YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KFSN) -- A professional rock climber has been found guilty on multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Yosemite National Park.
Documents show that 39-year-old Charles Barrett sexually assaulted a woman three times while he was working and living in the park.
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During the trial, three other women also said that Barrett sexually assaulted them, but he was not charged for those assaults.
"This defendant used his renown and physical presence as a rock climber to lure and intimidate victims who were part of the rock-climbing community. His violent sexual assaults were devastating to the victims, whom he later threatened in the lead-up to trial," said U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
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Barrett is set to be sentenced on May 21. He faces life in prison and a $250,000 fine.