12-Year-Old Girl Brought to Hospital for Stomach Pains Has Horrible Secret

[Unknown Beatle]

A man has been arrested for the most heinous of crimes: Impregnating his 12-year-old stepdaughter. Leonel Bartolo Rodriguez, 39, of Stamford, Connecticut was arrested after the girl complained of stomach pains. Her mother brought her to the hospital, only to learn the unthinkable: that her preteen daughter was pregnant.

At first, the little girl was reportedly reluctant to tell authorities what had happened. But then while visiting relatives the next day, the girl confessed to her aunt that it was her stepfather who had been violating her. The aunt called police. Rodriguez is being charged with sexual assault in the first degree.

Thank goodness the little girl decided to come forward and say what happened to her -- although the man is still guaranteed due process by the law. He has not yet made a plea.

If he's found guilty, this is the most horrible thing you can do to a little girl, who trusted you. And this girl will now have to make a decision whether to carry a baby she is clearly NOT prepared for, or have an abortion. I can only imagine what she, and her mom, are going through.

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I hope this scum gets life in prison.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I hope he does too.

I wonder if it's too late for her to get that abortion. The article doesn't say how far along she is.

Horrible.

[Warpy]

2. I hope it's early enough she can have an abortion, if she wants one

Childbirth does terrible things to bodies not fully prepared for it, never mind what it will do to her head and the rest of her life.

There is no punishment bad enough for that piece of shit.

[LloydS of New London]

7. Well, it's Connecticut

So she probably can get an abortion, even if by exclusionary order.

[Warpy]

13. not if the pregnancy is close to viability

That's the problem.

[progressoid]

12. Of course, if/when she does get an abortion, she'll face the wrath of the pro-lifers.

Assholes are already posting about how she should cherish this precious life.

Agreed - there is no punishment bad enough for what that piece of shit did.

[KauaiK]

3. If convicted, I hope they disarm him....

[gordianot]

6. and make any further violations impossible.

Actually incarceration in any general prison population would work but odds are he will not go in general population.

[cui bono]

4. Since she's impregnated wouldn't they be able to prove it was him who did it? n/t

[ismnotwasm]

5. Yup.

[nomorenomore08]

8. The depths of human evil are staggering. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[ReRe]

9. If that was my daughter....

... they would HAVE to jail that man to keep me from killing him! I don't think I would have told her what was causing her tummy-ache. Doctor could just say it was a little tumor or something and the 12 yr old would not be the wiser. That mother has got to do the right thing by her daughter and choose abortion for her. 12 yr old children can't make those kinds of decisions. What a horrible situation.

[Enthusiast]

11. +1

an entire shit load.

[nomorenomore08]

14. The other day - on Jezebel no less - I had to deal with a disgusting excuse for a woman/human being

saying abortion should be illegal even in cases like this, because what did the poor widdle fetus do to deserve blah blah blah... If I had my druthers, delusional fanatics like her would be forcibly medicated and/or institutionalized!

And needless to say, I think the "gentleman" in the OP ought to spend decades, preferably the rest of his life, in prison.

[ReRe]

15. People like that woman...

... need to be committed to a mental Institution for people just like her, not to be released until she comes to her senses and says "What was I thinking?" And that SOB who impregnated her needs to be locked up and NEVER released.

[arthritisR_US]

16. Given her age and ergo her body the

pregnancy would not be viable for her. There is a high risk of her not surviving. This makes me sick!

[Enthusiast]

10. Geez. K&R.........