People v. Wing CA1/4

BACKGROUND

Wing was born in 1953. In 1985, he was convicted of committing a lewd act on a child under age 14 (former § 288(a)). In 2017, Wing lived with his wife in Visalia. Wing’s stepdaughter, Chelsea P., lived in Reedley with her two daughters, L. and J. One day, when L. was six years old, Chelsea learned from L. that Wing sometimes touched L.’s vagina. A few weeks later, L. participated in a forensic interview. In such an interview, an individual trained in dealing with children who have experienced trauma makes children comfortable and asks questions that are not leading while police observe and suggest additional questions. L. said in her interview that starting when she was four or five, Wing put his hand under her clothes and underwear whenever she sat on his lap or next to him. Wing used his fingers to touch and rub the area between L.’s labia and the area between her buttocks, but not inside her vagina or anus. Sometimes it burned when he touched her vagina because his hands were dirty. Wing said,

2 “Oh, yeah” when he touched her, in a way L. found “actually very awkward and a bit creepy.” Wing told L. not to say anything because he did not want to get in trouble. When…