A kindergarten instructor from Chickamauga, Tenn. named Craft had her life taken away when she was false charged of child sex abuse. She was absolved of all charges, but the ordeal segued into a high profile custody battle for her kids. Her ex-husband and his wife were also named in a $25 million suit against her accusers, but Craft removed him from the list to focus on a parenting plan.
Craft trial to know
In May, Craft was accused of 22 counts of child molestation and acquitted of it. She lost her job and her house during the lawful battle lasting 2 years. Also, $500,000 in lawful bills stacked up. She also ended up losing her kids. They were separated. There were some supporters of Tonya Craft. They said that a "witch hunt" was what the litigation was turning out to be. There were bloggers following the Craft trial that suggests the Tonya Craft conviction was all that the judge and prosecutors wanted. The judge on the case was also the judge that represented Tonya Craft's husband during their divorce, according to Cato-at-liberty.org. The judge refused to step down from his post. This occurred even though the defense attorneys filed a motion for the judge's recusal. The prosecutor wrote status updates on Facebook that included comments by witnesses.
Tonya Craft good to Henke
There were years of custody issues being fought over by Craft and ex-husband Joal Henke. Finally, the two had a personal meeting to settle it. They ended up deciding to share custody of children in the meeting. Craft also came out saying that the $25 million federal civil lawsuit will no longer include Henke and his wife. The school district that employed her, prosecutors, police officers and parents of kids that had all accused her of sex abuse will be within the suit nevertheless.
Forgiveness with Tonya Craft
Aiden, Tonya Craft's daughter, was one of the kids who accused Craft of child molestation. The Craft trial did not have confessions from Aiden. She never said she was molested by her mother. It was insisted by prosecutors the child still gave testimony close to that of her 2 friends that Craft was involved in inappropriate touching. Monday, Craft appeared on the "Today" show to say that it is "as if nothing has happened" with the healed relationship with her daughter. Going to law school to help others wrongly charged is the next plan Craft has.
Citations
Today Show
today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40528974/ns/today-today_people/
The Chattanoogan
chattanoogan.com/articles/article_189930.asp
Rome News Tribune
romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/10328610/article-Tonya-Craft-custody-hearing-begins-in-Hamilton-County–Tenn–courtroom?instance=home_news_lead_story
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