A Missouri parent who wants LGBTQ books removed from school libraries due to sexual content has been accused of child molestation.
Ryan Utterback, a 29-year-old from Gladstone, has been charged with a felony count of second-degree child molestation and a misdemeanor count of fourth-degree domestic assault, KMBC reports.
Last year, Utterback joined a growing trend of conservatives across the country demanding the removal of LGBTQ books from school libraries, often under the guise of objecting to “sexual content.”
However, Utterback now faces multiple allegations of inappropriately touching children.
According to police, a child under the age of 12 accused Utterback of fondling them in December 2020. Utterback allegedly placed the child on his lap, rubbed against them, and touched the child’s thighs.
In a separate incident in September 2020, Utterback put his finger into a teenager’s ripped jeans and rubbed their leg through the hole in the fabric. The teen told police that they “didn’t like it all.”
Utterback also faces a separate misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material to a minor, after using his phone to show sexual videos to a child who was only four years old at the time.
He will next appear in court on March 10.
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