A North Carolina man who previously performed Santa Claus at a North Pole-themed amusement park was arrested final week and accused of sexually abusing two younger ladies at his dwelling behind the attraction.
Bevier Hasbrouck Sleight III, 78, was booked on 13 expenses, together with little one abuse, after authorities accused him of sexually abusing two ladies between March 2023 and March 2024, in keeping with a warrant obtained by JHB. One of many ladies was allegedly abused whereas she was 5 to six years outdated, and the opposite was 6 to 7 years outdated.
Sleight had performed Santa Claus on the Santa’s Land Enjoyable Park and Zoo in Cherokee, North Carolina, in keeping with experiences from The Sylva Herald. The theme park didn’t instantly reply to JHB’s request for remark.
Authorities alleged the abuse occurred on the identical road the place Sleight lives, which is behind the amusement park, in keeping with the warrant. A police reserving picture exhibits him with a protracted white beard and moustache.
“He’s simply actually all the time been an excellent good individual. So I’m very shocked to listen to that,” Kim Lambert advised the station.
Police mentioned Sleight was a buyer of Caroline Roland, a 39-year-old resident of Cherokee who has been accused of working a child-trafficking ring, in keeping with WLOS. She was arrested on June 5 and faces 11 expenses, together with little one abuse that allegedly triggered a 5-year-old lady to maintain “a number of damaged bones to every hand on a number of completely different digits.”