People v. Nicolas CA2/6

Facts Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 are sisters who lived in Santa Maria with their mother, M. M. worked at a low-wage job and the family moved frequently, from one motel, apartment or rented room to another. Between about 1998 and 2003, the family often shared their motel room or other housing with appellant and his then wife, Hope Costello. The children referred to appellant as "Daddy Nick." He told the girls that he was their godfather. He would live with them, move out for awhile and then move back in with the family. Jane Doe 1 was 9 years old when appellant began sexually abusing her. For the next four years, appellant regularly abused Jane Doe 1 by touching her vagina and breasts, orally copulating her, forcing her to orally copulate him, digitally penetrating her, raping her and sodomizing her. Jane Doe 1 described 11 specific sexual assaults perpetrated against her by appellant; she also testified that appellant had molested her "too many times to count." These sexual assaults occurred when M. was at work and the girls were being watched by appellant. She never told anyone about the abuse because appellant told her "they" would be mad at her and that people would be jealous.…