Stephen Broderick, the former sheriff’s detective charged with the murder of three people, including his estranged wife and teenage daughter in Austin, Texas Sunday, was accused by his wife of a protective order to rape their teenage daughter and she warned that he is dangerous and said the family did not feel safe, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.
The shocking allegations were set out in a protective order that Amanda Broderick, 35, filed in a Travis County court on June 25, 2020 – about three weeks after the alleged rape took place.
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In the protection order, Amanda alleged that her daughter approached her on June 3, saying that her father, Stephen Broderick, “touched her improperly.”
Amanda said she took the girl to a children’s hospital where they did a sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE) and alerted the police. According to her, the teenager told her that her father had raped her on other occasions.
‘I’m afraid he’s going to try to hurt me or [the] children, because these allegations came out and he could lose his career, “Amanda wrote. Stephen previously had military experience and was trained SWAT. If he wanted to hurt someone, he would know how. ‘
Three days after the alleged rape, the American Marshals arrested Broderick. Broderick, then a Travis County Bureau of Investigation detective, was placed on administrative leave, according to an arrest warrant quoted by Austin’s KXAN.
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He spent 16 days in jail before posting a $ 50,000 bail. A court has ordered Broderick not to make contact with the teenager, and to wear a GPS tracking device. Broderick’s bail conditions apparently also prohibited him from owning firearms.
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In the protection order, Broderick’s daughter writes that she “feels safe after my father was arrested and he was in jail, but now that he’s out, I do not feel … safe.”
“I’m afraid a protection order will be just a piece of paper for him,” the teenager wrote. “I’m worried he will run after my family and try to take my brother. I’m afraid he could hurt me or my mother because she’s coming forward.”
Only five months later, with the case not yet pending, a judge in Travis County ordered that the GPS device be removed, the Austin American-Stateman reported.
The newsletter, citing a written motion from Broderick’s attorney, said the attorney argued that his client had been wearing the electronic monitor for nearly 150 days without any material violations, justifying its removal.
Stephen Broderick was arrested Monday morning in Manor, Texas.
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Broderick was arrested early Monday morning less than 24 hours after allegedly shooting his ex-wife, their daughter, and the daughter’s boyfriend in Austin on Sunday afternoon.
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Police said Broderick met Amanda at the Great Hills Trail and Rain Creek Parkway in northwest Austin for a scheduled visit with the couple’s son when a collision occurred and Broderick fired shots and killed all three victims. before fleeing the scene, police said in a press release. .
Police initially said the shooting may have stemmed from a domestic dispute, but it has not been expanded. According to the American, the couple divorced, although police referred to Broderick as Amanda’s ‘ex-husband’.
The couple’s son, who did not identify police, was present during the shooting but was unharmed, police said. He was later located away from the scene where he was handed over to Austin police officers.
Responding found that the three victims were lying with gunshot wounds near two vehicles that were apparently involved in an accident, police said.
Staff from the Austin-Travis County EMS and the Austin Fire Department were also present and tried to take life-saving measures on the three victims, but they died at the scene.
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The case is still being investigated while authorities are working to establish a clear motive for the killings. The police medical examiner’s office will conduct autopsies to determine an “official cause of death”.
Fox News’ Greg Norman and Evie Fordham contributed to this report.