Malachi York’s attorneys ask for new trial

Attorneys for convicted child molester and cult leader Malachi York have asked a federal judge for a new trial, citing new evidence they say could clear their client.

Monday, York’s attorneys asked Federal Judge C. Ashley Royal for a new trial based on an affidavit from a woman who testified in January that York molested her and then she solicited other children to have sex with York.

The motion was originally filed last week, but a new motion was filed Monday after defense attorneys received an updated affidavit from the victim.

On April 22 – the day York was sentenced to 135 years in federal prison – his supporters produced a videotape of the woman saying she was never molested and was coerced into testifying by York’s son, Jacob York.

In the affidavit, the woman says Jacob York coerced her into making up a story of abuse and that she worked with other victims to make sure their stories were similar.

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