Kenneth D. Marin, 61, is charged with sexually assaulting a girl whose mother had befriended him when the girl was between the ages of 6 and 11 years old. The girl, in a video interview played in court Monday, said Marin touched her inappropriately and sexually assaulted her numerous times from , including walking in on her while she was taking a shower in his home and forcing himself on her and groping her from behind when she sat in a chair.
When he got off the phone, Marin told the boy that the girl had accused Marin of touching her. Marin was indicted by a grand jury last year on three counts of gross sexual assault , two counts each of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching, and one count of tampering with a witness or informant. Assistant District Attorney Shannon Flaherty said in her opening statement to the jury that Marin sexually assaulted the girl in his basement, bathroom and camper van, and would do so on a regular, ongoing basis.
He would take the girl along on trips with his grandson, who was about her same age. She said even when the curtain was down, Marin would follow the girl into the bathroom and watch her bathe. The girl eventually told a friend what happened after a teacher in a sixth-grade health class talked about sexual assaults. At the urging of her friend, the girl then told her mother, who reported it to authorities.
Banda said the girl made the allegations after Marin had stopped taking her on trips and paying for things for her. Related Jay man indicted on sexual assault charges involving young child in Augusta.
