Oh, wait, apparently they do:
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Since Christmas time, 2001, Schmidt has been sitting in a California jail because she refuses to disclose the location of her two daughters, aged 7 and 9 at the time. She is protecting them from their father, Manuel Saavedra, who is a registered sex offender, an illegal alien who has been ordered deported, and an alcoholic. According to a press-release by Stephanie Dallam, research associate for The Leadership Council, the conviction came in the seven-year custody battle "after the judge refused to allow the jury to hear about Saavedra's sex offense, his status as a registered sex offender, allegations of domestic abuse, or testimony by another ex-wife."
Due to Schmidt's refusal to cooperate, the California court awarded custody of the children to their father.
San Francisco Weekly reported that he was convicted in 1992, of "misdemeanor child molestation in an incident involving his 13-year-old niece." The court was not interested in hearing that this was why Schmidt refused to allow Saavedra his visitation. The court did not want to hear that Saavedra had threatened Schmidt that he would flee with the girls to his native Chile. Instead, Saavedra has been depicted as a model father who cares about his children while Schmidt recovers from a horrific attack by a deranged inmate who had mistakenly been placed in the wrong cell block.
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Well, this "very good father" has been arrested and charged again for molesting another little girl.