- Lyle Burgess, 79, of Stockton, California, will face no jail and does not even have to register as a sex offender, after he was convicted of just statutory rape
- Burgess raped the little girl, the daughter of a family friend, after inviting the family to stay with him at his Calaveras County cabin back in 2016
- The family attorney believes that Burgess, the founder Rare Parts Inc, used his wealth and influence as a businessman to influence his lenient sentence
- The victim and her family have filed a civil suit against Burgess
Lyle Burgess, 79, of Stockton, California, will face no jail and does not even have to register as a sex offender, after he pleaded no contest to statutory rape.
Burgess raped the little girl, the daughter of a family friend, after inviting the family to stay with him at his Calaveras County cabin back in 2016, Fox 40 reports.
'They trusted this man, he was a family friend, and he took advantage of them,' family attorney Ken Meleyco said.
The lawyer said that the young victim, now 7, is struggling to recover from the assault.
'The girl is not doing good,' Meleyco said. 'She's showing all the symptoms of somebody who's been molested. She's in counseling, and she's gonna be in counseling all her life.'
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