Kenosha woman convicted of prostituting daughter

By The Associated Press

Sunday, October 5, 2008 12:25 AM CDT

KENOSHA — A Kenosha woman has been convicted of prostituting her then-15-year-old daughter.

A jury convicted the woman Friday on 21 charges including soliciting a child for prostitution, failure to protect a child and child enticement, all as a repeat offender. The woman is not being named to protect her daughters.

Authorities say the woman charged men $25 to $45 for sex with her 15-year-old daughter and tried to sell her 14-year-old daughter into prostitution as well. One man testified as part of a plea deal that he gave the woman clothes for sex with her older daughter.

Defense attorney Douglas Bihler told jurors the woman was a prostitute but didn’t sell her daughters. He says the girls copied their mother’s behavior on their own.

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