Heidi Montag's father Bill 'pleaded GUILTY to child abuse after initially entering not guilty plea'
Bill Montag, the father of reality star Heidi Montag, pleaded not guilty to child abuse back in 2015, but now it has emerged he changed his plea.
According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline, Montag pleaded guilty to a felony charge of Child Abuse - Knowingly/Reckless on August 5, 2016, over a year after entering his initial not guilty plea.
Montag was sentenced to four years of probation and was able to avoid jail time.
Switch: Bill Montag, the father of reality star Heidi Montag, pleaded not guilty to child abuse back in 2015, but now it has emerged he changed his plea in 2016; pictured in 2009
Montag was suspended from his job in 2015 after cops arrested him without incident at his place of employment, Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club on January 29.
The Aspen Police Department was notified by the FBI that Montag was skiing at Aspen Highlands, he was arrested when he returned to the ACSC offices, police said.
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Montag had been picked up on a failure to appear charge for three counts each of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and one charge of aggravated incest.
Records claim the abuse lasted for four years. The victim says the abuse began in 1993 and continued until 1998.
'Heidi doesn't believe any of it': A source previously told Us Weekly that his daughter Heidi refuses to believe her father is guilty of the alleged sex crimes
Capt. Larry Etheridge of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office has said: 'Allegations were brought forward by a woman, who is now an adult, who had alleged a sexual assault a little more than 15 years ago during a period of time when she was between 14 and 17.'
Etheridge said Bill 'denied it all' and 'did not admit guilt' but refused to go into further details regarding the investigation which launched in June 2014.
NBC 9 wrote in January 2015 that 'Due to the statute of limitations, Montag is only eligible to be charged with crimes that occurred after July 1st 1996, when the victim would have been 16 years old.'
Neither Heidi or sister Holly are considered a victim in the case.
History: Montag was suspended from his job in 2015 after cops arrested him without incident at his place of employment, Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club; pictured in 2009
Montag was seen running to his car in February 2015 after reportedly posting bail at the Arapahoe County Detention Center in Colorado.
A source previously told Us Weekly that his daughter Heidi refuses to believe her father is guilty of the alleged sex crimes.
'It's all coming from an estranged family member with ulterior motives,' the insider claimed. 'Heidi doesn't believe any of it.'
Adding: 'She grew up in that house and knows her father's character and 100 percent believes all of the accusations are false.'
