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Former Yankees closer John Wetteland ‘shocked’ by child sex abuse charges

Former Yankees World Series MVP John Wetteland appeared in court Monday for the first time since being arrested in January on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child, maintaining his innocence of the horrific alleged acts.

Wetteland, 52, was indicted in March by a grand jury on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, occurring between 2004 and 2006, starting when the pitcher’s relative was 4 years old.

“What they’ve accused him of, the only thing worse is murder,” Wetteland’s attorney, Derek Adame, told the Dallas Morning News following Monday’s arraignment hearing.