🚨NEW: Ohio mother of 16 children pleads not guilty to s*xual abuse and child endangerment charges, with her lawyer bringing up “postpartum”
Elizabeth Siders and her husband, Gary Siders, are accused of having 16 children living in their home under what authorities described as deplorable conditions
Siders’ attorney Thomas Stolly brought up her history, saying she was married at 15 and has been pregnant for much of the past two decades
He said she has never fully gone through a postpartum period and has not received regular medical care appropriate for someone who has had 16 to 18 children
Stolly said he has concerns about how her pregnancies, lack of medical care and being married at such a young age may have affected her while living in the Siders household
Siders has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has a total bond of $550,000