LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — State law-enforcement agents think a 58-year-old man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an autistic boy in 2017 who later died may have molested others.
- Alain Luis Forget is facing charges of lewd and lascivious battery
- Autopsy: Autistic boy had morphine, other drug in his system
- FDLE agents suspect Forget could have assaulted other minors
Alain Luis Forget, who has homes in Lakeland and Sorrento, was arrested Tuesday on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a child and delivery of a controlled substance to minor, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Agents say that on December 27, 2017, Forget had permission from the 15-year-old autistic boy's grandmother to transport the boy to a rural Hamilton County home, north of Live Oak. Two days later, the boy died in a hospital.
In January 2018, FDLE says an autopsy determined that the teen had morphine and another controlled substance in his system, and a medical examiner ruled that the boy died from pneumonia and drug toxicity.
FDLE agents think Forget gave drugs to the boy and sexually assaulted him before he died. Furthermore, interviews uncovered more sexual abuse allegations against Forget, investigators said.
Records show that Forget was sentenced in 1995 to three years in prison after being convicted of lewd and lascivious acts on a child. In 2000, he was accused of a sex offense against a child in Polk County.
Agents think there could be other abuse cases connected to Forget, who was booked into the Lake County Jail. Anyone with information or concerns is asked to contact FDLE's Live Oak Field Office at 1-800-226-5630.
