An illegal Guatemalan immigrant is charged with twice molesting a 5-year-old girl inside the garage and bathroom of her family’s Florida home, according to reports.
Nicolas Jose Francisco, 25, was hit with two counts of sexual battery of a child under 12 on Friday and ordered held without bail in Palm Beach County, Fox affiliate WFLX-TV News reported.
Francisco, who had been working for the young victim’s family for about a year, told cops he touched the girl “by mistake both times” — and claimed that the girl’s family only accused him of the horrific crime because he “was an undocumented immigrant,” the outlet said.
Jibby Ciric, a senior director at the Center of Child Counseling, told WFLX the excuse isn’t suprising.
“We deal with that in unfortunately many instances,” Ciric said. “They often try to normalize and diminish the effects of what they have done.”
According to WPEC-TV News, the girl was first interviewed about the abuse by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Children and Families on Dec. 13.
She told investigators that Francisco called her into the garage and “touched her flower.”
In the second incident she said the suspect took her to the bathroom, where he allegedly exposed himself and touched her again, according to the outlet.
The young victim reportedly was shaking and broke into tears while recounting the assault.
Cops questioned Francisco about the allegations on Thursday, and he was arraigned on Friday.
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