A state prosecutor is supporting a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that Curt Johnson's stepdaughter can testify against him in Johnson's sex assault case.
An article in the Journal Times of Racine cited a filing Monday by Assistant Attorney General Marguerite Moeller. Justices didn't agree on why the girl — who Johnson is accused of assaulting — could testify against Johnson without releasing her medical records. But Moeller said the decision didn't violate any rules.
Johnson's attorney filed a motion challenging the court's decision, but Moeller said the Supreme Court decision wasn't "cobbled together" and justices didn't pool their votes together, according to the story.
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Johnson, a billionaire heir to the Johnson family fortune, is charged with inappropriately touching his now teenage step-daughter multiple times over a number of years and asking her to have sex with him.
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