People v. Andreotti CA3

BACKGROUND

In November 2004, defendant and his then-wife moved into a house with his wife’s daughters T. and J. T. was seven years old at the time, and J. was four years old. Defendant and his wife also had a daughter, A., who was born sometime after they moved in. When T. entered puberty around the age of eight, defendant began to sexually abuse her. The first incident she could recall involved defendant orally copulating her. The abuse continued for about four years, mostly involving sexual intercourse. T. estimated over 100 such incidents occurred and continued until her mother moved her and her sisters out of the house in June 2009. Defendant did not begin his sexual abuse of J. until after they moved out. Because A. was defendant’s biological daughter, she would visit him on the weekends and J. would often come along. When J. was about 11 years old, defendant had sex with her in his bedroom. Defendant penetrated J.’s vagina from behind. J. testified that

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 defendant had sex with her on four to six other occasions over a period of almost two years. Defendant testified in his own defense. He denied sexually abusing…