Nate Webster's Wife Testifies In Sex Abuse Case

CINCINNATI -- Witnesses testified Monday that a teen who accused Nate Webster of sexually assaulting her peppered the former Bengal's cell phone with calls and texts.

Jennifer Webster, the defendant's wife, testified that some of the girl's claims were inaccurate because her husband or their SUV was not in Cincinnati when the teen testified she'd had sex with him.

She also testified that she'd warned the girl to stay away from her house after finding her scantily clad in the family's front yard.

"I just knew something wasn't right," Jennifer Webster said.

Jennifer Webster testified that she never allowed the girl to babysit and that she'd lied about her age, claiming to be 17 years old, not 15.

Nate Webster admits he had sex with the girl after she turned 16, which is the age of legal consent in Ohio, but he says nothing sexual happened prior to that.

Elizabeth Turner, who lived for a time with the Websters, said the teen frequently called Nate Webster's phone, but others sometimes answered for him.

Webster's brother-in-law said the teen got angry if the phone wasn't answered.

"She just kept calling, and once you don't pick up the phone she gets aggressive with it," said Evont Flanders. "She takes it to another level, she'll show up knocking at your door, peeking in your windows. She'll take it to a whole other level."

Flanders said he answered Webster's phone sometimes because the teen supplied him with marijuana.

"She would already have a joint rolled for me before I purchased the weed from her," Flanders said.

Neighbor Maurice Anderson said the teen approached him and others at a barbeque and told them a story none of them believed.

"She said her father had molested her on an occasion and had taken her to be tested for STDs three times before she was 13," Anderson said.

Closing arguments are set for Tuesday morning.


(wlwt.com)