PIERRE, S.D. (KFGO KVRR) – Affidavits from an investigation into child porn allegations against billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford have been unsealed.
Three images of underage girls were repeated for a total of 36 images on an AOL account owned by Sanford. Investigators were not able to determine the accurate location of the person accessing the account on the particular dates.
The investigation began in the summer of 2019 after a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The 83-page document was released by order of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Sanford was not charged after the attorney general’s office said its investigation found no prosecutable offenses within the state’s jurisdiction. It is unclear if he is being investigated in Arizona or California, where he also owns homes.
Sanford founded First Premier Bank in South Dakota and has donated billions to hospitals, universities and charities, and the Sanford Health system is named for him.
