https://www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-investigates/utah-county-attorney-david-leavitt-has-been-talking-about-ritualistic-sex-abuse-for-years
David Hamblin used positions of power to ritualistically abuse children – as a father, a therapist, a neighbor, and as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Deputies with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office arrested Hamblin in Provo on Wednesday, but investigators said they also anticipate future arrests related to the case.
Neither Leavitt nor his office will be allowed to prosecute the case against Hamblin.
A spokesperson for Leavitt stated she had “no information” as to why.
“I have nothing to hide,” Leavitt said in June. “I prosecuted the therapist in Juab County for poaching a deer… He poached a deer for ritualistic purposes.”
“When I was a law student, this therapist was my elder’s quorum president with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was my neighbor. I had a family connection… There was no organized ring of abuse. It was debunked more than ten years ago.”
During that same press conference, Leavitt described his accuser as “tragically mentally ill.”
She is one of the same women who accused Hamblin and others.
“I know some victims of it. I know some victims of it. I was not in a position to prosecute it,” Leavitt said. “He was into Native American stuff, had killed deer, and got deer hearts and drank their blood and drank the deer’s blood. It’s all – there's some pretty goofy people in the world.”
“I mean, how do you train a dog to roll over when it’s time to roll over? You do it by giving a reward and repetition,” Leavitt said. “If a man wants to program some little girl to give him oral sex any time he wants, start young and give rewards. It’s the same way you help a child learn how to make their bed.”