A jury found a woman guilty of prostituting her year-old daughter to help pay off a debt to the man her daughter was forced to have sex with, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy announced Friday. That man, Bejarni Rivas, was found guilty in absentia, as his whereabouts are unknown.
Rivas, 45, was found guilty two counts of human trafficking, two counts of sex abuse of a minor, two counts of sex offense in the third degree, one count of solicitation of sex with a minor and two counts of conspiracy.
The girl told Child Protective Services that in December , her mother took her to Rivas and then informed her that their meeting was so Bejarni could touch her in exchange for money, authorities said.
Two weeks later, Rivas met the girl and her mother at a Rockville gas station and proceeded to the same clubhouse, where Rivas took the victim to a women's changing room where the girl refused to perform sexual acts.
She returned to her mother in the parking lot and begged her mother not to make her have sex with Rivas, but instead of sympathizing her mother reportedly told the girl, "I've done bad things to make you have a good life.
