Fuente: New York Post
The troubled Ohio mother of 16 “almost feral” children was seen caressing a noticeably swollen stomach in court this week, with her attorney refusing to deny she is pregnant again — while blaming her legal woes on a lack of postpartum care during her life of almost constant pregnancy since the age of 15. Clad in orange prison garb, Elizabeth Siders, 34, appeared at times unsteady on her feet as she held her midsection in Vinton County Common Pleas Court in Hamden on Wednesday, where she pleaded not guilty to 19 counts of child endangerment and sex-related charges involving an underage relative. 6 Elizabeth Siders, 34, gingerly placed her hands over her protruding belly during her arraignment on felony USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect She appeared without handcuffs — which law enforcement is banned from using on pregnant women in Ohio, according to the Columbus Dispatch, which noted that Siders’ co-accused have been cuffed in earlier hearings.
