A 50-year-old man accused of raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter and other sex acts with his 8-year-old stepdaughter was arraigned on 21 felony charges Wednesday after his arrest earlier this month, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Rodimiro Ramirez, a resident of unincorporated Redwood City, is facing a life prison sentence for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter on multiple occasions and orally copulating his 8-year-old stepdaughter, among other sexual abuses of both girls, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said the alleged abuses, which are said to have took place between June of 2015 and August of 2017, came to light when Ramirez allegedly told a church counselor about his conduct. The 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly beaten by Ramirez with a belt when she tried to stop him, also told her mother about the abuses. He allegedly has a 7-year-old stepdaughter as well, but there is currently no evidence showing he abused her, according to prosecutors.
Among the felony charges Ramirez is facing are aggravated sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, using a child for sex acts, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime and oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child under 10, according to prosecutors.
Ramirez has a prior misdemeanor domestic violence conviction dating back to 1996 and is in custody on $9.5 million bail. He will next appear in court Sept. 5 for entry of plea and to set a preliminary hearing date, according to prosecutors.
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