Green’s son, 18, to plead guilty to sexual battery, attorney says
WEST JORDAN — The son of polygamist Tom Green is close to resolving his own criminal case.
The attorney for 18-year-old William Green told 3rd District Judge Royal Hansen Monday that amended charges were about to be filed against his client and that his client would plead guilty to them.
Hansen said Monday he wanted time to look over the amended charges as well as a psychosexual report conducted on Green before giving the final OK on the deal. He scheduled Green’s next court appearance for May 3, at which time the deal is expected to be finalized.
In August, Green was charged with two counts of rape of a child. Green met an underage girl through his MySpace Web site and developed a relationship with her.
But defense attorney David Leavitt said this was not an Internet predator case. Green’s psychosexual evaluation, conducted voluntarily to make absolutely sure there was nothing in his personality attorneys were missing, came back “clean,” Leavitt said.
“He is not in any respect a predator. He is not in any respect a pedophile,” Leavitt said.
The case also had nothing to do with polygamy, he said.
Under the proposed plea deal, Green would plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of sexual battery. Leavitt said those charges are more appropriate for his client’s conduct. He noted the victim in the case was “completely in support of the deal.”
Leavitt was appreciative of the state for agreeing to the deal and allowing Green to get a “fair opportunity to get on with his life.”
Green is the son of polygamist Tom Green, who had five wives and was convicted in 2001 of child rape for “marrying” and having sex with his first wife when she was 13 years old. He was also sentenced to zero-to-five-year terms on four counts of bigamy for having four other wives.