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he had been molested." In the case, the only defendant with a previous conviction of molestation was Grant Self, who rented Stoll's pool house briefly. John Stoll had to wait until 2004 for the reversal of his convictions, but was released due to the new testimony. Self was sent to a mental hospital for sexual offenders because he had two prior convictions for child molestation. Self was freed in 2009. He was re-arrested in 2012 on suspicion of child molestation in Oregon. In July 2013, Self pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three young boys and was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison.
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In 2004 Sampley and three other former accusers returned to the courthouse where they had testified against Stoll, this time to say that Stoll never molested them. In their late 20s, each of them said they always knew that Stoll had never touched them. However, Stoll's son has "continued to say that
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reporter in 2004. He claimed he had lied about Stoll. Stoll was in prison for 19 years before his conviction was overturned. In 2009, Stoll sued Kern County and was awarded $ 5 million in compensation. The county paid nearly $ 10 million to settle claims made by the former prisoners and the alleged
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