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Las Vegas court declares man raped by mother at 10, legal guardian to younger sibling he believed could be his biological child, after DNA test proving inconclusive

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd56e6dfbcc14dd5c1a4fb6ea9d041f7 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;bf0202&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>WARNING&colon; Disturbing Content <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e2d82ff2edb08a45d8ad2aa5ba31c760 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Logan Gifford&comma; a 26&comma; from Las Vegas&comma; filed a paternity suit earlier this year to determine if his 16-year-old sibling is his biological son<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-664d6235caf838146677750fbb339f97 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>His mother&comma; Doreene Gifford&comma; was convicted of raping him as a minor and sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison in 2015 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-346798e8fc3d0665a1ad6c76f6ee4823 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>However&comma; DNA tests have been inconclusive&comma; results showed Logan and his father&comma; Theodore Gifford&comma; both shared a 99&period;9 percent match to his sibling<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4531e41e700d92aa2f5162e2c0e016e wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Since his mother was jailed for rape and incest Logan Gifford has been responsible for his brother who is disabled<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1dfa54f18765172eb2a8eb8bb4b6099 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Judge Vincent Ochoa said Logan is the boy&&num;8217&semi;s father as the two live together and Theodore has refused to be a party in the court case <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;03&sol;Logan-Gifford-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-476474"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Las Vegas court just declared Logan Gifford&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 26&comma; the legal guardian for his younger brother&comma; 16&comma; after DNA test results in the paternity suit he filed against his mother proved inconclusive for both him and his dad<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A<a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;las-vegas&sol;index&period;html"> <&sol;a>Nevada man who was raped by his mother as a minor child and suspects he fathered his younger sibling has just been told by a court that he is now his brother&&num;8217&semi;s legal guardian&period;<br>10 years ago Logan Gifford&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Doreene Gifford&comma; was convicted of raping him and was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison&period; <br>Earlier this year&comma; Logan now 26&comma; filed a paternity suit in a Las Vegas court because he suspects his 16-year-old sibling is his biological son based on the timing of birth&period;<br>In his suit Logan who has since rebuilt his life to become a political operative in Nevada&comma; asked the court to order an advanced DNA test to determine the true paternity of his brother&period; <br>However&comma; the results indicate that Logan and his father&comma; Theodore Gifford&comma; both share a 99&period;9 percent match to his sibling&period;<br>Ruling on Wednesday&comma; Family Court Judge Vincent Ochoa <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reviewjournal&period;com&sol;crime&sol;courts&sol;brother-of-las-vegas-teen-is-legally-his-father-judge-rules-3465421&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">said<&sol;a>&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The DNA test conducted does not have a final determination as to one of the two&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Judge Ochoa added that Logan is the boy&&num;8217&semi;s father as the two live together &&num;8211&semi; and Theodore has refused to take part in the court case&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I can&&num;8217&semi;t make &lbrack;Theodore&rsqb; the father if he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t want to participate&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the judge said&period;<br>Logan Gifford previously served as his brother&&num;8217&semi;s temporary guardian&period; Their mother&&num;8217&semi;s conviction for rape and incest 10 years ago&comma; left him in charge of his sibling&comma; after his father stopped caring for the younger child&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Doreene-Gifford-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486394" style&equals;"width&colon;813px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Logan&&num;8217&semi;s mother Doreene Gifford&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was charged with sexual assault of a minor and incest&period; She took an Alford plea and was sentenced in 2015&comma; to eight to 20 years in prison&period; Now paroled&comma; she is a registered sex offender living in Massachusetts <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m going to grant the default and declare Logan Gifford to be the legal father of the child&period; This is the only solution we have&period; The DNA test was done and eliminated everyone except for two individuals and only one of those individuals wants to participate in this case&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Logan&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Timothy Treffinger told the court that his client&&num;8217&semi;s mother is now a registered sex offender on parole&comma; living in Massachusetts&period; She was present at the hearing and at conclusion of proceedings said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I never had any doubt that Theodore was the father&comma; but I cannot continue this case&comma; mentally&comma; physically or emotionally&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I feel that it&&num;8217&semi;s best that we just concede this case and stop this madness now&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Logan-Gifford-with-his-brother-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486397" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>At 16 Logan Gifford&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; came forward with the shocker of incest allegations against the mother&comma; who claimed started raping him when he was just ten&period; He feared it could mean his brother &lbrack;minor seen with him in photo&rsqb;&comma; <strong>is actually his biological son<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Treffinger argued further DNA testing would be pointless&comma; as a lab already confirmed that they &&num;8216&semi;didn&&num;8217&semi;t really have any options as far as a more confirmatory test&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>After the hearing&comma; Logan said he was ready to move on from the case&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Clearly&comma; we got the answer that we were anticipating&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Finally&comma; there was closure&comma; not only for me&comma; as a male survivor&comma; but also closure for someone who didn&&num;8217&semi;t ask for any of this&period; This is meaningful to him&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want this to necessarily be made public&comma; but it took that to get to this point&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>He has shared his story publicly in hopes of inspiring male survivors of sexual abuse&comma; he explained&period; <br>Gifford came forward to authorities when he was 16&comma; saying his mother had sexually abused him since he was ten years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;03&sol;Logan-Gifford-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-476468" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&&num;8216&semi;Clearly&comma; we got the answer that we were anticipating&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said <strong>Logan Gifford&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong>&period; &&num;8216&semi;Finally&comma; there was closure&comma; not only for me&comma; as a male survivor&comma; but also closure for someone who didn&&num;8217&semi;t ask for any of this&period; This is meaningful to him&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The teenager at the time alleged it means his younger sibling could actually be his biological son conceived around the end period of his years of abuse&period;<br>Doreene Gifford was charged with sexual assault of a minor and incest&comma; but she maintained her innocence&period;<br>Ultimately she eventually took an Alford plea on lesser charges of attempted sexual assault&period; <br>The nature of her 2015 plea deal means Doreene did not admit guilt but conceded that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict her in court&period; <br>She was handed a sentence of 8 &&num;8211&semi; 20 years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender&period;<br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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