SD Republican Gets 10 Years On Felony Incest Charges

The Argus Leader reports:

Joel Koskan, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2022 and days before the election was arrested on charges relating to child abuse, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony incest Tuesday morning. He was sentenced in a Hughes County court room to 10 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

Koskan, 44, originally faced felony child abuse charges for acts that allegedly took place between October 2014 and October 2016, according to court documents filed in November. He exposed his victim, a now 20-year-old woman, to “sexual grooming behaviors.”

Brent Kempema, the Assistant South Dakota Attorney General, said the victim had been pressured by Koskan and his family not to report the sexual abuse.

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