DENTON, Texas — The relative of John Wetteland who accused the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher of sexual assaulting him as a child testified about the abuse Tuesday to a Denton County jury.
Wetteland is charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The relative alleges the 56-year-old forced him to perform a sex act on Wetteland three times between 2004 and 2006, beginning when the child was 4 years old.
On the witness stand, the man said his mental health suffered and he experienced incontinence into his teens because of the abuse. His eyes were fixed ahead of him for the majority of his hours-long testimony. Wetteland looked at the man periodically and took notes. Some of Wetteland’s family, who are not expected to testify, were seated in the front row of the courtroom gallery.
