A man has filed a lawsuit against a California couple he said used him as a sex slave after adopting him from an orphanage in Russia at the age of 9.
Denis Flynn, 23, said his father, Ralph Flynn, would abuse him more and more frequently, and his mother, Carolyn Flynn, began abusing him when he turned 15. Denis Flynn spoke at a news conference on Wednesday.
The couple was arrested in November and faces multiple sex abuse charges. They have not entered pleas.
The office of Ralph Flynn's lawyer, Steven Nakano, said there was a gag order in the case that would not allow him to make any comment.
Carolyn Flynn's lawyer, Wesley Schroeder, said he could not comment on the particulars of the case. Carolyn Flynn is charged with counts including incest and unlawful intercourse. Ralph Flynn faces more than 40 counts.
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"I just cannot emphasise enough that due process and having a fair and impartial hearing are vital," Schroeder said.
Denis Flynn said he was living a fantasy when he first came to the couple's home after three years at an orphanage.
He had his own bed and television and "fantastic food".
But that ended a few months later when the abuse began, he said.
