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| WHAT A SPANKER |
In one of the most bizarre cases in Virginia Beach's history, Henry Allen Fitzsimmons gave each of the women $200 weekly, promised to pay for their college tuition, treated them to lavish nights on the town.
He even bought one a car as part of his so-called Spencer Scholarship Plan.
But if they broke his rules like failing to call him or drinking too much alcohol, they were spanked.
Now however, at least six of the women say his corporal punishment went too far, including one who says the 54-year-old sexually assaulted her.
One 21-year-old woman testified Thursday that the day she joined the program
in November, Fitzsimmons spanked her and gave her $300.
After that, he paid for her to live in an oceanfront suite and gave her a $200 weekly allowance. In return, she was required to walk 20 blocks each day, keep a log of her meals and spending and refrain from drugs.
If she didn't, she was spanked.
But as time went by she claims Fitzsimmons took it further on three occasions when he sexually assaulted her with a curtain rod, a hairbrush and a horse riding crop.
Another told the court: "He terrorized my life. He took me away from all my friends and family and convinced me nobody loved me but him."
Prosecutor Tom Murphy called the case: "Bizarre."
He said: "These women are victims. They're single moms. They need their bills paid. It's bizarre, there's no doubt."
Fitzsimmons' attorney however claims his client was taken advantage of by women half his age who knew what they were getting into and filed charges only after a falling out.
"He's not a danger," Fitzsimmons' attorney, Moody Stallings Jr said.
"They were taking the money and all of a sudden when the mother gets fired they all run down to the police station and want to file charges.
"These aren't 15-years-olds. These are all adults and they're getting the money from this old guy."
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