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Man found guilty in rape of young girl By BRAD DICKERSONGlasgow Daily Times Lindsey added that Scott knew the child was on medications.
One witness for the prosecution, however, testified that Scott bragged about what he had done. Jon Michael Jr., a convicted felon for drug possession charges and failure to register as a sex offender, according to assistant commonwealth’s attorney Traci Peppers, told jurors that he and Scott shared a cell together at the Barren County Correctional Center in April and May of this year. While they were incarcerated, Michael testified that Scott admitted to having sex with the girl and said no jury would believe her story because she was on medication and there was no physical evidence against him. During cross examination by defense attorney Paul Vanni, Michael said he wrote letters to the Commonwealth’s attorney’s office and told them about Scott’s alleged confession. He added that he did not expect anything out of it, but was hoping he may get probation. “I wouldn’t put this on nobody if it weren’t true,” Michael said. On redirect by Peppers, Michael said he is now in a Louisville halfway house and is expecting to be on probation when he completes the program. If he fails to meet the requirements, Michael said, he goes to jail for five years. When Scott took the stand in his own defense, he testified that he and his wife did babysit for the victim on occasion, but they hadn’t since January 2007 and he never took care of her by himself. He told jurors that he did go over to the girl’s apartment once to borrow bread and, when he walked in, saw the grandfather rubbing the child’s bare buttocks. “He jumped up real quick and I just walked out,” Scott said. The grandfather was eventually called as a rebuttal witness and denied ever molesting the girl or having sex with her. He added that, on Wednesday, he watched the victim, as well as Scott’s two children and a neighbor’s child, while his wife was at the Commonwealth’s attorney’s office. After the trial, Peppers said no charges have been or will be filed against the grandfather. “There’s absolutely no evidence that this man did anything to this child,” she said. 
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