7/11/09 – AP: Alamo trial to hinge on witness testimony
WXVT
July 11, 2009
Associated Press
Alamo trial to hinge on witness testimony
Tony Alamo heads to federal court Monday for the start of a trial on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex in violation of a nearly century-old morality law.
Alamo previously pleaded not guilty while at the same time saying the Bible described the age of consent as when young girls first reached puberty.
A guilty verdict on one charge from the 10-count indictment could place Alamo behind bars for the rest of his life. A federal judge sentenced him to six years in prison in 1994 for tax evasion, making him a candidate for harsher sentence.
Alamo faces charges that he violated the Mann Act, a federal law that bans carrying women or girls across state lines for “prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.”