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A Long Island man pleads guilty to repeatedly raping his young cousin since she was 5 years old while babysitting..
A Long Island man who was entrusted to babysit his younger cousin and make sure they got on the bus for school while their parents were busy working repeatedly raped his little cousin after threatening to kill her and her beloved cat.r)..
The man, 20, pleaded guilty on Friday to having raped the child since she was 5 years old, sometimes even in front of her younger brother..
In a press release, Suffolk District Attorney Tierney said, "The defendant was entrusted to care for the younger cousin, but instead he has subjected one of them to unimaginable sexual abuse for years in her younger life.".
All the abuse was put to an end during an incident that occurred in March 2022 where the boy placed the cat on the bed and the animal scratched the man while the little boy's sister was in pain and distress...
