'Making A Murderer' News: Steven Avery's Nephew Claims He Was Molested By Convicted Sexual Assault Suspect
"Making a Murderer" is doing Steven Avery some good favor as he earned the sympathy of many people through the Netflix documentary series.
His battle is not yet over though as the most recent development might only bury him deeper.
"Rebutting a Murderer" podcast host Dan O'Donnell, who also covered Steven Avery's case for a great length of time, revealed that Avery, a Manitowoc County, Wisconsin resident who served 18 years in prison for a 1985 wrongful sexual assault conviction, might have molested his own nephew Brendan Dassey.
"He (Dassey) clearly is saying that Steven molested him," O'Donnell told The Wrap. "Really, I don't have any reason to believe that Dassey would have been lying."
The publication also obtained transcripts of Dassey's statements on the issue which can be found here.
O'Donnell is the same broadcaster who has been very critical to "Making a Murderer," believing that the Netflix series is pro-Steven Avery.
He also blasted the show for not touching on the case of Dassey and the suspect's molestation of him.
"I don't know if it's the very sensitive nature of talking about crimes against a child," O'Donnell told the publication site. "It's very taboo. [Dassey] does say it and he says it in such a matter-of-fact way, it's weird."
"That really stuck with me because of a lot of research and work I've done in child sexual assault, especially by a trusted loved one or family member. It's really sad, it becomes almost like a master/servant relationship in which the molester has this almost God-like power over some victims," said O'Donnell. "Someone like Brendan Dassey, who the defense admits was very easily suggestible, would have been especially [suggestible] by someone if he was being molested, especially by the molester, could be convinced very easily to do something that Dassey had to know in his heart was very, very wrong."
"Making a Murderer" is one of the hit series of late 2015 and garnered polarizing reactions from the public.
Critics say it is one-sided and emotionally-manipulative while others think it is a representation of how poor America's judicial system is.
