Ryan Utterback, a Missouri man who attempted to have many LGBTQ publications removed from schools due to sexual content, faces a criminal charge of second-degree child molestation.
Ryan Utterback faces a misdemeanor charge of giving or attempting to furnish pornographic material to a juvenile in a separate case.
As he arrived at the Clay County Courthouse for a hearing, he did not respond to inquiries from KMBC 9 Investigates regarding the charges. On the other hand, Utterback’s attorney, David Bell, declined to comment on the charges.
/A Missouri man who supported banning books in schools that describe “sexual acts” faces felony charges of 2nd-degree child molestation and 4th-degree assault.
Ryan Utterback also faces a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material to a minor./https://t.co/K61V2iMkve— Kathleen Sullivan (@KayAnneSacto) February 4, 2022
Who Is Ryan Utterback? Gladstone Mo Arrested
Ryan Utterback, a 29-year-old parent from a Kansas City suburb, is charged with a fourth-degree domestic assault misdemeanor and a misdemeanor of giving or attempting to furnish pornographic material to a juvenile in a different instance.
KMBC-TV, an ABC affiliate in the area, broke the story first; Utterback testified at a school board meeting in November to urge the removal of books depicting sexual conduct from North Kansas City Schools libraries.
Utterback held up enlarged prints of two pages from the award-winning graphic memoir “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” during another school board meeting in October, while a member of a parent association fighting for the ban spoke, arguing that handing the material to a child amounts to “solicitation of a minor.”
Misdemeanor charges were also filed against him to provide pornographic material to a juvenile. According to court documents, Utterback’s next court hearing is March 10.
“A Missouri man who sought to ban LGBTQ books from schools is now facing a felony charge of 2nd degree child molestation.
Ryan Utterback, a 29-year-old parent from KC also faces a misdemeanor charge of 4th degree domestic assault.”#ONEV1#wtpBLUE https://t.co/LZH9jbCk9E— ?? (@Jaxzon2008) February 3, 2022
Missouri Man Charges And Assualt
According to court filings, Ryan Utterback is accused of touching a 12-year-old girl under her clothes and rubbing a teenager’s leg underneath her trousers on two separate occasions in 2020. In a separate complaint filed in 2021, he claimed that he began showing pornographic film footage to a youngster when she was four years old.
A couple of months back, some North Kansas City students invited me to stand with them against the banning of certain books.
On the opposite side stood Ryan Utterback, a parent in favor of the book bans. Today, he’s facing two child molestation charges. https://t.co/iegmMLZFnH
— Justice Horn (@JusticeHorn_) January 29, 2022
Other incidents of Utterback inappropriately touching a kid are also alleged in the probable cause statement. Utterback is accused of putting a 12-year-old girl on his lap and inquiring if she was ticklish in one incident. The child answered okay, according to court filings, and Utterback began tickling her sides. According to the probable cause statement, he touched her under her clothes.
However, because this is still in an investigation process, his jail term has yet to be revealed.