Frustrated prosecutors filed a "Justification for Amendment of Charges and Proposed Resolution" to explain the plea deal. Repischak detailed the increasing lack of cooperation by the victim and her mother, who each had separate lawyers. The girl had challenged a court proceeding to force her to come from North Carolina, where she now lives, to testify.
The charges grew out of Johnson's purported statements to his therapist in Arizona, who was required by law to report any potential child abuse to authorities. Prosecutors tried repeatedly to gain access to records of those counseling sessions. When an Arizona court compelled the records holder to bring them to Wisconsin for a private review by the Racine judge, Johnson appealed, and the issue is still pending in the Arizona Court of Appeals.
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