ENTERTAINMENT – “Mr. Wonderful” indicted on rape charges

Frank John Selas III, the host of a television show that started back in 1978, was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated rape, three counts of sexual battery, and eight counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to Rapides Parish Assistant District Attorney Brian Mosley. The “Mr. Wonder Show” was a kids program for the local CBS affiliate KNOE-TV. 76-year-old Selas was the target of allegations that began in 1979 after parents complained to authorities that he had sexually abused their children on a camping trip to Kisatchie National Forest in central Louisiana. Accusations  eventually caused Selas to legally change his name to Frank Szeles in 1992.