LANCASTER : 12-Year-Old Girl Sues Man Who Molested Her
A 12-year-old Ventura County girl announced Tuesday that she is suing a Lancaster man convicted of sexually molesting her.
The lawsuit by a seventh-grader from Newbury Park, seeks unspecified monetary damages from Richard Streate, 29, whom she identified as her godfather.
“It’s so other children will come forward. That’s why I’m doing this. And to have parents realize it does happen,” said the girl after she, her mother and attorney Gloria Allred held a news conference at Allred’s Mid-Wilshire office to announce the lawsuit.
Court records show that Streate is to be sentenced Tuesday in Lancaster Superior Court on felony child-molestation charges. The prosecutor confirmed that Streate pleaded guilty to a charge of committing lewd acts upon a child and that the 12-year-old was the victim.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
