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A Planned Parenthood counselor intentionally noted a rape by an allegedly prolific teen sexual predator as consensual to avoid the 'hassle' of reporting it, according to a police report.
The encounter allegedly involved Tyler Kost, 18, from San Tan Valley, Arizona, who has been charged with sexually assaulting 11 girls between October 2009 and April 2014 - although cops believe he may have attacked as many as 18.
One of his alleged victims was a 15-year-old girl who became pregnant following the assault and when she underwent an abortion through Planned Parenthood last December, her mother told a member of staff about the attack, FoxNews.com reported.
'The counselor intentionally miscoded the assault as a consensual encounter,' a police report states.
'The counselor told them that they did not want the hassle of having to report the assault to law enforcement as they were a mandatory reporter.'
Planned Parenthood Arizona told Fox they have contacted the Pinal County Sheriff’s Department and said, if the allegations are true, it would be a 'serious violation' of its policies.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu added that he was 'troubled' by the allegations about Planned Parenthood and said they had been forwarded to state officials by the victim's mother.
'If this is true, they should absolutely be held accountable,' he said.
Kost has been indicted on nearly 30 felony counts, including multiple counts of sexual assault with a minor, sexual abuse with a minor and sexual conduct with a minor. He also faces a count of child molestation.
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles said the victims in the crimes alleged in the indictment issued Wednesday ranged from 12 to 17 years old.
Voyles said the offenses - which involved victims that Kost dated or knew - occurred between October 2009 and April 2014 meaning that Kost was 13 when the first offense allegedly took place.
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Arrested: He allegedly told one of the girls to kill herself - and she tried to take her life.
Kost, a senior at Poston Butte High School, would face between 147 and nearly 334 years in prison if convicted of all the charges in the indictment, the prosecutor said.
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In another case, a girl became pregnant after she was allegedly raped by Kost and ended up getting an abortion, the station KPHO reported.
'He would assault these young female victims in their own bedrooms, in his bedroom, in the desert, at a community pool, at community parks,' Babeu said.
Detectives said because he looked young and innocent, many people didn't perceive him as a threat. His alleged victims included girls he had dated.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628108/Planned-Parenthood-counselor-intentionally-noted-rape-teen-sexual-predator-consensual-avoid-hassle-reporting-it.html
Planned Parenthood counselor 'intentionally misclassified rape by a teen sexual predator as consensual to avoid the hassle of reporting it'
Tyler Kost, 18, allegedly assaulted as many as 18 girls aged 12 to 17
One of the alleged victims became pregnant and got an abortion - but when her mother said she had been attacked, the counselor 'miscoded it'
Kost also allegedly threatened another girl and told her she should kill herself - and she was hospitalized after a suicide attempt
By LYDIA WARREN and SNEJANA FARBEROV
PUBLISHED: 07:38 EST, 14 May 2014 | UPDATED: 11:05 EST, 14 May 2014
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