FLORIDA
WPTV
[with video]
Brian Entin
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Stephen Budd’s victims say they can finally move on with their lives knowing he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
“Mr. Budd no longer has control over me. I can now have control over myself and my future,” one of the victims told the judge after the guilty verdict was read.
The two victims are just weeks away from college and spent the past week testifying about the child molestation they endured in the fourth grade.
They testified Budd molested them under his desk in the Rosarian Academy classroom.
“I believe because I wasn’t able to protect myself or the other victim in the fourth grade, I need to protect others now,” one of the victim’s said.
Prosecutors left the courtroom relieved that Budd was sentenced to three consecutive life terms.
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