Executive Director of Miss South Carolina Arrested for Sex Assault Again
Published: August 20, 2008
More sexual assault charges for the Executive Director of the Miss South Carolina Pageant.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office arrested Joseph Pettigrew Sanders, IV on Wednesday and charged him with criminal sexual conduct with a minor 2nd degree and lewd act on a minor.
Sanders is accused of sexual battery and a lewd act against a 12-year old child earlier this year.
You may rememember, Easley Police arrested Sanders on two counts of sexual conduct back in July.
Investigators also arrested Anita Jordon Gearhart of Easley on Wednesday, and charged her with unlawful conduct towards a child.
Gearhart was arrested by Easley Police on the same charge in July.
Sanders was released from the Pickens County Detention Center on a $20,000 surety bond and Gearhart was released on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond.
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I would never let my little girl enter a local pageant for several reasons.
1. I would not want her wearing make-up and dressed as a woman in front of strange men.
2. Most of the time, it is all about who you know or want you are willing to do so that your daughter wins.
In the recent Union Pageant, the junior Miss Union, was won by a little girl’s who Mother is involved with the pageant.
i think people need to think long hard before competing in this pageant and i think the sanders should be stripped of the miss sc franchise this is not actions of mentors this is actions of a very sick person i think any one involved the miss sc pageant will be putting there on saftey at risk i remember as a small child when the pageant left greenville and went to spartanburg the dad was in the spotlight or very close to the same thing.we all need to take notice and not do bussiness with people like this..
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