In an Iowa courtroom, an astonishing case of sex and Alzheim

[wendy]

IRepublican politician, 78, accused of sexually abusing his wife because as a dementia suffer she no longer had the ability to consent while in a nursing home

Henry Rayhons, 78, is preparing to stand trial in Iowa for sexually assaulting his wife Donna Lou Rayhons
Suffering from dementia and Alzheimers, she had been moved into a nursing home by her daughters from a previous marriage last year
Doctors had told Rayhons that his wife of seven years was no longer mentally capable of legally consenting to have sex
He ignored the request and charges were filed against him days after his wife died last August
Rayhons faces 10 years in prison if he is found guilty of sexual abuse charges


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[annie]

If his wife was unable to agree to sex because of her alzheimers, then it was rape. What a selfish randy old man!

[Rosalind]

If she was not capable of consenting to sex because of her Alzheimer then it is rape, what a horrible man.

[wendy]

He could get 8 years in jail, please look out for the result, I am interested to read what happens.