A man has told police how he raped and impregnated a 13-year-old family member because he was under the influence of a voodoo curse.
Jean Innocent, 41, reportedly had sex with the child on at least four occasions and was only caught when she went to hospital complaining of abdominal pains.
Staff at Saint Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida State, USA, then discovered that she was six weeks pregnant.
In a phone call with Innocent, tape-recorded by police, he admitted what he had done and then told the girl not to involve him.
When the girl told him under police instructions that she was about to get a pregnancy test, he told her that she should refuse.
And if that was not possible, to say that she was having a relationship with a boyfriend called Semen.
He was later arrested and charged with rape of a minor, making her pregnant and incest.
Details of the child’s statement indicated that she was crying and saying no when he raped her, and that on each occasion, he had only asked for a few minutes of her time.
After he was arrested, he claimed that a voodoo spell had forced him to have sex with her.
He is currently in custody without bond and his exact family relationship with the victim was not revealed to protect her identity.