LOUISIANA
The Times-Picayune
By Ken Daley, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
A New Orleans man who is a nationally known Wiccan high priest, musician and author suggested through his attorney Wednesday (April 5) that a bitter ex-wife is responsible for the trove of child pornography videos found on his computer three years ago by Louisiana State Police.
In opening arguments in the child porn case of Kenneth “Kenny” Klein, defense attorney Bradley Phillips told jurors his client’s ex-wife was a software expert and Wiccan high priestess, who with Klein established the nature-worshipping Blue Star tradition of Wicca. Phillips said Klein and Dr. Tzipora Katz, who in the 1980s performed folk music at Pagan festivals and Renaissance fairs under the moniker Kenny and Tzipora, divorced in 1992. Allegations that Klein had sexually molested children and shared child pornography began after their divorce, Phillips said.
“You can’t imagine the hell that this woman has put Kenny Klein through for the last 30 years,” Phillips told the jury. “And remember, computers are not some Fort Knox. They’re not impenetrable.”
He added: “We’re not contesting that these were found on the computer belonging to Kenny Klein. It will horrify you, but you will learn it also horrifies Mr. Klein.”
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