The former wife of a man accused of raping and impregnating his daughters described their relationship Tuesday as a "first love" that descended into insults, beatings and a grip that prevented her from leaving the house to give birth or send the children to school.
Although their first two children were born in hospitals, the husband became increasingly paranoid about doctors and vaccinations, eventually prohibiting her from any pre- or postnatal care, the wife testified as the first witness in his sexual assault trial.
After she defied him by sneaking one newborn to a pediatrician for shots, he beat her and dangled their baby by an arm, dislocating the shoulder, she testified. By the time she was pregnant with their third child, her husband insisted on delivering the baby — and all future children — at home, she said.
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