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Barnes has admitted he's the biological father of the child. Mysteriously those court records are now under seal and cannot be seen by the public.

'It's a lie. She was in a bar with a fake ID, telling everyone she was a college student. 

'I had no idea she was 16, and I didn’t rape her. That is absolutely, unequivocally false,' he says. 

Louisiana has statutory rape laws which apply if the victim is under 17, regardless of whether or not they physically consented. 

Barnes claims that he only found out about the child when she was 5 years old. And although this may be true, there is no record that he paid the back child support that is standard in most cases.

Ordered to pay rapist child support

In April 2021 the teenager accused her father of hitting her in the face when fighting over her cell phone. He denies he ever hit her.

Abelseth filed a report at the Sheriff's Office, but they concluded there were 'no marks or signs of distress'.

On February 25, Abelseth in court documents alleged Barnes may have been sexually abusing their daughter.

'Minor child contacted me (her mother) on February 23, 2022, with the suspicion that her father had drugged and sexually assaulted her two nights in a row,' the court documents state.

Abelseth stated that the Children's Hospital of New Orleans confirmed 'evidence of forced entry congruent with sexual assault'.

In the papers, she states: 'My daughter, minor child, was conceived as the product of the defendant raping me when I was a minor child of 16 years of age.

'I suspect drugs were used by him to sedate me as I was unable to move while he raped me.

'Now it is alleged that he has committed the same heinous crime on our 15-year-old daughter.'

On March 18, the allegations were dismissed by the court, which found that 'medical evidence does not support allegations in petition'. 

Two days later, Abelseth lost custody of her daughter. And has been forced to pay Barnes child support.

She says Barnes is also blocking their court-mandated daily phone calls.

Asked if her daughter is okay, Abelseth replied: 'I don't know.'

Barnes is claiming he is trying to keep the teenager from having sex with her boyfriend. And that when she had a phone she was 'sexting' her boyfriend and posting sexually explicit TikToks.

Barnes now has full custody. And Abelseth it ordered to pay her rapist child support.

If there had been an investigation

This is a case where the age of the victim and the age of the child are not in dispute.  Even without the “lost” report police should have investigated the crime.