By Rose Gruenbacher

Attorneys for the prosecution and defense of Clark Petersen made closing statements Wednesday in the Riley County district court trial for charges alleging Petersen sexually abused 19 women who were former patients of his.

A former Manhattan chiropractor, Petersen, 66, was arrested in August 2023 for 19 charges, which by the beginning of trial grew to 64 counts, ranging from rape to aggravated sexual battery to aggravated criminal sodomy. Four of the charges have since been dropped by the prosecution.

Representing the state, Christina Trocheck told the jury this case is about the violation of trust of 19 women who had no ill will toward Petersen or his family, and depended on him to help them with pain and discomfort in order to go about their daily lives.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

The eighth alleged victim of Clark Petersen testified in Riley County District Court Tuesday morning, saying Petersen “yanked” his hands out of her pants and underwear in 2019 when they heard someone outside the door of Petersen’s treatment room.

Petersen, a former Manhattan chiropractor, is charged with 60 counts of sex crimes, ranging from rape to aggravated sexual battery to aggravated criminal sodomy, against 19 women.

Victim 8 was identified by name in court, but The Mercury doesn’t name victims of sexual crimes. She said she started seeing Petersen in 2008, for treatment of pain and fibromyalgia. She took a pause from chiropractic treatment in 2016 and resumed care again with Petersen in 2018.

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