Dad ‘tortured and raped his children then made them watch sex videos with him’
Jose Rosales is accused of inflicting horrific abuse on five of his six children, the oldest of whom is just nine years-old
A father inflicted horrific torture and rape on his children, then made the youngsters sit and watch sex videos with him, police say.
Jose Rosales, 33, has been accused of raping three of the six youngsters aged two to nine at his home in Columbus, Ohio, and was arraigned on a host of charges Thursday.
They allege that he hit the children with hangers, belts and shoes.
Rosales also stands accused of kicking the youngsters down steps, making them drink hot sauce, and take freezing or scalding showers together.
The alleged child abuser reportedly locked his kids in their rooms all day with no food, water or access to a bathroom – then punished them again when they soiled themselves.
An affidavit seen by WKRG continued: ‘(Rosales burned) children’s fingertips with a lighter causing blisters and bleeding, being bitten around the hands and extremities leaving teeth marks, making children watch sexual videos in the room with father and siblings present, and exposing to abuse of others.’
It is unclear whether those clips were from legal pornographic videos, or had been taken by Rosales himself while he allegedly abused his children.
Columbus Police said the youngest child, aged just two, was too small to cooperate with their investigation, meaning they have only been able to charge Rosales with abusing his other five children.
Cops began to investigate claims of abuse against Rosales in May this year, with SWAT officers arresting him on August 7.
His wife Rosa Rosales faces endangerment charges over claims she knew all about the abuse being inflicted on her stepchildren, but did nothing to stop it.
The Rosales’ alleged victims are now in need of extensive medical and psychological support to help them overcome their horrific ordeal.
Relatives including Jose Rosales’ mother-in-law Rose McGruder dismissed the claims against him, telling ABC6: ‘He’s a nice person.
‘He can fix things. He is very good with his hands.’
Rosa Rosales’ sister Monique McGruder also leapt to the couple’s defense, saying: ‘I think it’s a lie. He loves his kids he does everything for his kids…’
Monique also insisted that her sister would ‘never’ look the other way if they were being abused.
The couple are being held in jail in lieu of a combined $210,000 bond and are due back in court August 16.
Jose Rosales is in the US illegally and was described as being a ‘high flight risk.’