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By
Alisha Budhwani [former]
- February 17, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Sex Abuse
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Sexual Assault
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Suspects
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Victims
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A defendant in a child sex abuse case is considering a plea deal as his defense counsel waits to receive new evidence.
The 52-year-old defendant is charged with second-degree child sex abuse for allegedly abusing his two preteen goddaughters last May. According to court documents, the defendant allegedly admitted to touching the victims inappropriately but says he does not know what happened beyond that. He was arrested two weeks after the alleged crime.
During his most recent hearing on Feb. 15, defense attorney Rachel Cicurel said she is waiting on more evidence to review before they made a decision on a recent plea deal offered by the prosecution.
Judge Maribeth Raffinan scheduled a status hearing for April. 1. In the meantime, the defendant will remain on pretrial release. An officer with the Pretrial Services Agency was present in the courtroom and said the defendant has been compliant with his release conditions.