The lead defense attorney for Timothy J. Martinez, 35, said Friday that the victim was "stuck in a lie," essentially perpetuating a fabrication about alleged molestations, while the prosecutor said she "ignored" the victim's in-court testimony that was consistent with statements made during a 2019 interview with a Vacaville police investigator.
Greg Teplansky, a detective with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, said the victim, then a high school student in Trona, told him the defendant had sexual intercourse with him "multiple times" when she was a preteen living in Vacaville.
Blake D. Carmichael, a child sexual abuse expert, said child abuse experts, in a general consensus, believe "most kids don't tell right away," and the time of disclosure could take months, a year or sometimes after they turn 18,
On the fourth day of the child sex assault case against a 35-year-old Fairfield man, the nature of child sexual abuse specifically child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome was on trial in Solano County Superior Court.
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