Man Holds His Mentally Disabled Relative As A Sex Slave For 14 Years

A California man, Raul Ochoa, 52, admitted last
week to keeping a developmentally disabled
close relative as his sex slave for 14 years.
The man agreed to a plea deal on Wednesday in
which he will serve 22 years and his victim
won’t have to testify.
The girl, who was 13 when she was first abused
by Ochoa, escaped in 2012 with the help of a
relative. Police said the case was publicized
only recently because Ochoa was a “very close”
family member of the victim.
The Mercury News reports that Ochoa called the
victim from jail after his arrest to try to scare
her from cooperating with police. He also
enlisted the help of his mother.
“(Ochoa’s mother) is trying to track me down
and intimidate me into saying that I lied,” the
victim wrote in a restraining order petition,
“(Ochoa) has convinced her that I lied about the
abuse. Both (Ochoa) and (Ochoa’s mother)
believe that if I do not cooperate, the criminal
case will be dismissed.”
Ochoa is now under a restraining order that
prevents him from contacting the victim or
three of her relatives.
The girl was reportedly subject to repeated
sexual and physical abuse from 1999 until
2012.
“In that home she was basically, through the
use of emotional and psychological pressure as
well as sexual abuse, forced to participate in
horrific acts for an extended period of
time,” Deputy District Attorney Ryan Wagner
said.