Social Worker Testifies

Social Worker Testifies

By WBNG News

A Chenango County Social Worker testifies about conversations with a girl who claims she was sexually abused for money and rent.

49 year old Dean Sacco of New Jersey and 46 year old Linda O'Connor of Norwich are charged with sex trafficking and child pornography in Federal Court in Binghamton.

A Norwich girl claims she was forced to have sex with Sacco to settle rent.

A social worker says the girl talked of Sacco rapping her 7 times.

The girl claimed sometimes O'Connor was present and the two gave her alcohol.

And the girl mentioned another man, George Lang, as one of her abusers.

He had lived in Delaware County and is now deceased.

The social worker also said the victim attempted suicide more than once.

Under cross examination, the social worker admitted to keeping in contact with the victim through My Space.

The defense showed pictures of the workers MySpace page showing people drinking shots, crude messages and cartoons.

The social worker admitted the victim had access to those messages.

And the victim's own MySpace page said she was 17 years old.

She was only 13 at the time.

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