People v. Gonzalez CA4/2

FACTS

Defendant is B.C.’s step-grandfather. He married B.C.’s maternal grandmother

(MGM) shortly after B.C. was born in 2002. When B.C. was about six years old, she

lived in a two-room apartment in Ontario, with her mother (Mother), her father, and her

younger brother. Defendant and MGM also lived with them. Defendant and MGM took

care of B.C. and her brother after school, while her parents worked late into the evening.

B.C. was six years old and in kindergarten when defendant first sexually abused

her. While MGM was in the shower, defendant led B.C. to his bedroom, pulled down his

pants and B.C.’s pants, took off the rest of B.C.’s clothes, placed her on his lap facing

away from him, and pressed B.C.’s genitals against his. Defendant held her there as she

attempted to wiggle off his lap. When defendant heard the shower turn off, he stopped,

quickly dressed B.C., and told her to go play. This happened once or twice a week for

two to three years while defendant lived with B.C. in the Ontario apartment. B.C.

recalled that on one occasion during this time, defendant told her not to tell anyone about

the abuse.

In 2010, when B.C. was eight years old and in the third…