People v. Rizvi CA1/3

I. BACKGROUND

Rizvi was married to Z. Rizvi (Z.). They have two adult daughters, F. and M., and a son, H., who was 10 years old at the time of the alleged crimes. Z.’s sister, S. A. (S.), is Doe’s mother. S. her husband A. Sh. (A.) have two other children, Doe’s older brother Sy. and a younger brother K.. At the time in question, Rizvi and Z. lived in Lafayette, and S. and A. lived in Walnut Creek. Z. and S. have a brother, F., who lived in Concord with his wife Q. and their children. S. and A. worked in a family business at a Baskin Robbins in Danville. On May 15 or 16, 2011, A. left home and went to the East Coast. As detailed further below, conflicting evidence was presented as to whether, when A. left, he was abandoning the family or looking for better work. After A. left, S., Doe, and Doe’s brothers stayed with Z. and Rizvi during the week, and with F. and Q. on the weekends. Doe was 11 years old when she testified at trial. She said that Rizvi drove her to the Baskin Robbins from his Lafayette home on a Monday in June 2011. She said that while she was sitting in the front passenger seat Rizvi put a coat over her legs, put his finger under her shorts into the private part…