KCCR News: Klaudt's out. On Bail, that is.
Tony Mangan at Pierre's own KCCR Radio news posted a story today regarding former legislator Klaudt, and how he's back on the street after posting bail:
Former state lawmaker Ted Klaudt left the Hughes County Jail Friday night after posting bond on four second degree rape charges.Read it all here.
A jail employee says she doesn't know when Klaudt left the jail, but Klaudt was in jail for at least three hours. He had to post 10% of a $100,000 bond to get out of jail.
Klaudt is facing a total of 14 charges including 10 counts in Corson County. The charges include eight counts of second dgree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation, two counts of tampering with a witness and one count each of stalking and sexual contact with a child under the age of 16.
Klaudt was released on a personal recognizance bond in Deadwood and his legal representative, Platte attorney and Speaker of the House Thomas Deadrick, asked for the same bond in Pierre Friday night, saying the Attorney General's office, which filed the charges, had agreed to that. But Magistrate Judge Mark Smith ordered the higher bond saying that Klaudt posed a threat to the public.
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Considering the factors makes me go humm.
I am not a judge nor a lawyer but...
Guess we save the tax payers huh.
sorry for being snide.
They should have posted his bond higher so he had to stay in jail.
As I understand it, those poor girls couldn't go home or didn't have a home to go to and they were placed in the home of this pervert.
Just looking at that self righteous bastard makes my skin crawl.
The SD penitentiary is not a good enough punishment; or maybe it is if he isn't placed in solitary confinement. The guys there might make it pretty miserable for him. We can only hope.
He is in jail in Hughes county!
The snide part was about saving the tax payers money!
He is where he should be!
I am surprised that he was set free with the amount of charges against him!
I've always wondered what some of these guys meant when they repeated the standard "supports family values" and "defend marriage" mantras. Apparently it means nothing. In the case of Ted Klaudt those are some twisted "family values". I'll defend my own marriage why don't you just worry about yours. It appears it might be rotten on the inside behind that self-righteous facade.
What kind of bizarro world are we living in?
I understand loyalty to your party, and loyalty to your friends, but this is sickening.
What Republican friend of Ted's posted bail to spring him?
What did Gov. Rounds' Department of Social Services know and when did it know it about Klaudt's "activities" with his foster children?
What steps are being taken to protect the foster children currently in the Klaudt's "care"?
So, why didn't re dime Klaudt to the legislative leadership if you knew all this was going on about him? It might have saved Klaudt from himself and saved these young girl horrible trauma.
Give Republican PP props for having the ya-yas to take this on in his blog.
I know I wouldn't. He should sit there and rot. And to think..I talked to this man and he always has something sick or stupid to say.
Will this lead to a mentally unstable defense.
Though I want justice to prevail and he deserves a fair trial... it seems to me that he has said he is guilty. What was it.. yes i did somthings i probably shouldn't have. This statement will if I quoted right will be an issue.
1. What do the rest of you think?
2. Is it really best to discuss this in an open forum? I am not to sure.
I served in the SD House prior to the time Klaudt did. While I was never in leadership, a good caucus leader, a smart caucus leader, would have told Klaudt to knock off the strip bar attendance. That kind of behavior while legal is not acceptable from an elected official and endangers the reputation of his party. Had he lived in a district where party registration numbers were closer to even strip club attendance would have guaranteed non-reelection. But, being from a GOP super majority district Klaudt had nothing to fear and his alleged behavior proves it.
I have a question that needs answering. Ryan Maher (Ted's opponent) was quoted in the Argus saying there were rumors during the campaign about this. He said that they wanted to keep the election clean so nothing came of it. Don't you think that Mr. Maher had a responsibility to investigate those kinds of claims? If you are going to represent that district and you hear "rumors" you better figure that out and not dismiss it as "bar talk" For all I know Klaudt could have been defeated because of those rumors.
I know you don't like Rounds or Republicans for that matter but if you think that the administration knew something and didn't act, you are nuts. It's no secret that Klaudt didn't get along with the Rounds Administration and I am sure there was zero hesitation acting on this.
Most of the elected Dems are being very respectful of the situation and I give them a lot of credit so I would hope you could follow their lead and stop with the generalized negative comments about Republicans.
Mick
Lawyer mentality, I guess.
i never really needed to lobby ted because he was always so dependable, including on the bigger moral issues.
i even invited him once to speak at one of our family policy council dinners. i spoke highly of him when talking to others. he was one of my favorites.
i know we have to wait to see if these charges are true, but i can't help but feel betrayed and used, already. and angry for what he allegedly did to those girls.
but as angry as i am, i can completely respect tom deadrick for representing him. he still deserves a fair trial.
--lexrex
I wonder if Klaudt call Diedrick or Diedrick went to him. I am not sure it was a wise move as a house member and the speaker?
Ted does deserve a fair trial. Has Tom D. always been the Klaudt's lawyer maybe that is the answer. I have no clue. Guess if he was or is he doesn't owe us the answer but as speaker maybe he does. Does this create a conflict? highly likely maybe..
being a congressman is a full time job. the only congressman that i know of who kept his job while in office was tom coburn. but i believe the senate passed a rule barring him from doing so.
in this case, deadrick's vocation is being a lawyer. his avocation is house speaker. he's only doing what he does. i wouldn't be so hard on him.
--lexrex