Shortly after being removed from her home by social workers and placed in foster care, an allegedly abused four-year-old girl suggested having "sex in the bathtub."

That was the disturbing evidence heard yesterday when the victim's first foster mother took the stand at the Edmonton trial of the girl's mother and stepfather.

 

 

 

Diane LaRose testified she was "quite shocked" when she was giving the child her first bath at her new home and the girl asked her to take off her clothes and get in.

"She told me I was going to be the dad and we were going to have sex in the bathtub," said LaRose, adding the girl also described specific sexual acts they were going to do.

"She told me I would like it and it would feel good."

The veteran foster mother testified the young girl, now five, used the actual word "sex" and said her demeanour and tone of voice was more like an adult than a child.

LaRose also told court the child would dance in an exotic way - lifting up her shirt and showing her breasts - would sing songs with obscene lyrics and would fly into rages where she would swear at her and call her nasty names.

She also described a bed-wetting incident where she went to talk to the child about it and said the girl cowered against the wall and began begging for forgiveness.

"It seemed like she thought I was going to hit her."

On Tuesday, a psychologist testified the girl has been diagnosed as suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and said the child disclosed her stepdad had sexually assaulted her and "mom and dad had sex with her."

Yesterday, a child abuse specialist from the Stollery Children's Hospital testified she found bruises, but no evidence of sexual activity, when she examined the girl.

However, Dr. Melanie Lewis explained that is typical in 95% of cases involving the sexual abuse of children, unless caught within 48 hours, due to their quick healing.

The Court of Queen's Bench trial has earlier heard eyewitness accounts describing the child being handcuffed to a box and made to stand on it, being punched and slapped by her parents and being deprived of water.

One witness testified the girl was always thirsty because she was rationed drinks due to wetting the bed.

The witness said she saw the girl sprayed with a water bottle and taunted with not getting her milk if she didn't eat her food.

The woman said the girl was so desperate for something to drink that she once drank a mixture of Miracle-Gro liquid fertilizer and water, used for the Christmas tree.

There has also been evidence of the girl drinking her own urine, being forced to sit with her stepdad on the couch while he watched porn, and dancing "like a stripper."

The 22-year-old mother and 25-year-old stepfather each face multiple charges, including ones for sexual offences, assault causing bodily harm, pot growing, unlawful confinement and causing a child to need protective services.

They cannot be named to protect the identity of the child.

 

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