JUNEAU, Alaska, July 8 -- The Alaska Department of Law (Attorney General) issued the following news release:
June 18, 2026
(Anchorage, AK) - On June 11, 2026, an Anchorage jury found Walter Platt guilty on five counts of Sexual Assault of a Minor in the First Degree, two counts of Sexual Assault of a Minor in the Second Degree, and two counts of Electronic Distribution of Porn to a Minor.
In 2021, Platt's family members reported that Platt sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2020. They also reported that he would show them pornographic videos and used physical abuse to coerce them, including beating them with a black belt when they did not comply.
Over the course of the trial, the jury heard Platt forcibly sexually assaulted member...