Hunter/Lang
09/13/21
A Solon man who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges and reached a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month will be sentenced later this year.
Court records show that 50-year-old Robert Egesdal of Highway 1 Northeast entered the plea September 3rd. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Egesdal began a pattern of sexually assaulting a young girl at his residence starting in 2014 when she was 12. The alleged abuse continued through April of 2019.
The victim told investigators that she resisted Egesdal’s advances on numerous occasions, but he persisted and forced himself on her multiple times. The alleged assaults happened when Egesdal was watching the girl while her mother was at work.
A relative of Egesdal’s also told investigators that Egesdal inappropriately touched her at his residence on June 12th of 2019. The girl said she told him “no” multiple times, but he continued the abuse.
Egesdal was originally charged with five counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse and one count of Indecent Contact with a Child and could have faced a maximum prison term of 52 years. The plea deal leaves Egesdal to be sentenced on one count of Sexual Abuse and the Indecent Contact with a Child charge.
A sentencing hearing has been set for November 8th; he now faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.