THE MAN CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTING HIS OWN 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS NOW ON TRIAL. JAMES STEWART’S TRIAL HEARD OPENING STATEMENTS ON MONDAY. HE’S ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE, PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONTACT OF A MINOR AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
STEWART, WHO’S 43 YEARS OLD, WAS ARRESTED WITH THE CHILD’S MOTHER, TERI SANCHEZ, IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE STARTED ITS INVESTIGATING AFTER GETTING A CALL FROM A NURSE AT THE GIRL’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PROSECUTORS SAY WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY WHO SAW THE GIRL ARRIVE AT SCHOOL SHOWING SIGNS SHE WAS A SEX ABUSE VICTIM.
