RELATED: Springfield couple charged in child rape case
Christopher Remy faces nearly 30 charges, including gross sexual imposition, rape and intimidation of a witness.
Tamara Remy faces nearly 20 charges, including rape, gross sexual imposition and intimidation of a witness.
A secret indictment was issued in February and the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team arrested Tamara Remy in Springfield and Christopher Remy in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he has been living.
The alleged abuse occurred between March 2013 and May 2015, according to court records.
“Over the next week you are going to hear a story of the ultimate betrayal,” Clark County Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth McCormick said in court Wednesday. “A story of three children … stripped of their safety and their trust.”
McCormick alleged Tamara Remy knew about sexual assaults performed by Christopher Remy and did nothing to stop it. She said Tamara Remy then allegedly began taking part in the assaults.
“She allowed (him) to engage in sexual acts against all three of them and then participated,” McCormick said.
Defense attorneys Griff Nowicki and Adrian King, who are representing the Remys, said during their opening statements that the lack of physical evidence is telling in the case.
“This will all come down to one thing, what do the children got to say,” King said. “There is a long list of witnesses, but every one of these witnesses will be basing everything they say on one thing: what do the children say.”
Nowicki questioned the accusations made by the children.
“You have to consider whether these stories make sense,” Nowicki said.
He said it was important for the jury to pay attention to every aspect of the case.
“We want you to look at the whole picture,” Nowicki said.
The Remys are expected to be back in court today and the trial may last as long as a week.
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