Friday, May 29, 2009

Charles Michael Roth - Claims his 4 year old victim "Seduced him"


An Orlando man was charged with sexually battering a 4-year-old Deltona girl, officials said Wednesday.

Charles Michael Roth, 55, was left to care for the girl and her siblings while their parents were out of town about two months ago, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's Sex Crime Unit determined he touched and kissed the girl inappropriately, performed a sex act on her and showed her pornographic images on a computer.

Roth was arrested Wednesday in Orlando after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

The victim's mother called the Sheriff's Office after she noticed her daughter kiss her father with an open mouth, according to the arrest report. When asked about it, the girl told her mother that's how Roth kissed her when he was watching her.

She told a case worker from the Children's Advocacy Center that Roth asked her to get undressed and kissed different areas of her body.

Roth told investigators he was "seduced" by his victim and described her as a "domineering little girl," according to the arrest report.

"It seemed innocent enough at the time but then it went a little bit too far," Roth told investigators.

He said he is not a pedophile and kept apologizing, the report states.

He's also accused of showing her pornographic images on a computer.

Roth was initially booked into the Orange County Jail and will be transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bail allowed.

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