Witnesses: Maxwell raped and molested others

Christin Coyne CNHI The Weatherford Democrat Wed Feb 22, 2012, 01:12 PM CST

WEATHERFORD — Witnesses testified Wednesday morning that Jeffrey Maxwell molested two young girls and raped a woman years before he kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted his former Whitt neighbor.

Testimony began and ended Wednesday morning in the punishment phase of the kidnapping and sexual assault trial of 59-year-old Jeffrey Maxwell, found guilty Tuesday evening of abducting and repeatedly raping a former Whitt neighbor in March 2011.

One woman, a then long-time friend of the family, told jurors Maxwell raped her days before his 1995 wedding. Several months later, she reported the incident to police but chose to pursue charges against Maxwell, she told jurors.

“I didn’t want to go through the humiliation of a court case,” the woman said. The Democrat does not generally identify alleged victims of sexual assault.

Two women, one around 8 years old at the time and another between the ages of 10 and 12 years old at the time, also told jurors that Maxwell sexually molested them more than once in the mid-1990s. One women told jurors she made two outcries to school counselors about repeated groping by Maxwell before her mother removed her from the situation.

Jurors were also shown DVDS, books and pictures of many, many more DVDS, books and other publications found in Maxwell’s Corsicana home dealing with the theme of rape, bondage and torture of women.

Maxwell opted not to testify on his own behalf during the second phase of the trial and his attorney, Rick Alley, told the court that Maxwell’s two sons refused to testify on their father’s behalf and no witnesses were located to speak in his favor.

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