Bradley pleads not guilty in monumental abuse case
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
By: Stephanie Aldrich
saldrich@whyy.org
The Delaware pediatrician accused in Delaware's monumental child molestation case was arraigned today in a Sussex County courtroom.
Earl Bradley plead not guilty to the 471 criminal charges. He's accused of sexually abusing and raping 103 of his patients, some dating back more than ten years. The alleged acts were caught on 13 hours worth of video.
The charges against Bradley include rape, sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child, assault, and reckless endangering.
Bradley, who was arrested in December 2009, entered the plea in Sussex County Superior Court during a two-minute arraignment hearing Wednesday.
Bradley's defense team changed recently. His former attorney, Gene Maurer, withdrew from the case. In January, Attorney General Beau Biden filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against Bradley, in order to freeze his assets and preserve them for his alleged victims.
Bradley is being held in lieu of $2.9 million bail.