Sexual Abuse - Man Purchased Vietnamese Girl
Posted By David Silva on Mar 25, 2011 8:57am PDT
March 25, 2011 - A 66-year-old child molester is facing 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a Vietnamese girl that began when the girl was only five years old. The suspect was convicted of
sexual abuse on a child in California in 1977. He later fled to Florida and assumed a false identity. He was arrested again in 2004 after the victim contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authorities brought him back to California to serve his original prison term. However, just before his release about a year ago federal prosecutors filed new charges against him in Florida. He was put on trial in January 2011. The jury found him guilty of five charges related to the
sexual abuse of the Vietnamese girl he had purchased in Vietnam in the early 1970's. A sentencing hearing is set for Monday, March 28. Prosecutors are seeking the maximum penalty - 30 years - for his
sexual abuse crimes.
Child sexual molestation and sexual abuse consists of inappropriate and illegal touching of a child in a sexual manner, or the sexual exploitation of children by taking pictures and videos of children posed or acting in a sexual manner. A
U. S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics study revealed the following about the characteristics of child victims: three out of four children who were victimized were female; one-third of convicted offenders had committed a crime against their own children; about half of the convicted offenders had a relationship with the child, either through friends or family; one out of seven convicted offenders reported that their child victim was a stranger; and, four out of ten child victims suffered forcible rape or another injury from child molesters. If you or a loved one have been the victim of sexual abuse, you should call an experienced
Oakland Personal Injury attorney for a free and confidential consultation about your case.