People v. Fernandez CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

In 2018 and 2019, Picart Fernandez lived with his wife I.F. in Santa Maria and they worked together in the life insurance business. They would stay with I.F.’s sister R.V. in Vallejo when traveling for business and to visit family. R.V. lived in a three-level home with her partner, her son N.P., her daughter R.R., and her three other children. Several extended family members also lived with R.V., including her younger sister I.P. and I.P’s daughter. A. Picart Fernandez Abuses R.R. R.R. testified about five times when Picart Fernandez abused her during visits to R.V.’s home during this period, when she was ten years old or younger. On one occasion, he told her to sit on his lap and touched her chest and vagina underneath her clothes. R.R.’s younger cousin and brother were in the room but were focused on their iPhones. On another occasion, Picart Fernandez told R.R. that she should sleep on a couch in the room where he and I.F. slept during their visits. While I.F. was asleep, Picart Fernandez touched R.R. on her vagina and “shoved [two fingers] up there.” Another time, Picart Fernandez pulled on R.R.’s shirt or grabbed her arm and told her to go into the bathroom. He…