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ISABELLE ZEHNDER AND HER WHITMORE BLOG
Anonymous:
Is there a name for dual blogging or bloggettes? :rofl:
http://www.thewhitmoreacademy.blogspot.com/
Anonymous:
The "Bloggettes" seem to sing the same tune to the same set of falsehoods. Be careful, "Bloggettes," your lies will be exposed.
ZenAgent:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---http://whitmoreacademy.blogspot.com/
If the state couldn't prove it's case, why not just drop the charges?
Wouldn't that be the judicially proper thing to do?
--- End quote ---
Good question. The state wouldn't have filed charges against Sudweeks without having a case. How often do you read about murder cases where the defendants cop a plea bargain? It never means they're innocent, only cooperating in order to get a reduced sentence.
Izzy says:
"This person has obviously not done his or her research - those facts are incorrect. First, the Sudweeks were not criminally charged for abusing children at the Whitmore. "
I disagree. The Sudweeks were not charged...Cheryl was, though.
Juab accuses school owner of child abuse
By Amy Joi Bryson
Deseret Morning News
June 14, 2005
Already expelled from Mexico and accused of animal cruelty in Canada, the operator of a private youth boarding school in Nephi now faces criminal charges related to alleged abuse and neglect of students in the program.
Child welfare investigators said they substantiated eight instances of physical abuse, educational neglect, medical neglect and environmental neglect last fall against the Whitmore Academy in Nephi, which typically has about 30 students.
Last week, Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge has filed seven misdemeanor counts of child abuse and hazing against co-owner Cheryl Sudweeks, 50.
The alleged incidents happened from April 2003 through November 2004 and involve four victims.
Eldridge, while declining to go into much detail, said his evidence suggests Sudweeks either directly caused harm to the victims or allowed others to commit the abuse.
His office is continuing to conduct additional investigations that may result in more charges against her.
Izzy also wrote:
"Second, Cheryl was not forbidden from opening any facility in Utah again. She goes on to say CAICA is worried because we referred children there. CAICA is not a referral agency so never referred any child there."
Plea deal for ex-school operator
She agrees not to run another rehab facility in Juab
By Linda Thomson
Deseret Morning News
September 22, 2006
The former operator of a therapeutic school for troubled youths who has been kicked out of Mexico and accused of starving horses in Canada has agreed not to run another rehabilitation school in Juab County.
The agreement in Cheryl Sudweeks' case was reached this week as part of a plea bargain in a hazing incident involving students at the now defunct Whitmore Academy in Nephi, once operated by Cheryl Sudweeks and her husband, Mark.
Sudweeks, 51, pleaded no contest to four charges of attempted hazing, all class C misdemeanors. She was originally charged with six counts of child abuse, class A misdemeanors, and two counts of hazing, one a class A misdemeanor and the other a class B misdemeanor. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for purposes of sentencing.
The charges stem from claims by four teens that they had been abused at the facility, where investigators insist there were instances of physical abuse, as well as medical, educational and environmental neglect.
The grandmother of one of the victims is furious over the plea deal reached — insisting a child abuser got off easy. Even the prosecutor is muted in his praise for the outcome of the criminal case, calling it the best he could get under the circumstances.
"These kids made some allegations of abuse and I completely believe them. That's why I filed the case. But the fact that I believe them is one thing, whether a jury is going to believe is a whole different question," Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge said.
The plea bargain allowed Sudweeks to enter a "plea in abeyance," which means the case will be closed in 12 months and the charges dismissed as long as she complies with the court's terms.
Those terms issued out the 4th District include completing 50 hours of community service and payment of a fine. Sudweeks also signed an agreement promising to never run a youth program in the county for the rest of her life.
"After discussing this case in the office and with other prosecutors I know, I felt this was a good way to resolve this case," Eldridge said. "It addresses some of the concerns I have — not all of them — but it resolves Mrs. Sudweeks to a be a law-abiding citizen for a year. Even if we got a conviction, that's all the probation she would have been given anyway. It requires her to pay a fine and do community service.
"And it shuts her down, at least here in Juab County, so they can't do business here. I believe it effectively shuts them down in the state of Utah," Eldridge said, adding that he forwarded the plea agreement to state officials over licensing.
Susan Schacherer, grandmother of a girl who was Sudweeks' boarding school for about a year, is convinced her granddaughter was repeatedly abused and humiliated.
Schacherer said the plea bargain is a slap on the wrist that sends the message that Cheryl Sudweeks can rough up minors and face no consequences. "For all intents and purposes, she got away with it," Schacherer said.
Sudweeks' lawyer, James Merrell, thinks otherwise: "Cheryl Sudweeks has had her life destroyed by the actions of some gullible people who work for the government who believe the words of kids that have a long history of lying and manipulating."
While the criminal case has been resolved, the families of four young people have filed a civil lawsuit against the Sudweekses seeking financial compensation.
So, Izzy, let me correct you:
Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge filed seven misdemeanor counts of child abuse and hazing against co-owner Cheryl Sudweeks. Cheryl was criminally charged.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for purposes of sentencing. Also, 50 hours of community service and a fine don't normally follow the "innocent" out of a court room.
"And it shuts her down, at least here in Juab County, so they can't do business here. I believe it effectively shuts them down in the state of Utah," Eldridge said, adding that he forwarded the plea agreement to state officials over licensing.
Oh yeah, Izzy, the Sudweeks are indeed shut down in Juab County.
Eldridge makes reference to the licensing difficulties Whitmore was having, and he's right, the Sudweeks are done in Utah. They've run off to burrow deep, and that begs the question: Izzy, why are you going to such extremes to defend these people? You're looking for scapegoats, and in the process you're starting to look like one of the lunatic fringe-conspiracy freak crowd. Been reading David Icke lately, Izzy?
Anonymous:
Isabelle Zehnder can sing the praises of the Suds all she wants and try to blame the demise of their program on the efforts of a single parent, Joyce Harris, but the fact is, if one parent was all it took to close down a facility, there would be very few programs operating in the State of Utah, it at all, or elsewhere for that matter. (Remember Majestic Ranch Isabelle, which you even wrote a report about? Still open last time I heard!)
Second, it bears repeating that Harris was not found to be in violation of any laws.
:roll:
Anonymous:
It aslo bears REPEATING:
That Isabelle Zehnder continues to defend the Sudweeks, and the defunct Whitmore Academy; and the Sudweeks have broken laws in THREE COUNTRIES:
Mark Sudweeks was convicted of FELONY animal abuse in Canada, and he lost the appeal, REGINA vs SUDWEEKS.
He was fined over $100,000 and was banned from owning animals in Canada for LIFE.
The Sudweeks were evicted from Mexico for running a school/program without out a license.
Cheryl Sudweeks accepted a plea bargain in the criminal case for the charges of abuse/hazing of 4 children who were former students at Whitmore Academy and has been forbidden to operate a facility in Juab County for LIFE.
Isabelle Zehnder's WHITMORE BLOG is filled with mis-statements which have been pointed out and documented; yet she does not correct these BLOGS, WHY?
Why is Isabelle Zehnder, a self-proclaimed "advocate" supporting proven, convicted criminals?
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