Step-dad convicted for continuously raping his severely disabled stepdaughter on her sickbed blames it on elevated testosterone levels

 A sick man has explained what led to his sick behaviour after he was sentenced to serve five felony charges consecutively after pleading guilty to raping his severely disabled stepdaughter.

Brian Kenneth Urban, 52, was hit with the sentence at West Jordan District Court in Utah, USA on Friday, April 5, two weeks after the victim suddenly died. The sentence includes five years to life for each of his two rape convictions, and 1-15 years a piece for three counts of forcible sexual abuse.

Five weeks earlier, Urban pleaded guilty to the five charges that had been filed against him after he was filmed committing the crime by cameras the girl’s mother bought to monitor her deteriorating condition.

Identified as 31-year-old Ashley Vigil, the victim had a rare disorder called Rett syndrome, a genetic condition that affects brain development.

The mutation affects girls almost exclusively, plaguing them with illness that require round-the-clock care.

Urban, not minding her state, took advantage of her, leading him to admit to a judge Friday he raped the late victim.

‘It is obvious that my testosterone levels were elevated,’ he said upon taking the stand according to CBS’s KUTV

‘During this horrible event I was in a dreamlike state where reality felt like a dream,’

‘I still today would never believe this was actually possible.’

The unspeakable event the suspect referred to occurred in October 2022 – and happened after a doctor recommended to the mother of the victim she set up cameras in her bedroom to monitor mysterious seizures she had been having

Instead of finding out what was the cause of the seizure, the cameras caught Urban in the act.

He was swiftly arrested, and convicted in October the following year.

Immediately after the discovery, when Ashley was still alive, her mother and full-time caretaker Paula Vigil campaigned to pass a new law that would help protect vulnerable adults just like kids and the elderly are.

He had to completely undress her, move her to the couch, and take her diaper off, to do what he did,’ she said

After Urban pleaded guilty to the five felony charges against him, Paula lamented how a then-alive Ashley was plagued by seizures just before the assault

‘Her seizures had suddenly increased,’ she told KUTV, recalling how she had been struggling to eat and was losing weight.

At that point, she said, the doctor recommended she install a camera in Ashley’s bedroom to see when the seizures were occurring – but what she saw was far worse than she could have ever imagined.

‘Instead of catching the seizures, I caught him,’ Paula told the station, reiterating: ‘In her condition, she [Ashley] can’t move.

She continued: ‘He had to completely undress her, move her to the couch, and take her diaper off, to do what he did. Then he had to dress her and put her back in her bed.’ 
 

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