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M.T.
Date of Birth: 8/19/80
At Fells Acres Day School: 1/83-9/84
Medical: See Category IX below (vulvitis and redness)
Teachers: Christine Carney, Ann Marie Falzarano, Claudia Weger
Testified at both trials: 1986 and 1987
I. Non-Sexual "Hurting" Allegations:
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Miss Vi and Miss Angel hit her. Miss Vi spanked her. (Interviews, p.29)
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Miss Vi put a nail in her vagina. (Interviews, p.306)
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The clown bit her on the foot and Miss Cheryl bit her side. (Pre-Trial
Reports, pp.362,365)
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"Al" bit her in the ear. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.367)
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M.T. pulled the clown's hair, and the clown had to go to the hospital.
(Pre-Trial Reports, p.364)
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The clown bit M.T.'s foot, hand, and head, and "That's all." (Pre-Trial
Reports, p.382)
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Miss Vi stabbed M.T. with a magic marker. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.390)
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M.T. "grabbed (Miss Vi's) bones. I hurted her." Why? Because Miss Vi "pulled
my hair." (Pre-Trial Reports, p.400)
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The clown hit M.T. "outside the school, on the front porch yard." (Interviews,
p.307)
II. Photography:
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Tooky took pictures of her and a friend, B.S., while they were naked in
the "magic room" at Fells Acres Day School. (Interviews, p.293)
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Miss Vi took M.T.'s picture in the "secret room" while M.T. was naked.
(Interviews, p.295)
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Miss Cheryl would sometimes take pictures of the children while they were
naked. (Interviews, p.300)
But:
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Nobody was taking pictures. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.397)
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Miss Vi came to M.T.'s home with a movie camera. (Pre-Trial Reports, pp.408-409)
III. The Clowns:
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A bad clown touched her bum and vagina. "It hurt, and he used a magic wand."
The clown hurt everybody. (Interviews, p.292)
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The clown put its mouth on M.T.'s vagina. M.T. once put her mouth on the
clown's penis. (Interviews, p.294)
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The clown hurt her "outside the school on the front porch yard." (Interviews,
p.307)
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The bad clown made the children touch his penis outside the Fells Acres
Day School building. M.T. was naked and people said, "Ha, ha, you're naked."
(Pre-Trial Reports p.356)
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5 or 6 other clowns were present when she put her mouth on the clown's
penis. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.358)
But:
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The clown didn't touch any part of M.T. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.359)
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The clown took off M.T.'s clothes, but did nothing else. (Pre-Trial Reports,
pp.359-360)
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The [clown] touched her foot and belly button. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.360)
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The clown bit M.T.'s foot, hand and head, "and that's all." (Pre-Trial
Reports, pp.362,352)
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She doesn't know if any non-clown teachers touched her. (Pre-Trial Reports,
p.361)
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She did not see the clown with his clothes off. (Pre-Trial Reports,
p.412)
IV. The "Magic" Room and the "Secret" Room:
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There was a "magic room" at Fells Acres Day School, but she doesn't remember
where it was. (Interviews, p.293)
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The "secret room" was the left-front room on the second (top) floor. It
was also the "magic room." (Interviews, p.295)
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Her picture was taken by Tooky in the "magic room." (Interviews, p.310)
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When "visiting" Miss Vi and Cheryl she touched the clown's penis and put
her mouth on it in "the magic room." Pre-Trial Reports, p.364)
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In Miss Angel's room, M.T. was naked. So were Tooky, Miss Vi and Miss Cheryl.
(Pre-Trial Reports, p.388)
But:
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Tooky did not take any children to the "magic room." (Pre-Trial Reports,
p.373)
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M.T. Doesn't remember a "secret room." "I don't know what you're talking
about." (Pre-Trial Reports, p.411)
| *Note: The front room on the top floor was the classroom of
Alice Moore ("Miss Alice"). It contained within it a small children's bathroom.
(1986: Vol. 12, p.79) |
V. Forced Nudity:
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Miss Vi pulled down M.T.'s pants in order to spank her. (Interviews, p.291)
But:
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The clown took off M.T.'s clothes, but nothing else. (Pre-Trial Reports,
pp.359-360)
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Miss Cheryl never made M.T. take off her clothes. (Pre-Trial Reports, pp.364-365)
VI. Seeing Nude Adults:
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She saw a penis at Fells Acres Day School, and it was called an elephant.
(Interviews, p.291)
| *Note: The children often went to the local zoo and circus.
Grotesque penises on anatomical dolls could readily suggest elephant trunks
to children. |
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M.T. saw Tooky, Miss Vi and Miss Cheryl naked in Miss Angel's room. Miss
Angel was present. (Pre-Trial Reports, pp.401-402)
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"I touched Miss Vi 'cause I got her naked." (Pre-Trial Reports, p.396)
| *Note: Like getting an anatomical doll naked? |
But:
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M.T. never saw Tooky without his clothes on. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.371)
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M.T. did not see the clown with his clothes off. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.412)
VII. Allegations of Sexual Activity:
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Miss Vi "once put a thermometer up her bum." (Interviews, p.290,308)
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A bad clown, using a magic wand, touched M.T. in her bum and vagina. It
hurt. Interviews, p.292)
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Miss Cheryl, "Al," and the clown put their mouths on M.T.'s vagina. (Interviews,
p.294)
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Miss Vi touched M.T.'s vagina, inside and outside. (Interviews, p.295)
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Miss Vi put a nail in M.T.'s vagina. (Interviews, p.295)
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Miss Cheryl put a thermometer in M.T.'s vagina. (Pre-Trial Reports, p.375)
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Tooky, Miss Vi, and Miss Cheryl touched her vagina. (Pre-Trial reports,
p.389)
But:
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The clown didn't touch any part of her. (Pre-Trial reports, p.359)
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She doesn't remember the names of the non-clown teachers who touched her.
(Pre-Trial Reports, p.361)
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Tooky "did nothing really, but he was bad." She never saw him naked. (Pre-Trial
Reports, pp.370-371)
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M.T. never played any secret games at Fells Acres Day School. (Pre-Trial
Reports, p.411)
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M.T. told her mother that she was happy at Fells Acres Day School "and
there was nothing weird." (Vol. 18, p.41)
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M.T. told Susan Kelley that the clown did not touch her. (Vol. 17, p.75)
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She told Susan Kelley that she never saw Tooky without his clothes on,
and that Tooky did nothing really. (1986: Vol. 17, pp.76-77)
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She told Susan Kelley that nothing ever happened at Fells Acres Day School.
(1987, Vol. 2B, pp.63-64)
VIII. Threats:
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Tooky and Miss Vi said they would kill M.T.'s mother if she reported them.
(Interviews, p.292)
But:
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Although the bad clown said they would kill her mommy, M.T. then pulled
the clown's hair and face. The clown had to go to the hospital. (Pre-Trial
Reports pp.363-364)
IX. Miscellaneous:
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The Commonwealth's medical expert, Dr. Emans, examined M.T. and found normal
"vaginal or vulvar irritation." She said this is "very common .... It's
not uncommon to see some redness in that area." (1986: Vol. 35, pp.127-128)
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