During the hearing, Olson asked the victim’s mother if she would have put her daughter through the case had she known the result wouldn’t be jail time. The woman said no, never.

“This sentencing is going to send a message,” Olson said.

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In January of 2015, Moua was charged with three felonies in the case, after prosecutors say he repeatedly sexually abused and inappropriately touched the teenage girl during the summers of 2012 and 2013.

During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, two of the victim’s aunts, as well as her sister and mother, testified. The aunts both said Moua had touched them inappropriately when they were teenagers more than 15 years ago, after Moua and his then-13-year-old wife had their first child. The victim’s sister said Moua also had inappropriate contact with her the year after he assaulted her sister. All four, including the victim’s mother, said they wanted to see some amount of jail time for what Moua had done, adding that since the trial, the victim has become more withdrawn and rarely speaks with her family.

“I would like to know that other little girls are safe from this predator,” one of the aunts said.