paperwork asking CIrcuit Judge Karen Miller to allow jurors to hear testimony from another former Budd student who claims Budd behaved inappropriately with her more than a decade ago at a Riviera Beach Catholic school.
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