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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Who Am I Discovery/Whitmore => Topic started by: Anonymous on August 22, 2006, 09:19:13 PM
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Alert
July 22, 2006
Subject: Cheryl Sudweeks, Owner of Whitmore Academy
ISAC has learned that Cheryl Sudweeks, owner of Whitmore Academy in Utah, has been offered a plea deal by Juab County Attorney, Jared Eldridge.
Sudweeks is scheduled to stand trial next month on 7 counts of child abuse and hazing. Child welfare investigators said they substantiated eight instances of physical abuse, educational neglect, medical neglect and environmental neglect.
According to the plea deal, Cheryl Sudweeks will only have to:
1) Obey all laws.
2) Write a letter to Eldridge stating she attempted to haze 4 students and will not open another program in Juab County.
3) Pay any damages awarded in the current civil case against Sudweeks and Whitmore Academy.
4) Stay away from any program or school dealing with teenagers.
After one year her record will be expunged.
It is exactly THIS kind of lax "prosecution" that allows abusive program owners to simply relocate and carry on with business as usual.
ISAC encourages everyone to contact Jared Eldridge and Judge Lynn Davis and voice your outrage to this ridiculous bargain that would allow a confessed child abuser to have no criminal record at all.
Jared Eldridge
Juab County Attorney
160 North Main Street
Nephi, Utah 84648
(435) 623-3460
Fax: (435) 623-8919
Email: [email protected]
Judge Lynn W. Davis
Fourth District Court, Provo
125 North 100 West
Provo, Utah 84601
(801)-429-1063
Fax: (801) 429-1137
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What a bunch of crap:
Attempted hazing?
Since when is throwing a child down a flight of stairs anything except criminal child abuse?
And that is just one example of what this woman did to one of the victims in this case.
Hope everyone here on Fornits will take a stand, and let this prosecutor and judge hear from people.
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And she would have the whole thing wiped clean after one year! That is outrageous. !0 years maybe. Assuming she kept her nose clean and got therapy.
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"Obey the laws"
That's a good one.
Aren't all citizens expected to OBEY THE LAWS?
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You've got to be fucking kidding me.
Does this remind anyone else of the joke trials that would happen when racists in the Deep South would commit crimes against blacks?
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Write a letter to Eldridge, huh?
Think he will read it?
Doesn't appear he bothered to read a stack of police reports, does it? Or, he just might be putting this child-abusing bitch under the jail.
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When does #4 go into effect? Aren't the Suds housing kids right now?
Who will oversee and enforce such an agreement?
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Think Mr. Eldridge might reconsider, and try her butt?
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He might eventually after her pussy's stretched out too far.
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Utah is corrupt. No program owner has ever been held criminally responsible for anything.
Like the polygamy deal. They don't want the truth exposed. It's all damage control.
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Oh, 3 Springs. Mr. Eldridge probably read that email, and is praying for your sinful, cussing soul.
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Article Last Updated: 9/21/2006 06:24 AM
Whitmore Academy abuse case nears end
By Kirsten Stewart
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Posted: 6:31 AM- Whitmore Academy owner Cheryl Sudweeks has all but resolved accusations of child abuse that have haunted her and her Nephi boarding school for more than three years.
Earlier this week, Sudweeks entered a no-contest plea to four counts of attempted hazing, a class C misdemeanor. In doing so, Sudweeks agreed to pay her alleged victims any restitution that might be awarded in a civil lawsuit, and a $555 fine.
She also must complete 50 hours of community service and is barred from ever operating or being involved with another teen help program in Juab County.
Her plea is being held in abeyance, which means if Sudweeks upholds these terms, all charges will be dropped.
Sudweeks and her husband, Mark Sudweeks, co-owner of the now-defunct Whitmore Academy, declined to comment on the case.
Their lawyer, Jim Merrell, is pleased with the outcome and stressed that Sudweeks maintains her innocence. But Merrell lamented how negative publicity has "devastated" the family financially and emotionally.
Due to declining enrollment, Whitmore closed about a year ago, and the Sudweekses put the historic mansion that housed the school up for sale.
