Back in February 2009 I had a post about Tailing Gigliotti, 51, who was arrested for aggravated child abuse of her adopted son.
The adopted son was 17.
As it was reported before Gigliotti kept the boy in a small bathroom for long periods of time. While he was locked away in the bathroom it was reported that the boy was beat, and Gigliotti even went as far to refuse to feed him for long periods of time. And of course all of this was while he was restrained in the bathroom or tied up in there.
Of course the window was covered with plywood and there was a lock on the outside of the bathroom door. For some reason it just does not sound like your average bathroom.
Police reported they found blood in the bathroom and they had a video of the bathroom they showed to the courts during trial. I have not seen the video but a clip of it was posted and there was a chain hanging from the bathroom door. Not your average locking device for a bathroom door in your own home.
Well the jury has spoken.
Even though Gigliotti had friends testify for the defense claiming how awesome of a person she was, she was still found guilty on two counts of aggravated child abuse.
Throughout the court procedures, Gigliotti reportedly refused to accept 2 different plea deals and now since the jury has found her guilty she will face up to 60 years in prison.
Hopefully she will receive all 60 years and this teen will never have to worry about her again.
Gigliotti is scheduled for sentencing in June.
Gigliotti even took the stand to defend her actions. While she was on the stand she testified that she never abused her teenage son.
According to Gigliotti her teenage son had actually attacked her in a sexually explicit manner and she said she was just trying to defend herself.
I wonder how long the boy had to be locked in the bathroom for her to defend herself.
The teenager told detectives that he had been naked and beaten with a plastic tipped hose for a good portion of time over 15 months.
15 months and still claiming self defense. WOW.
That is almost to the point of being absurd. Right not it just stands as utterly ridiculous.
In the first post we talked about the boyfriend, Anton Angelo. He was given a plea deal in exchange for his testimony against Gigliotti.
Even the teenager said that Angelo tried to defend him at times and was not responsible for the abuse he suffered for 15 months.
In Angelo’s plea deal he had to plead guilty to 1 count of aggravated child abuse, he will not go to jail and he will serve 5 years of probation.
Now I guess we wait till June to find out how much time Gigliotti will get for abusing her adopted son.
The adopted son is the son of Gigliotti’s late husband.
The first post is HERE
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