Mother of 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Appears to Defend Alleged Rapist
The mother of a 10-year-old rape victim appeared to defend the alleged attacker. Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested and charged with raping the girl. She then reportedly traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The mother of…
The mother of a 10-year-old rape victim appeared to defend the alleged attacker.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested and charged with raping the girl.
She then reportedly traveled to Indiana for an abortion.
The mother of the girl spoke to Telemundo while hiding behind the door of an apartment.
“She’s fine. Everything that they’re saying against him is a lie,” the mother said.
Jorge Bonilla, Media Research Center’s director of MRC Latino, suggested this portion of “a broader interview sheds significant light on the familial dynamics of this case, and further vindicates all skepticism over how the story broke and was handled.”
He added, “We don’t even get to this point without the critical work of and so many others.”
Bonilla explained this appears to “confirm my thesis of a domestic situation wherein the confessed rapist is also the paramour of the victim’s mother (other familial relation is possible but less likely). Unfortunately, I saw many such cases while working as a court interpreter.”
He added, “The mother’s distressed defense of the rapist suggests that a: She is also here illegally and fears deportation, b: The defendant is the family’s sole source of income, c: There is a likelihood of other children in the home.”
Additionally, Bonilla suggested the mother is “exposed to removal of the children under dependency proceedings (failure to protect). Has there been such a filing yet and if not why not?”
He asked other questions, including, “What was the time gap between the initial reporting of the rape and the filing of criminal charges? Why did the referring abortion provider not report the rape to authorities? Was the child forced to live with her rapist in furtherance of an abortion narrative?”
Concluding his thread, Bonilla wrote, “These questions need to be answered ASAP.”
Fuentes told police he raped the girl at least two times, as CNN reported.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a statement, “My heart aches for the pain suffered by this young child.”
He added, “I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in securing a confession and getting a rapist off the street. Justice must be served and (the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation) stands ready to support law enforcement across Ohio putting these criminals behind bars.”