Defendant Sentenced for Child Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
DATE: October 15, 2021
CASE: Ismael Gonzalez-Rivas (Case #19FE012600)
PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Sydne Jones, Special Assault & Child Abuse Unit
The Honorable Kevin McCormick sentenced Ismael Gonzalez-Rivas to 255 years to life in prison, plus an additional 10 years and 8 months. On July 22, 2021, a jury convicted Gonzalez-Rivas of 18 counts of lewd acts with a child under the age of 14, three counts of lewd acts on a child age 14 to 15, and one count of possession of child pornography. The jury also found true a multiple victim allegation.
Gonzalez-Rivas began sexually assaulting the first victim in 1999 when the victim was 6 years old. The abuse continued until 2002 when the victim was 9 years old. Three years later, Gonzalez-Rivas began sexually assaulting the second victim when he was approximately 7 years old and continued the abuse for eight years. Gonzalez-Rivas frequently showed the second victim child pornography while abusing him. Both victims reported the abuse in 2018 when they were adults. Officers executed a search warrant at Gonzalez-Rivas’s house and found child pornography.
