The trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting six girls who were "gifted" to him is underway in Doylestown. During opening statements yesterday the DA saying 52-year-old Lee Kaplan brainwashed an entire family. The oldest daughter, who is the mother of Kaplan's two young kids, and the girl's mother both testified that they're Kaplan's wives. Savilla Stoltzfus said Kaplan is a prophet and that she loves him. She said and her husband Daniel gifted their daughters to Kaplan as they were trying to leave the Amish faith. The 19-year-old mother of Kaplan's young daughters, who first gave birth at 14, said it was "a joy to be with him."
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