A horrific child molester is serving 10 years behind bars thanks to former cop turned talk show host, Steve Wilkos.
Pervert Dameion McBride, 23, of Kansas City, was convicted late last year of molesting three of his cousin’s five children — a 3-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl — in January and February of 2015, according to court papers.
The mother of the children confronted McBride with the allegations on “The Steve Wilkos Show” in May 2015.
On the show, McBride took and failed a lie detector test when asked if the allegations against him were true.
The mother reported the failed test and the television show appearance to authorities. Investigators questioned McBride, who said he had gone on “The Steve Wilkos Show” to clear his name but failed the lie detector test.
He initially denied having touched any of the alleged victims.
The children’s parents, Nakeisha and Samm will return to the show on Thursday with an update on the case — that McBride will spend the next decade in the clink.
Wilkos says that even though he’s no longer a police officer, helping to bring the bad guys to justice — especially for a crimes as heinous as the ones committed by McBride — never gets old.
“On a personal level it makes me feel good,” Wilkos says. “People come up to me to say they really like what I’m doing, that I make a difference and that makes me feel really good.”
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