A Princeton man is sentenced to more than 50 years in prison with no parole for sexually assaulting a child for five years, starting at the age of 9.
The Collin County District Attorney's office says the victim was 14 before telling a family friend what 41-year-old Joseph Ray had done all those years. The child was also forced to watch porn to teach the victim new sexual acts, saying: “that’s what we’re going to do later,” according to the DA's office.
The DA's office says Ray was close to the victim's family but we don't know the specifics.
When Ray was arrested police found hundreds of images of child porn on his phone.
Ray could have gotten 25 years to life in prison. Jurors decided on 52 years. By law, a sentence for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child is without eligibility for parole.
“This child not only endured 5 years of sexual abuse from someone close to the family, but this abuser also exposed the child to explicit videos and acts that can have a lasting impact on an innocently young and impressionable mind. We hope this child is able to forget those images one day and rest easier knowing he will spend the rest of his natural life in prison,” stated District Attorney Greg Willis after the sentence.
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