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.
