Child Abusing Couple Who Nearly Killed 3-Year-Old Girl Sentenced To... PROBATION?!
05.04.2023 - 16:23
/ perezhilton.com
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Another truly horrifying case is proving just how broken the legal system is…
Byron Buthman, 57, and his wife, Gwendalyn Buthman, 45, were the adoptive parents of a 3-year-old girl known only as E.B. from 2015 to 2018 — and the horrors she faced in their care for those years are unimaginable. According to prosecutors, the poor child was only allowed to eat “vegetable powder” substances for food while she lived with the Ada County, Idaho couple. At one point, while being locked in the bathroom, she even resorted to eating toilet paper because she was being starved so badly.
To make things worse, E.B. said while she was starving her other family members would eat full meals right in front of her. During the trial last month, the now 11-year-old testified:
Just disgusting. She was just an innocent toddler! How could they torture her like that??
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Habilitative interventionist Dawn Cliff, who worked with E.B. back in 2017 and 2018, testified as well, saying:
More harrowing details were revealed in court. The then-toddler was forced to drink three-quarters of a gallon of water daily, but if she had to use the bathroom more than once per hour, she had to go outside and use a bucket. Her main household chore was to pick up dog poop. She slept in the laundry room on a thin mat without being allowed blankets.
One day E.B. went into cardiac arrest after being forced to stand out in the cold after she soiled her diaper. She recalled:
After this, she actually went back home with the Buthmans and the torture continued. PediaSure and nutrition shakes were added to her diet to keep her alive and out of the hospital — but she