A foster family who abused children from the notorious Turpin abuse case have pleaded guilty to felony charges. Marcelino Olguin, his wife, Rosa, and daughter Lennys entered guilty pleas following a court appearance on Thursday at the Superior Court in Riverside, California. According to The Press Enterprise, Marcelino pleaded guilty to multiple counts of lewd acts on a child, one of false imprisonment and one count of injuring a child.
He will be sentenced to seven years behind bars as part of his plea agreement, his attorney Paul Grech told the outlet, and will be required to register as a sex offender. Meanwhile, his wife Rosa and daughter Lennys both admitted to three counts of willful child cruelty and one count each of false imprisonment and intimidating. The two now face sentences of four years of probation and a four-year suspended sentence for their part in the abuse of children from the notorious Turpin case.
Marcelino and Rosa Olguin are pictured at their arraignment in 2021 for child abuse charges against multiple foster children in December The Turpin family made headlines in 2018 after 13 siblings were rescued from their parents' 'house of horrors' in Perris, where they were forced to live under horrific, abusive conditions Olguin, seen here in 2022, will be sentenced to seven years behind bars as part of his plea agreement Six members of the Turpin family, headed by David and Louise Turpin, were placed in their care after being rescued from abusive conditions in their parents' home. Marcelino had targeted two of the girls, one of whom was under 14 at the time, for 'sexual touching' on their buttocks and thighs more than 50 times. An affidavit said he 'told them they were sexy, recommended they not wear undershirts, said they had beautiful skin and forcibly kissed them'.
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