Ex-lawmaker held on sex charges
Former state Rep. Ted A. Klaudt was arrested on multiple charges of rape and other sexual offenses against two teen girls.
The accusers were 15 to 19 years old at the time of the alleged crimes. One was allegedly molested when she was a legislative page.
The girls told law officers that Klaudt touched their genitals during what he allegedly called exams for a purported scheme to have them donate their eggs to make money.
Klaudt, 49, farms and ranches near the tiny community of Walker.
A Republican, he served in the state House eight years but lost a 2006 run for the state Senate.
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