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Babysitter Gets 20 Years In Sex Toy Molestation Case

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By THOMAS W.  KRAUSE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 16, 2007

Updated: 10/16/2007 11:43 am

TAMPA A babysitter who had an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl pleasure her with a sex toy was sentenced today to 20 years in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation.

Charity Sato

Last month, Charity Sato, 23, pleaded guilty to four felonies: two charges of lewd and lascivious conduct, one charge of lewd and lascivious molestation and one charge of lewd and lascivious battery.

A letter from the mother of the female victim was read aloud in court Tuesday. The mother wrote that since the incident, the teenage victim has the "insecurity of not knowing who she is and who to trust." The letter also says the mother is optimistic that the teen will grow to be a successful woman when she puts this behind her.

The mother wrote that she has tried to shed her ill feelings toward Sato and hopes Sato has learned from her misdeeds.

"I truly want to throw insults at you and demean you as you did my children," she wrote. "There is forgiveness at the door. … I'm hoping for a change that is productive."

In May 2005, Sato had agreed to babysit overnight for the 11-year-old boy while his parents worked night jobs, Assistant State Attorney Kimberly Hindman said. The 13-year-old girl's mother asked whether Sato would babysit for her as well.

Sato found a sex toy in the house and asked the boy and girl to help her use it, Hindman said.

When a family friend confronted the 13-year-old girl about smoking cigarettes, she told him that Sato had been having sex with her and the 11-year-old boy.

Sato also faced misdemeanor charges of providing alcohol and cigarettes to the children. Those charges were dropped as part of the plea agreement.

Had Sato received the maximum sentence on all the charges, she could have served up to 60 years in prison.

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