He added in a statement to the : 'I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy, and to me, this is nothing more than a shakedown. 'It's a completely frivolous lawsuit full of lies that my ex-wife made up to take away my daughter, and still uses to try to extort money from me.

'This is nothing more than an old-fashioned shakedown,' he told the newspaper. Hansen told the Seattle Times that his daughter's allegations weren't true and dated back to his separation from her mother. However the prosecuting attorney's office declined to file criminal charges because they felt it wouldn't be able to prove 'beyond a reasonable doubt' that the accusations were true.Ī deputy prosecutor's letter states that 'the information at hand suggests that Mr Hansen has acted in a sexually inappropriate manner' towards his daughter but the office declined to file criminal charges because they felt it wouldn't be able to prove 'beyond a reasonable doubt' that the accusations were true

To support her claims, Eckstrom included several official records, including the result of a medical examination, an evaluation done by a therapist, and findings from Child Protective Services dating back to the time she says her father abused her.Įckstrom alleges in her filing that her mother, maternal grandmother and aunt found traces of abuse on her after her father began having private parental visits with her.Ī deputy prosecutor's letter, written in August 1990 to Eckstrom's mother, states that 'the information at hand suggests that Mr Hansen has acted in a sexually inappropriate manner' towards his daughter. The daughter filed the document in November last year, but the accusations were only made public Friday by the newspaper after Eckstrom decided to disclose her identity. Memories of being in a room alone with my father and crying out in pain,' she wrote in the court declaration. 'I have memories of my father hurting my genital region.

In the filing is a copy of a diagram she drew during a counseling session, with characters named 'mommy' and 'daddy' and arrows pointing to various areas, including one to 'potty pot'Įckstrom, who says she has been estranged from her father for most of her life, told the court in legal filings obtained by the Seattle Times that she battled eating disorders, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts as a result of the alleged abuse.

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