POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and two deputies are now under fire as part of a lawsuit filed over a child rape case that happened nearly a decade ago, according to court records filed on Friday.

The lawsuit states that the victim — identified as Taylor Cadle — was adopted by her uncle and aunt back in 2012 when she was still just under 9 years old.

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However, her uncle — identified as Henry Cadle — began “inappropriately touching her, with the abuse escalating to rape” several times over the next few years, the lawsuit asserts.

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“(Taylor) kept the abuse a secret for years, due to her overwhelming fear of being returned to foster care if she reported the rapes,” the la

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