Tonight a former South Dakota State Representative is accused of rape, sexual exploitation of a minor, stalking and tampering with a witness. There are 2 victims, both foster children who had been placed in the defendants home. The suspect, 49 year-old Ted Klaudt of Walker turned himself into the Corson County Sheriff this morning. 14 charges were filed in two different counties.

After turning himself in, Ted Klaudt made his first court appearance this afternoon in Lawrence County. The accusations explained in a 26 page affidavit are graphic. Investigators say Klaudt would tell the girls they could make thousands of dollars if they donated their reproductive eggs. Before they could be approved as donors, or paid, they had to pass certain fertility tests Klaudt would preform.

The crimes allegedly happened at Klaudt's home in Walker, and in Pierre, when Klaudt was in town for the legislative session. Investigators say there were two victims. One was victimized while she was in Pierre as a legislative page. The paperwork also details a series of fake e-mail accounts Klaudt created. One was allegedly from a fake person Kloudt was working for when he was performing these tests on the victims.

Attorney General Larry Long told KSFY, "we learned of information in early January that we turned into a viable investigation."

Some of Klaudt's former colleagues in the House of Representatives, including Shantel Krebs of Sioux Falls, reacted to the charges. "We are a citizen legislature, and this person does not reflect the entire caucus or the entire legislative body."

2006 was Klaudt's last year in the legislature.

After his Deadwood appearance, Klaudt was taken to Hughes County to appear on the charges filed in that county. Court papers indicate the attacks happened between late 2004 and the summer of 2006, when the victims were as young as 16 years old.