3 Admit To Sexual Abuse Of Teenage Girl In Moorpark
VENTURA (AP) — A man and two women have pleaded guilty in connection with the sexual abuse of a Southern California girl when she was 12 and 13 years old.
The Ventura County Star says 50-year-old Shawn Damon Barth pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, continuous sexual abuse and a special allegation of sex with a child.
He faces 31 years to life in prison when he's sentenced June 28.
Prosecutors said Barth regularly abused the girl, beginning in a San Bernardino County trailer park and continuing in the Ventura County community of Moorpark.
Barth's ex-girlfriend Jessica Ceci and a woman related to the girl witnessed incidents but failed to protect her.
Ceci pleaded guilty to felony child endangerment. The relative pleaded guilty to continuous sexual abuse of a child.
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