A California father’s sentence has outraged citizens after he admitted to having intimate relations with his teenage daughter, Makayla, months before she took her own life.
41-year-old Stephen Vincent Chavez pleaded guilty in May to having intimacy with a relative and providing drinks to a minor. At a hearing this week, he was sentenced to just one year in county jail and three years’ probation, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.
The outcome means Chavez will avoid state prison entirely, a decision that has drawn immediate criticism.
