A close family friend, he now faces a 120-year sentence in Sacramento court for child sexual abuse.

A Sacramento jury found the man guilty of 14 counts of child sexual abuse and two counts of child pornography involving a teenager with whom he was a close family friend.

According to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, 32-year-old Mark Mendoza began touching the girl when she was about 13 years old. Mendoza forced the girl to take a nude photo and gave him his phone to view the pictures.

According to prosecutors, the girl reported that Mendoza raped her 70 to 80 times in one year. She told others about some of the abuse, but did not report it to law enforcement, officials said.

It wasn’t until March 2020 that a tearful girl called a friend and told her about the abuse that an investigation was launched. The friend’s mother overheard the conversation, talked to the girl and called 911, prosecutors said.

Mendoza faces a maximum sentence of 126 years and 8 months in prison at a March 3 hearing. He is being held at the main Sacramento County Jail and is not eligible for bail.

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