Banning Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Friend’s 11-year-old Daughter
Robert Rogelio Salas, a 28-year-old Banning man, pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting his friend’s 11-year-old daughter, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Salas has been charged with sexual penetration with a foreign object causing bodily injury and committing lewd acts against a child under 14.
The alleged assault reportedly occurred Sept.1 or Sept. 2 in the home of the young female victim, whose father has been a friend of Salas’ for about 16 years. On the night of the alleged assault, Salas had gotten intoxicated at a bar near his friend’s home. He asked his friend if he could spend the night at their home. The man agreed saying that he and his wife wouldn’t be home, but Salas could sleep in his son’s room. Salas reportedly entered his friend’s daughters’ bedroom in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted one of the girls.
A child sex abuse accusation is extremely serious. Even if you are a first time offender, a child molestation or sexual assault conviction in Riverside will result in a lengthy state prison sentence and require the defendant to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. In many child sex abuse cases, we see that false accusations are made against innocent people. Prosecutors and law enforcement officials influence the minds of young children who think they have allegedly been abused. This has especially been true in cases where friends or close relatives have been accused of these horrible sex crimes.
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