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[^2]\n\nProsecutors accuse the women of sexual battery, molestation, physical violence, neglect, and permanent disfigurement. [^3]\n\nFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, of Jacksonville, and Keysha Monique Epps, 51, of Atlanta, were charged in Orange County, Florida, with multiple counts of sexual battery, molestation, and child neglect. [^4]\n\nStewart admitted to three sexual batteries against one girl during a post-Miranda interview, including an offense that occurred in Orlando. [^5]\n\nInvestigators allege Epps knew about the abuse but failed to stop it or report it to authorities as required by Florida law. [^6]\n\nStewart faces two counts of sexual battery by a person in familial or custodial authority, two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under 12, two counts of battery of a child by expelling certain fluids or materials, two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm, and two counts of child neglect causing permanent disfigurement; Epps faces the same charges plus four counts of failure to report child abuse. [^7]\n\nThe two girls told investigators they had been sexually abused by Stewart for years, and the two boys reportedly told authorities they witnessed the abuse and were beaten after confronting Stewart and informing Epps. 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