American nudists released from Brazilian jail pending sex-abuse trial

Saturday, January 17, 2009
American nudists released from Brazilian jail pending sex-abuse trial
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A U.S. couple indicted on charges of sexually abusing children at a Brazilian nudist colony has been released from jail pending trial.

Frederic Louderback and Barbara Anner must remain in Brazil, where officials hold their passports, until the trial, lawyer Vitor Peruchin told The Associated Press in an email late Friday.

The judges said in a statement last week they saw no reason to keep the couple in jail because all witnesses have already been interrogated and all evidence presented.

The couple was arrested in December 2007 and charged with sexually abusing 12 boys between the ages of six and 14. They face the possibility of 30 years in prison.

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Prosecutors say Anner lured the boys, all of whom lived in poor neighbourhoods near the colony, with promises of gifts, food and trips.

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