CIRCLE S RANCH c/o Ella Stein CIrcle S Boys Ranch GUILTY of CRIMINAL CHILD ABUSE and MOLESTATION Salome, Arizona

LEO and ELLA STEIN violated the civil rights of scores of young boys. I was one of the folks who prosecuted the Stein's for the molestation and child abuse they perpetrated on young children (boys) for nearly 25 years.

The Steins were GUILTY as charged.  We interviewed nearly 50 children who had been residents of this Ranch.  The testimony came from children who had been there at different times, and did NOT know each other.  It was eerie and creepy to hear children tell the SAME story which corroborated each other.  Children who had been there in 1959 told us the identical things the children said in the 1970s.

Leo Stein would spit in the childrens face, and beat them for dropping a ball in a game. Ella Stein fondled the young boys, and told them it was ok to have an urge to want sex with her. The children were made to work all day doing the hard labor, and were fed very little.  Later, at night, the children were made to have participate in group therapy where Leo Stein would rant and rave, slap, punch and kick the boys, call them vile names, including anti-Semitic remarks aimed at the Jewish children.  Leo kept these sessions going until 1 or 2 am, and then demand that the boys be up again at 6am to start work.  This sleep deprivation led to the children being constantly disoriented and therefore compliant with all the Steins wishes.

I read where one contributor, who had lived in Salome for many years, asked a very profound question. He asked why none of the children ever reported the Steins heinous criminal conduct to their parents or to the authorities.  This is a wonderful question.  The answer is that Leo and his wife had  abused and brainwashed these children by keeping them in captivity and isolated from the outside world.  The children were forbidden to have  television, radio, telephone, or mail. The children were 100% totally dependent on the Steins for their survival.  Furthermore, ELLA and LEO STEIN told the kids that IF they told anyone...that they (The Stein's) would KILL them.
 
This was a classic case of Child Abuse at its worst. Abused people identify with their abusers and accordingly want to please them so they wont be abused anymore.  It is called the Stockholm Syndrome, which all people who are held captive and abused suffer. LEO STEIN is dead, and not ONE child from the "Ranch" attended his funeral. His wife, ELLA STEIN, called my office and complained about her son, LESLIE "LES" STEIN, who she said was a mentally ill street person living here in California. The CHILDREN of the world are much SAFER now that LEO STEIN is dead, and ELLA STEIN is banned from being in their midst. Report Images