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Teen Takes The Witness Stand In Madison Trial

Girl was allegedly sexually abused as a child

 

allegedly sexually abused a now 17-year-old girl when she was between the ages of 4 and 9, and she in court on Tuesday, the New Haven Register reported.

According to the article, she was was allegedly "spanked and massaged" as a child by Pentland, a family friend, at his Madison home.

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Pentland, now 40, is facing charges of third-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a child and second-degree unlawful restraint, according to the Register, as well as second-degree threatening and first-degree reckless endangerment charges stemming from the girl's mother.

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