By The Associated Press | Posted: Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 am
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.