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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;">Kevin Patrick Smith, 45, a US Navy veteran and father-of-four, punched convicted predator Donald Biggs in the face in federal court in Oregon </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Donald Biggs, 40, was being sentenced for taking a 14-year-old girl on a church trip and filming her getting out of the shower</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Former youth pastor Biggs, pled guilty in Feb to one felony count of transporting with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Smith has been arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Biggs faces up to nearly 16 years in prison, his defense attorney had been arguing for a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence when the attack occurred</span></h6>
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<h6 class="count-text"><img class="alignnone wp-image-298342" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kevin-Smith-left-and-Donald-Biggs-right-1-Copy.jpg" alt="Kevin Smith [left], and Donald Biggs [right] 1 - Copy" width="667" height="403" /><strong>Kevin Smith [left], was arrested for punching convicted sexual predator Donald Biggs [right] in the face during his sentencing in federal court in Oregon</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A relative of a child abused by a perverted pastor is facing assault charges after leaping across a courtroom and attacking him.<br />
Navy veteran Kevin Patrick Smith has been arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct following the attack.<br />
Donald Biggs, 40, was being sentenced in US District Court in Medford Wednesday after previously admitting to taking a 14-year-old girl on a church trip to Southern California in March 2013 with the intent to film her getting out of the shower.<br />
Authorities previously said an investigation revealed he had hidden camera recordings involving some three dozen teenage victims.<br />
During the court proceedings Kevin Smith was arrested for punching convicted sexual predator Donald Biggs in the face during his sentencing in federal court in Oregon.<br />
Smith, 45, who is related to one of the teenage victims, interrupted the court session when he jumped over a wooden railing inside a Medford, Oregon, courthouse, and attacked the disgraced pastor</p>
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<strong>Smith, who is related to one of the teenage victims, jumped over a wooden railing inside the Medford, Oregon, courthouse, and attacked pastor Donald Biggs, who had been convicted of preying on minor children</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Police Lt Justin Ivens told reporters outside the courthouse that Biggs was transported to a local hospital to be checked for injuries after the beating, which left him cowering in a fetal position, reported the <a class="class" href="http://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/convicted-sex-offender-attacked-during-courtroom-sentencing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mail Tribune.</a><br />
Although the attack occurred in federal court, Smith will be charged in state court, Ivens said.<br />
As of Thursday morning, Smith&#8217;s name was not on the list of current inmates at the Jackson County jail, suggesting that he was released after posting $12,500 bail.<br />
The attack came as Biggs’ defense attorney was telling the judge his client, a father of four sons, regretted his actions.<br />
Before that, victims who packed the courtroom had been giving emotional impact statements about the trauma they have endured.<br />
Shorty after Smith was taken into custody, a friend launched a <a class="class" href="https://www.gofundme.com/hero-punches-child-pedophile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GoFundMe </a>campaign titled &#8216;hero punches pedophile&#8217; to assist him with future legal costs.<br />
The description of the campaign, which is seeking $5,000 in donations, characterized Smith as &#8216;a heroic figure, a true man of justice, an outstanding man&#8217; who &#8216;did what every person in that room wanted to.&#8217;<br />
As of Wednesday evening, Smith remained held in the Jackson County Jail on $12,500 bail.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298347" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kevin-Smith-with-his-wife-and-child.jpg" alt="Kevin Smith, with his wife and child.JPG" width="676" height="444" /><strong>Kevin Smith, seen [photo] with his wife and one of their four children faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct.</strong></h6>
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<p>The hours leading up to the attack had been a pressure cooker of emotions as about three dozen young women and their families attended the hearing Wednesday, and more than a half dozen of those victims fought tears as they read victim impact statements &#8211; describing feelings of shattered trust, shredded confidence and phobias of bathrooms not their own that have manifested in the three years and seven months since Biggs was arrested.<br />
A tripped burglary alarm and missing hard drives at Mtn. Church in downtown Medford sparked a child pornography investigation that culminated in the pastor’s conviction.<br />
One of Biggs’ victims had been violated before via hidden cameras by her gymnastics coach, Jeffrey Bettman, according to a statement read during the hearing by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Potter. Bettman in 2016 was sentenced to 2-1/2 decades in prison.<br />
The victim had confided in Biggs about Bettman’s betrayal and enjoyed youth group activities as she learned to trust adults again.<br />
“You know what hurts me the most, Donnie?” the victim’s statement said. “I was probably the one who gave you the idea in the first place.”<br />
Another young woman said she has a panic attack every time she goes to Jacksonville, where Biggs lived and held sleepovers.<br />
“You didn’t ruin my life,” she said, composing herself after an emotional statement. “I’ve grown.”<br />
The statements lasted more than two hours.</p>
<p>Smith is a US Navy veteran and a married father-of-four. He now faces. misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct.</p></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">As of Thursday morning, more than $2,500 has been raised.<br />
Biggs pleaded guilty in February to one felony count of transporting with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. As part of a plea deal, nine other transportation and child pornography charges were dropped.<br />
Biggs faces up to nearly 16 years in prison. Defense attorney Terry Kolkey had been arguing for a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence when the attack occurred.<br />
Biggs has been held in the Jackson County Jail since early 2015, after a burglary at Mtn. Church in Medford led investigators to a collection of the pastor&#8217;s secret recordings, which depicted girls undressing, showering and using the bathroom at various locations.<br />
In the wake of the courtroom assault, the judge halted Biggs&#8217; sentencing. The court resumes seating Thursday.</p>
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Sex abuse victim’s relative jumps over a courtroom railing, delivers beatdown on youth pastor during his sentencing – Youth pastor Donald Biggs was convicted of preying on children
