Fearing a loss of financial and emotional support to her family, authorities say a young girl kept silent about being repeatedly raped over several years.

During the attacks, 41-year-old Evaristo Martinez, would sometimes apologize to the girl, now 17, telling her "he could not keep his hands off of her and that he is sick," according to court records obtained by The News Journal.

Last week, a Superior Court grand jury re-indicted Martinez on nearly 45 charges of sexual abuse, rape, indecent exposure and other crimes. He was being held at Wilmington's Young Correctional Institution as of Monday afternoon.

The girl was either 11 or 12 when court documents say Martinez started the inappropriate relationship. Martinez knew the girl's family.

It was then, according to documents, that Martinez partially exposed his penis to the girl. He then asked her if "she had hair down there?" placed her on a sink and pulled her pants down, exposing the girl's private parts.

He then masturbated after performing oral sex on her.

About that same time in another incident, documents state Martinez was intoxicated when he groped her.

The girl told police she was 12 when Martinez first penetrated her with his fingers.

"She advised she was in shock and did not know what to do," the documents said. "He would then ask her if it hurt, to which she said, 'yes.'"

As the incidents became more frequent, the girl tried to stay away from Martinez. She remembers crying in school while a teacher taught class.

At 13, Martinez took her to his job in Pennsylvania, where after asking her what she did with boys, he had sex with her. The girl estimated there were more than 30 sexual encounters with Martinez over the years.

Martinez admitted he had sex with the girl, according to the court documents.

"Evaristo stated he has felt guilt for what he has done to [the girl] and confirmed he had gone into [the girl's] phone and sent himself videos of her having sex and nude photos," the documents state.

Martinez was arrested in May.

Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.

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