"It's a shame. For 20 years, they've done everything under the sun to help troubled kids," said Merrell. "This is just another example of the abuses of Utah's Division of Child and Family Services. The agency has a lot of power and can destroy people's lives with very little evidence."
Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge acknowledged that parents of the alleged victims are unhappy and feel "abandoned" by the system.
Sudweeks was originally charged with five misdemeanor counts of child abuse and two counts of hazing for allegedly humiliating and physically harming four children under her care in 2003 and 2004.
Eldridge stands by those charges, but said he feared a jury trial would have exposed credibility problems with witnesses.
"This was the best deal we could get," said Eldridge. "It was a struggle for me. But I told the families that I have to live in reality."
Merrell said the Sudweekses have no ties to other youth programs in Utah or elsewhere, but he could not speak to their future plans.
There is nothing preventing Mark Sudweeks from opening another school. And if in a year, Cheryl Sudweeks clears her name, she too will be free to open a youth program outside of Juab County under state Human Services Licensing rules.
The Sudweekses have had minor scuffles with the law before for animal neglect in Canada and illegally operating a Mexico teen program in violation of their tourist visas. In Utah, Whitmore was cited for repeat fire code violations.
[email protected]
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FUCK YOU CHERYL YOU CHILD ABUSING, SCUM SUCKING, WHORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why don't you tell us how you really feel? :rofl:
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FUCK YOU CHERYL YOU CHILD ABUSING, SCUM SUCKING, WHORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I believe Cheryl. People are just trying to be manipulative..
http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/whi ... 41202.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/whitmorestmt041202.html)
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Yeah, I read that back in 04. I believe the kids that were abused and I'm laughing my ASS off at Cheryl and the tiny handful of blind devotees she's got.
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The people who don't believe her no doubt have ulterior motives for proclaiming their allegations of abuse. And I'd say that you could apply that "small handful" comment to yourself and a few others here in the opposite sense. :roll:
Have a nice day. :wave:
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FUCK YOU CHERYL YOU CHILD ABUSING, SCUM SUCKING, WHORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Typical impotent rage coming from someone with no credibility. Get a life.
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FUCK YOU CHERYL YOU CHILD ABUSING, SCUM SUCKING, WHORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Typical impotent rage coming from someone with no credibility. Get a life.
Well said.
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Screw your twisted sense of credibility. She fucking PLED OUT asshole.
GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!!!!!!
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Oh well. So much for trolling this thread. Dammit.
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Screw your twisted sense of credibility. She fucking PLED OUT asshole.
GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!!!!!!
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Guilty as charged?? That's not what the paper reported - do you have some inside information that the court wasn't aware of???" :wstupid: If not, you appear to have a serious reading problem ::deal:: - ohhh. . .is that Cheryl's fault too??? . . . and. . . speaking of credibility issues - what exactly was it that the prosecutor had to say about the credibility of the so-called "victims"????[/color]
"Earlier this week, Sudweeks entered a [/color][/u][/size] plea to four counts of [/b] hazing, a class C misdemeanor."[/b][/size]
"Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge acknowledged that parents of the alleged victims are unhappy and feel "abandoned" by the system.
Sudweeks was [/u]originally charged with five misdemeanor counts of child abuse and two counts of hazing[/color][/b] for allegedly humiliating and physically harming four children under her care in 2003 and 2004.
Eldridge stands by those charges, but said he feared a jury trial would have exposed [/color]credibility problems[/color][/b][/u] with witnesses. ::bangin::
"This was the best deal we could get," said Eldridge. "It was a struggle for me. But I told the families that I have to live in reality." [/b] **(Apparently most of the people on this website haven't quite caught on to that concept.)**[/b]
"There is nothing preventing Mark Sudweeks from opening another school. And if in a year, Cheryl Sudweeks clears her name, she too will be free to open a youth program outside of Juab County under state Human Services Licensing rules."
