Man who raped 12-year-old gets joint custody of her child

WASHINGTON: A man who raped a 12year-old has been awarded joint custody of her child despite being convicted of her rape and another sexual assault on a child.

The convicted rapist assaulted the girl nine years ago and she subsequently became pregnant.

A judge has given Christopher Mirasolo, 27, parenting time and joint legal custody of the eight-year-old boy after a paternity test found he was the father.

Since his conviction for the rape in 2008, Mirasolo, from Brown City, Michigan, has been convicted of another child sex assault, for which he served four years in prison.

As reported by The Detroit News, the victim is now 21 years old and her attorney, Rebecca Kiessling, is seeking protection under the federal Rape Survivor Child Custody Act to halt his access.

The custody was granted by judge Gregory S. Ross and Mirasolo was given the victim’s address and his name added to the birth certificate, without the victim’s consent.

“This is insane,” said Kiessling, who filed objections on Friday with the judge.

“Nothing has been right about this since it was originally investigated.

“He was never properly charged and should still be sitting behind bars somewhere, but the system is victimising my client, who was a child herself when this all happened.”

The matters ordered by the court will be taken up at a hearing later this month.

According to Kiessling, Mirasolo forcibly raped and threatened to kill her client in September 2008.

He was found guilty of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and sentenced to one year in jail, but only served six and a half months.

“She, her 13-year-old sister and a friend slipped out of their house one night to meet a boy and the boy’s older friend, Mirasolo, who showed up and asked if they wanted to go for a ride,” said Kiessling.

“They thought they were going to (a fast food restaurant). Instead, he tossed their cellphones away, drove to Detroit where he stole gas from a station and then drove back to Sanilac County, where he kept them captive for two days.”

Mirasolo was arrested a month later, she said, when her client was pregnant. – The Independent