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Ex-wife of former Utah County therapist arrested in ritualistic child sex abuse investigation

Posted at 1:49 PM, Aug 09, 2023
and last updated 2023-08-09 21:36:26-04

UTAH COUNTY, Utah - Nearly one year after a former Utah County therapist was arrested as part of an ongoing child sex abuse investigation, his ex-wife has also been arrested.

Roselle "Rosie" Stevenson was booked into jail Wednesday afternoon on one count of sodomy against a girl under age 13. A judge has ordered that Stevenson will be held without bail.

Police say the incident occurred at a home in Spring City in 1994 when the victim was six years old until she was approximately 12 or 13 years old.

Court documents state that during investigations, it was found that Stevenson was one of the main suspects in the series of sexual assaults of several children over an extended period.

Stevenson is the ex-wife of former therapist David Hamblin, who was arrested on multiple charges including rape of a child, two counts of sexual abuse of a child and three counts of sodomy on a child.

Stevenson's case is directly related to charges previously filed against David Hamblin and are part of an ongoing investigation involving sexual abuse of children in Utah, Juab and Sanpete Counties during the 1980s and 1990s.

FOX 13 News previously reported that Hamblin once confessed to sexually assaulting at least one of his female family members in an undercover phone recording.

In 2022, FOX 13 News went to Stevenson's home in Utah County to try and speak with her, but she declined to comment.

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