People v. King CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

In 2019, J. Doe, a 13-year-old, reported to her mother that she had been molested by defendant, her biological grandfather. She estimated that he had molested her about 25 times. The molestation occurred over a five-month period. The first time defendant molested J. Doe was in the basement of her family home when he grabbed her and squeezed her buttocks and gave her a kiss on the lips. Other times he would reach under her top and squeeze her breasts and play with her nipple, after which he put his mouth on her nipple. She estimated he tried to put his finger in her vagina several times and was successful twice. She said it hurt her, and that he would try to make out with her by kissing her and putting his tongue into her mouth. The final time he molested her was in the kitchen, during which time he pulled up her top, and attempted to pull her shorts aside to reach her vagina but was unable to do so. He pulled her bra aside and fondled her breasts. He stopped when her grandmother entered the kitchen, but the grandmother did not see him molesting J. Doe. J. Doe had purposely worn tight fitting clothes on that day in an effort to make it…