[/b]Charge 1 - 76-5-107.5 - ATTEMPTED HAZING Class A Misdemeanor
(amended) to Class C Misdemeanor
Plea: September 18, 2006 No Contest
Disposition: September 18, 2006 Plea in abeyance
Charge 2 - 76-5-107.5 - ATTEMPTED HAZING Class A Misdemeanor
(amended) to Class C Misdemeanor
Plea: September 18, 2006 No Contest
Disposition: September 18, 2006 Plea in abeyance
Charge 3 - 76-5-107.5 - ATTEMPTED HAZING Class A Misdemeanor
(amended) to Class C Misdemeanor
Plea: September 18, 2006 No Contest
Disposition: September 18, 2006 Plea in abeyance
Charge 4 - 76-5-107.5 - ATTEMPTED HAZING Class A Misdemeanor
(amended) to Class C Misdemeanor
Plea: September 18, 2006 No Contest
Disposition: September 18, 2006 Plea in abeyance[/quote][/color][/b]
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hmmmmmm. . .. wonder if those pesky "witness credibilty problems" might be a teeny little bit of a concern in the civil case???? [/color]
::bangin:: :scared: ::ftard:: ::boohoo::
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The Suds have been "devastated financially and emotionally.....by the now-defunct Whitmore Academy...and the historic mansion is up for sale"?
OH, how very very sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor, poor Suds.
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"Minor scuffles with the law before for animal neglect in Canada"?
What's MINOR about Mark Sudweeks being found guilty of FELON animal abuse, and being fined over $100,000, and being BANNED from owning animals in Canada for life?
Read the transcript: Regina vs Sudweeks
It is public record and available on the internet.
Canada and Mexico got it right.
As usual, Utah got it wrong~!
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Was he fuckin' chickens up the ass? They've got those tight little assholes.
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Was he fuckin' chickens up the ass? They've got those tight little assholes.
:rofl: ::bwahaha:: ::bwahaha2::
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What the hell is "Attempted" Hazing.
Would someone actually sue for that?
Does that imply that she "attempted" to abuse someone but was somehow prevented?
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Wouldn't worry about a "credibility issue" in the civil case.
This case WILL BE HEARD BY A JURY....and that's the difference.
Eldridge didn't ALLOW a jury to hear the criminal case.
You'll have to ask him why, and what "reality" it is that he's living in.
Let's just wait and see what a jury has to say when they hear the witness, and the Sudweeks testify. My money's on the victim's credibility--not some woman who has already "copped a plea."
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Wouldn't worry about a "credibility issue" in the civil case.
This case WILL BE HEARD BY A JURY....and that's the difference.
Eldridge didn't ALLOW a jury to hear the criminal case.
You'll have to ask him why, and what "reality" it is that he's living in.
Let's just wait and see what a jury has to say when they hear the witness, and the Sudweeks testify. My money's on the victim's credibility--not some woman who has already "copped a plea."
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"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,"[/b] Juab County Attorney Jared Eldridge said."[/b]
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::bwahaha:: ::bigsmilebounce:: ::bwahaha:: ::rocker::
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A jury is made up of people. The jury will get to hear the testimony.
Why all the yak, yak yak.
It will go to trial, and the jury will get to listen to both sides, and make their decision.
Simple as that.
That is why there is the court system.
The Sudweeks are scheduled to give their depositions.
Seems like everyone is DOING THIER JOBS.
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Remember the OJ civil case??????
HUH?
Civil case is a whole different ball game!
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Think the Suds will "settle this civil case" rather than agree to the depositions?
Think the Suds really want to subject themeselves to depostions?
Think they really want to answer all those deposition questions?
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they will definitely settle. mark my words.
i called the criminal trial exactly. this WILL settle and for big bucks.
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AGREED!
The Suds will have that insurance company paying up!
The Suds wouldn't dare answer any depo questions!
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that's right. they will not put anything in writing or testify under oath.
the insurance company will cough it up.
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If Cheryl Sudweeks's charges are significant enough to warrant a "lifetime ban" from operating a facility in Juab County, then what makes her any more "fit" to provide any type of child-caring services in any other county in the State of Utah?
That's a question that needs to be answered.
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To the colorful, poster:
Not every child enrolled at Whitmore was proclaimed to be a "self-destructive, manipulative, liar."
Most were enrolled to participate in the Sudweeks's advertised fine, accredited, educational program, horse equine program, extensive travel opportunities, which offered individual and group therapy by a licensed therapist.in a loving, non-abusive setting...as was assured by Sue Scheff /PURE who referred each parent and child.
