Jana Bradford, an elected prosecutor in rural Arkansas, allegedly used her legal knowledge and local connections to cover for her uncle Barry Walker, who pleaded guilty last year to raping and molesting 31 children, some of them repeatedly.
A civil lawsuit, filed in October, alleges Ms Bradford and other family members of Walker “circled the wagons” to protect him and knowingly failed to report his abuse, in an attempt to protect his thriving construction business and Ms Bradford’s political interests.
