DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit couple is scheduled for trial in November on child abuse charges stemming from the case of a boy who says he hid in his basement for 11 days out of fear of being mistreated.
Charlie Bothuell IV, 46, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell, 37, made an initial appearance recently in trial court.
Records show a pretrial conference is scheduled Sept. 25 and trial is Nov. 9.
A district judge last month dismissed torture charges against the father and stepmother, saying she found the testimony of Charlie Bothuell, 13, lacked credibility.
The boy was 12 last June when he said he sustained the abuse.
The child abuse charge carries a maximum punishment of 10 years.
- Posted July 10, 2015
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Trial set for couple in boy-in-basement case
headlines Macomb
- New leadership team takes helm at State Bar
- Governor signs legislation to protect Michigan children, consumers, and communities
- Nessel argues to cut Consumers Energy rate hike in half
- Detroit man bound over on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution
- Howell man arraigned for allegedly threatening judge
headlines National
- Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies
- Judge suspended after indictment over alleged perjury
- Bill Withers’ music publisher files copyright suit over Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’
- Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump
- Interim law dean of University of Florida named to permanent role
- Clio acquires Learned Hand, an AI company for courts, judges
