The mother then spoke with her 8-year-old daughter, who reportedly curled into a ball and started crying when asked if Thillemann had ever touched her private parts. The girl said Thillemann touched her over her clothes a few times, the complaint states, but she didn’t say anything because she didn’t want to get into trouble and because Thillemann told her “it wasn’t a big deal.”

Later, during a separate interview with the deputy, the victim reported Thillemann touched her vaginal area four or five times, according to the complaint.

Thilleman eventually admitted to touching the girl’s genitals during an interview with the deputy, the complaint states. He said the molestations had occurred over the last several months in his apartment and that he had also touched the child’s breasts.

He denied touching the toddler.

A search of Thilleman’s apartment reportedly turned up a brand new child’s bikini, as well as two pairs of child-size underwear hidden in a cigar box.

Previous case

The sexual assault charge comes about five years after Thillemann was banished from the state for alleged misconduct with teenage girls and a weapons charge.