Remee Jo Lee opened up to the media several weeks after her ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty into tricking her into taking a pill that caused her to have a miscarriage.
"I wanted this baby more than anything," the 27-year-old Florida woman told ABC News. "Not because it was Andrew's, but it was my baby as well."
More from an Sept. 9 report from the Associated Press:
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A doctor's son pleaded guilty Monday to tricking his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking a pill that caused her to have a miscarriage.
John Andrew Welden faces up to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release when he is sentenced Dec. 5 on charges of tampering with a consumer product and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Welden is free on supervised release until the sentencing hearing. Welden's ex-girlfriend, Remee Jo Lee, was in court Monday to watch the proceedings. She cried softly as Welden told the judge that he would plead guilty.
ABC News' 20/20 Special:
"This has been an extremely difficult time for the Lee family," said Lee's attorney, Gil Sanchez.
Welden's attorney, Todd Foster, said that he was certain his client is remorseful and that Welden's family has been profoundly affected.
"It's tragic all around, from every angle," Foster said.
Welden did not speak to reporters when he walked out of the courthouse and into a black Hummer, flanked by two private security officers. His family was ordered to pay for round-the-clock security as part of his bail conditions.
Lee and her attorney – along with federal prosecutors – said Welden forged a signature in March of 2013 on a prescription for Cytotec and relabeled a pill bottle as "amoxicillin." Cytotec is used to induce labor.
Welden admitted in the plea agreement that he forged the signature of his father, who is a Tampa-area obstetrician. Welden's father has not been accused of wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. The younger Welden told Lee that his father said she had an infection and told her to take the mislabeled medication.
Lee, who was about six or seven weeks pregnant, experienced severe cramps and pain and went to the hospital. She miscarried shortly thereafter.
The plea agreement recommends that Welden serve 13 years and 8 months, preferably at a low-security federal prison camp, as punishment. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara ordered a presentence report from the federal probation department and said he would take that into consideration, along with other testimony during the December sentencing hearing.
"Whatever sentence I impose on you, you have to live with," Lazzara said.
the complete story, and videos, is available at-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-welden-pleads-guilty-tricking-girlfriend-remee-jo-lee-miscarriage
"I wanted this baby more than anything," the 27-year-old Florida woman told ABC News. "Not because it was Andrew's, but it was my baby as well."
More from an Sept. 9 report from the Associated Press:
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A doctor's son pleaded guilty Monday to tricking his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking a pill that caused her to have a miscarriage.
John Andrew Welden faces up to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release when he is sentenced Dec. 5 on charges of tampering with a consumer product and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Welden is free on supervised release until the sentencing hearing. Welden's ex-girlfriend, Remee Jo Lee, was in court Monday to watch the proceedings. She cried softly as Welden told the judge that he would plead guilty.
ABC News' 20/20 Special:
"This has been an extremely difficult time for the Lee family," said Lee's attorney, Gil Sanchez.
Welden's attorney, Todd Foster, said that he was certain his client is remorseful and that Welden's family has been profoundly affected.
"It's tragic all around, from every angle," Foster said.
Welden did not speak to reporters when he walked out of the courthouse and into a black Hummer, flanked by two private security officers. His family was ordered to pay for round-the-clock security as part of his bail conditions.
Lee and her attorney – along with federal prosecutors – said Welden forged a signature in March of 2013 on a prescription for Cytotec and relabeled a pill bottle as "amoxicillin." Cytotec is used to induce labor.
Welden admitted in the plea agreement that he forged the signature of his father, who is a Tampa-area obstetrician. Welden's father has not been accused of wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. The younger Welden told Lee that his father said she had an infection and told her to take the mislabeled medication.
Lee, who was about six or seven weeks pregnant, experienced severe cramps and pain and went to the hospital. She miscarried shortly thereafter.
The plea agreement recommends that Welden serve 13 years and 8 months, preferably at a low-security federal prison camp, as punishment. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara ordered a presentence report from the federal probation department and said he would take that into consideration, along with other testimony during the December sentencing hearing.
"Whatever sentence I impose on you, you have to live with," Lazzara said.
the complete story, and videos, is available at-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-welden-pleads-guilty-tricking-girlfriend-remee-jo-lee-miscarriage
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