David Tupou had been incarcerated for 20 years for sexually abusing a teen girl before 1990s allegations against him resurfaced during the #MeToo movement.
SAN JOSE — A man serving a lengthy prison term for grooming and sexually abusing a South Bay girl two decades ago will stay incarcerated for the foreseeable future after he was sentenced for earlier abuse against a group of underage sisters in Palo Alto, allegations that resurfaced five years ago in part because of the #MeToo movement.
At Tupou’s sentencing Friday, the women laid out in heartbreaking detail how his abuse affected them well into adulthood. They spoke of the impact they hope to have for other abuse survivors who experienced similar admonitions against bringing their experiences to light. “Tupou hates children,” she said. “Tupou is a repulsive, vile, sadistic person, the worst that society has to offer.”
Michaela added that she was also dismayed by how the girl who Tupou abused after them might have been spared had their accounts been treated seriously by the people caring for them. Like her sisters, she described sexual language and conduct that she says Tupou normalized around them, including seeking to blur their abuse under the guise of wrestling and other innocuous contact, even though it involved explicit sexual acts he demanded from them. In many instances, she said, Tupou withheld food from them if they didn’t obey him.
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