HERSHEY, Neb. (AP) — A Hershey woman once accused of playing a role in her husband’s alleged sexual assault of children has pleaded not guilty to different charges of child sexual assault.
Local media reports that Deanna Fischer pleaded not guilty Monday in Lincoln County District Court to three counts of sexual assault of a child.
Investigators say Fischer sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in 2005. She was also charged last week with fondling a young boy several years ago. Fischer faces trial on the charges in October.
In November, a separate child abuse charge against Fischer was dropped. She’d been accused in that case of not stopping her husband from sexually assaulting children. Authorities say Daniel Fischer committed suicide after he was charged.