Former Aurora cop charged with raping daughter remains free as mom is sent to jail

Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins said the reunification therapy by Christine Bassett has been harmful, abusive and counterproductive.

The mother has been found in contempt of court after a judge found she continued to interfere with the therapy.

Her trip to jail occurs as such therapy and its potential harms are increasingly coming under fire in Colorado .

Larimer County District Court Judge Daniel McDonald , who presided over the divorce case prior to the criminal case against Hawkins , cast doubt on the allegations of child sexual abuse.

The oldest son said he felt like his father tried to drown him in a pool in 2018 in Costa Rica , using police control tactics and holding him under water until he began to black out.

The boy said he believed his father was vengeful because the boy woke up one night and confronted his father whose hand he claims he saw down the under garments of his sister.

A criminal case was filed against the father on July 29 in the 18th Judicial District following nearly two years of investigation by a prosecution investigator.

Hawkins received national attention in the wake of the Aurora theater attack after he testified about carrying a dying 6-year-old girl out of the theater that night.

In 2017 , a woman sued Hawkins and the Aurora Police Department , alleging she was brutalized by Hawkins and three other officers.

Hawkins medically retired from the department in 2018 after he failed a fit-for-duty exam and was placed on medical leave.