‘I have to be the voice’: Woman sues Grady Judd, Polk deputies over botched rape case from 2016

TAMPA, Fla. — A woman from Polk County is hoping her story, and a new lawsuit, will prevent what she endured as a child from ever happening again.

Taylor Cadle was 12 when she told a sheriff’s office detective she’d been raped for years by her adoptive father. But what happened next added to her trauma.

Cadle says her trust was first broken by her great uncle and adoptive father, who she said raped her countless times for years, beginning when she was just 9 years old…

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