LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Tenn. — A Tennessee man is facing a long list of sex charges involving a young child and animals, according to indictments from a Lauderdale County grand jury filed Wednesday and Thursday. Joseph Lenderman, 36, was indicted on a total of 52 charges across three indictments. B ond was set in each indictment at $750,000, for a total bond of $2.25 million. The charges listed in the first indictment are continuous sexual abuse of a child, solicitation of a minor under 13 to observe sexual conduct, six counts of aggravated sexual battery, six counts of rape of a child, 11 counts of incest, three counts of sexual activity with animals, five counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, five counts of rape and five counts of statutory rape by an authority figure. Some of the charges date back to 2015. Joseph Lenderman $500K in meth seized in ‘record’ West TN bust A second indictment charges Lenderman with two counts of aggravated sexual battery, two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery and two counts of solicitation of a minor to observe sexual conduct, for alleged activities in 2023 and 2024. A third indictment charges Lenderman with attempted especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of attempted sexual activities with animals, for alleged activities in 2024. ...read more read less