A young Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14- yr- older girl found in his , Camp Pendleton , barracks room next summer no long faces sex crimes charges, defense officials said this week.
Under an deal offered by his security lawyer, Pfc.  , Avery Rosario , pleaded guilty Tuesday to negligence of restraint, according to a speech issued by , I Marine Expeditionary Force. Officials said” find fees” he had faced were dismissed.
In returning, Rosario was sentenced to occasion served and agreed to become officially separated from the , Marine Corps, authorities said.
Before the plea deal, Rosario was accused of leaving the bottom without consent and of having been alleged to have been a victim of sexual assault and a tyrannical liberty violation. Lawyers alleged the happenings occurred , June 27. The woman was found in Rosario’s place the following day.
Rosario was detained that day after his counsel claimed the woman was an child. The girl’s home received her.
The choice of the organizing body in Brig. Gen.  , Andrew Niebel, the commanding general of 1st , Marine Logistics Group , — to dismiss allegations that Rosario sexually assaulted a slight came after consultation with the girl and her family through the woman’s counsel, a military spokesperson said.
According to the , Sheriff’s Department, the child’s mother had reported her as a fugitive on , June 13, four weeks after she disappeared. The mother reported to the police that the teenager had previously fled before frequently returning.
Military leaders were largely unfreakish with regard to specifics of the case. And , at Rosario’s initial hearing,  , likewise called an Essay 32 reading, in a , Camp Pendleton , court in August, the prosecutors presented no witnesses, opting to create its situation— and its arguments — in writing to the colonel running the hearing.
But Rosario’s protection lawyer laid out her employer’s case in court. Capt.  , Katherine Malcolm , said Rosario met the girl on the Tinder dating apps, that the girl had initiated the dialogue with Rosario, and that her buyer had” a true belief” that she was 21 years old. The friends of Rosarios testified to the police that they believed Rosarios was in her early 20s.
Malcolm noted that the girl’s profile stated:” I know I look young, but hey when I’m 30, I’ll look like I’m in my 20s”.
The girl claimed to have been trafficked by a man by the name of Hector for the past year and that he was “pulling the strings.”
When the girl’s aunt posted a TikTok video posing questions and alleging the girl had been trafficked, the story of the missing teenager turning up on the military base attracted attention.
It is still unclear how investigators investigated the trafficking allegation or what conclusions they might have drawn.
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