Fuster's business was not profitable
The Hollingsworth book, Unspeakable Acts, was made into a movie that was mentioned by Frontline. But Frontline did not acknowledge or address the 592-page book. Even Hollingsworth’s critics have allowed that:
"When they can be checked against the discovery and trial record, the facts Hollingsworth chooses to include in her account of Country Walk are reliable and can be cited with confidence." (Nathan 1994).
During the investigation of the 1981 charges, Fuster indicated that he had been a suspect in a sexual assault of a female that he had picked up from Central Shopping Center and had intercourse with—during his wife’s ninth month of pregnancy. (Deposition of Detective Bradley Marshall, 12/17/81, tr. 38-9.) She was a "very beautiful but demented young woman," according to Fuster. The young woman’s mother reported the alleged rape. (Hollingsworth, p. 207.) Police suspected other incidents as well, particularly in connection with the gunshot wound Fuster received in a confrontation.
Pulled a gun on Ileana's step-father
Mr. Mendosa testified, quite reluctantly, that Frank pointed a gun at him and said "Shut up or I will shoot you" (Deposition of Israel Mendosa, State v. Fuster, January 4, 1985; tr.10).
Frank Fuster's documented history of deception about this case
The state introduced business cards and an "Agreement for Babysitting"<PDFa1> with the name Country Walk Babysitting Service and, in the second sentence of the agreement, an agreement to "hold the Operator harmless from any and all liability."
The state also introduced check stubs and it provided the testimony of parents whose children went there. Still, Frank Fuster could not bring himself to admit that there was a babysitting service in his home. Perhaps that was because he was still on parole for child molestation; perhaps it was because he thought that acknowledging any facts would make others more plausible. Whatever the reason, his testimony was preposterous on its face. "There was no daycare center ever in my house," he insisted on the stand. (tr. 4552). The prosecutor then asked:
Q: And the stamp that said "Country Walk Baby Sitting Service?"
A: No I don’t remember that.
Q: What did the stamp say, sir?
A: Everything that it says.
He refused to acknowledge that there was a babysitting business even after the state introduced business license in the name of the business that he claimed did not exist. (A business license should not be confused with a day care license, which the Fusters should have had but never sought.) How Frank Fuster squares the documented facts with this obvious lie is vintage Frank Fuster:
"When I went to buy my Mobile Showroom license, I had no intentions, no idea or desire to buy a license under the name Country Walk Babysitting Service. It was a spontaneous incident that took place based on my questioning to the lady who sold me the license."
(Deposition of Frank Escalona, L. v. Escalona, Case No. 84-32827; October 31, 1985, tr. 65).
Fuster, seeking to heap blame on his own lawyer, told such a blatant lie in court that the judge called him on it. Fuster claimed "Mr. Samek wants to leave my case, but it’s not because of the reasons that he is saying, because those reasons are not true." The judge responded: He told you not to talk to the media and you talked to the media; that is exactly what he said" (State v. Fuster, Trial transcript, August 27, 1985; vol. 1, tr. 610, 617).