The step daughter had testified Tuesday that the sexual abuse began several days after she and her then-boyfriend were alone in the basement and “things got serious.” After forcing her to break up with the boy, she said, Williston came to her. “He said he wanted to have sex with me so I wouldn’t have sex with other people and get pregnant,’’ she testified.
The stepdaughter took several days to think about the arrangement, Williston testified, but later told him that if the sexual encounters would solve her issue, she would be interested. They first had sex several days later.
Williston said he and his stepdaughter only had “normal, standard” sex, and did not use any sex toys or devices, or have oral sex. The relationship lasted until the fall of 2010, Williston said, and they had sex once a week or once every two weeks until that point.
He first told prosecutors he was never physically or sexually attracted to his stepdaughter, but then said after she turned 16, there “may have been occasions” when he was attracted to her during sex.
The relationship stopped because the stepdaughter told Williston her problem was solved and she didn’t want to continue, he said.
Williston said he never forced her to have sex with him, and he never used his position as a police officer to force her to have sex. The victim wasn’t afraid of him, Williston said, but was only afraid of her mother finding out.
In 2012, Williston said the stepdaughter told her mother about the sexual relationship. He admitted that, in one conversation about the relationship with his wife, he stormed off. “I didn’t storm off because of the anger (at the stepdaughter or wife)… I stormed off because of anger towards myself,” Williston said on the stand.
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