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Wonder what this poster finds "OTHER FUN STUFF" about children testifying about abuses they suffered at the hands of the Whitmore owners, Mark and Cheryl Sudweeks?
It's one thing to defend the Sudweeks, if that is what one wants to do. But that is just sick.
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To the colorful, poster:
Not every child enrolled at Whitmore was proclaimed to be a "self-destructive, manipulative, liar."
Most were enrolled to participate in the Sudweeks's advertised fine, accredited, educational program, horse equine program, extensive travel opportunities, which offered individual and group therapy by a licensed therapist.in a loving, non-abusive setting...as was assured by Sue Scheff /PURE who referred each parent and child.
What they said - plus this: If the Salt Lake City jury is any indication, Utah Juries are up set and offended by persistent and consistent allegations of abuse against those who have been entrusted with the care of troubled and fragile children.
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I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Should be interesting.
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If the Salt Lake City jury is any indication, Utah Juries are up set and offended by persistent and consistent allegations of abuse against those who have been entrusted with the care of troubled and fragile children.
SLC is way different from most of Mormon Utah. A lot of them don't even understand what child abuse really is. Why do you think there's so much of this shit in Utah?
Here's hoping for some GUILTY.
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i am like God, and God like me. I am as large as God, He is as small as I. He cannot above me, nor I beneath Him be.
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jury trial for sure........simple it is.................give your depo gorilla............public words to live by..............BUY BUY......
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What they said - plus this: If the Salt Lake City jury is any indication, Utah Juries are up set and offended by persistent and consistent allegations of abuse against those who have been entrusted with the care of troubled and fragile children.
SLC is way different from most of Mormon Utah. A lot of them don't even understand what child abuse really is. Why do you think there's so much of this shit in Utah?
Here's hoping for some GUILTY.
SLC is under fifty percent mormon. The percentages are in favor of the jury being less inclined to vote not guilty based on religion.
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Here's an article from the the Loyola of Los Angeles Law School Law Review that you scholars might enjoy - I know, I know, I know - it's 29 pages long and it has some big words and no pictures, but you can try, right??
http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v34-issue2/l ... 20trial%22 (http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v34-issue2/leonardrealities.pdf#search=%22simi%20valley%20O.J.%20Simpson%20civil%20trial%20criminal%20trial%22)
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Guess it is "wait and see" huh?
No one seems too bothered about a jury trial execept whoever this is yakking for the Suds's benefit.
Let the jury hear the testimony, and let the jury decide.
That is what the JUSTICE system is about.
Still say the Suds will never give those depositions, and go on record: they will be yelling "settlement" to the top of their sorry lungs.
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Thought the civil case had been filed in Provo, not that it matters.
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Nephi; Provo; Salt Lake City - Same difference.
They'll probably be like the SLC folk, and indeed, like people everywhere - outraged by adults abusing children under the guise of care and protection.
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Yes, and the people on the jury aren't up for re-election; and haven't made any campaign promises NOT to spend taxpayer's money on trials either, wanna bet?
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Hey PEASANT, don't be calling anyone stupid! People can make comments about what is going on in SLC, and "indicate" that MAY also happen in little ole Nephi, without your stupid comments, ok?
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Do the Suds play golf? Maybe they could meet "the juice" and play a few holes with him. He's an abusive scum bag that doesn't work, either.
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Suds ought to put some Suds on that smelly snatch of hers. It's stinking up this forum.
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That's nasty. But she is a nasty, disgusting bitch.
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Are there any pics of the Suds?
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If you're a young boy (or girl) ask Cheryl for a pic--she might send it....she just luvs kids.
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Yea, she luvs kids alright---luvs to withhold food when she's paid over $4,000 a month tuition that includes 3 meals a day to feed then!
Luvs to humiliate kids when she's playing therapist in her infamous GROUP....when all she has is some low-class high school education (or at least she claims to have this high level of education).
Luvs to spit in kids food and make them eat it...that a real nice form of love, ain't it bitch?
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Gonna give those depositions big girl? Or just write those checks?