![]() ![]() Attorney General Brian Kolodziej, who picked up the case, and got the Michigan State Police involved in a new investigation. Gerald contacted the Attorney General’s office, where he spoke to Asst. ![]() “I have never had a situation where a detective has compiled anything for a citizen on an investigation that is not theirs,” said attorney Mariell Lehman, who also represents Orr. Center Line had no jurisdiction in the case, and no crime was ever alleged to have been committed there.Ĭenter Line’s Police Chief told the 7 Investigators that there’s no official record of Johanna MacMaster coming to his department, but says Detective Mike Gerald took her documents and “compiled two binders of case material.” Somehow Johanna MacMaster found her way to the Center Line Public Safety Department, 40 miles south of where the alleged crimes took place in Oxford Township. “They were not done following the Michigan protocol,” Smith told 7 Investigator Heather Catallo in September. When asked whether those counseling sessions followed the forensic interview protocol, Orr’s defense attorney, Shannon Smith, said they did not. In August 2018, lawyers say Johanna took her daughter to six counseling sessions that were videotaped, where the child allegedly claimed abuse. In 2017, police reports show that Johanna MacMaster tried starting another criminal case with the Michigan State Police Lapeer Post. Later in 2016, the MacMasters battled it out in family court in Florida where a judge ruled that their child’s statements were not reliable and therapists testified the child had been coached by her mother. Sheriff’s officials, prosecutors, and police reports all say both were cleared as well. When the Oakland County Prosecutor declined to issue charges, police records show Johanna made new allegations the next day, this time against the child’s grandparents, Barbara and Larry Orr. She called it her “gift to him,” saying, "right now you have the opportunity to make this go away. Johanna was captured on audio tape just days after she made the allegations against Sean asking him to terminate his parental rights to the child in exchange for her dropping the criminal investigation. During two different forensic interviews of the child, prosecutors say she did not disclose any abuse. Records show the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, specialized Carehouse forensic interviewers, Child Protective Services, and the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office all found no evidence abuse. RELATED: Why did AG's office prosecute sex assault case involving cop & young daughter when others wouldn't? RELATED: Dad out on bond after 7 Investigation into AG's office bringing sexual assault charges Both men passed three polygraphs, including tests given by the Oakland County Sheriff’s office.Īttorneys for both men say the false allegations stemmed from a contentious fight over parenting time between MacMaster’s ex-wife, Johanna MacMaster, and Sean. MacMaster and his stepfather were accused of sexually assaulting MacMaster’s daughter, allegedly when the child was 4 years old. MacMaster is a former Detroit Police Officer, and most recently worked as a Lieutenant for Duval County Schools in Florida. Nessel filed a motion last month to dismiss the first degree Criminal Sexual Conduct charges against Sean MacMaster and Larry Orr. ![]() It’s a case first exposed by a 7 Action News Investigation that showed emails and documents calling into question why Attorney General Dana Nessel charged the case in the first place. (WXYZ) - A judge has formally dismissed sex assault charges against a police officer and his stepdad. ![]()
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