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280-Year Sex Crime Sentence For Nevada County Man

Posted: Sep. 22, 2021 12:23 PM PDT

A 63-year-old Nevada County man has received a 280-year-to-life prison sentence regarding a long series of violent sexual crimes against a girlfriend. District Attorney Jesse Wilson says that was the decision of the judge in the case, following a hearing for Wesley Panighetti. He was convicted about six months ago…

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Wilson says that increased Panighetti’s legal exposure on each felony count to 35 years to life. The jury rejected Panighetti’s contention that it was consensual and the victim had signed a sado/masochism type of contract…

click to listen to Jesse Wilson

The victim had known Panighetti for about 20 years. Wilson says she also submitted a written statement detailing the terrors she’d been subjected to, the power he exercised over her, and the resulting trauma.

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