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HAMILTON — A registered sex offender charged with raping two Middletown girls, ages 9 and 11, and the woman he allegedly paid to have sex with her daughter will be tried separately next year.

Clint Nevitt, 32, of Middletown, is charged with three counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. The 40-year-old mother of the 11-year-old girl Nevitt is accused of having sexual contact with is facing three counts of complicity to rape.

Both were in court before Butler County Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney Monday morning, Oct. 13.

Nevitt and the mother, who is not being named because the victim is a juvenile, are both being held in the Butler County Jail in lieu of $1 million bonds.

A Jan. 13 trial date was set for the mother and Nevitt is now scheduled to be tried on Feb. 24. The prosecution expects to call the mother to testify in Nevitt's trial.

Middletown police juvenile Detective Fred Shuemake called Nevitt "one of the worst" pedophiles he's seen.

The allegations came to light after the 11-year-old, who is now living with her father outside of Middletown, told a therapist about the alleged abuse.

In 2001, Nevitt was accused of raping a third girl, who was 12 at the time and is related to his 9-year-old accuser. He served two years in prison and was listed in the state's sex offender registry after he pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition and attempted rape.

The 9-year-old girl testified in a June preliminary hearing in Middletown Municipal Court that Nevitt paid her to touch him. Her grandmother testified Nevitt contacted her before the allegations involving her granddaughter and asked for her help in finding him "young stuff."

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