KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A man convicted of molesting a child over the course of eight years has been sentenced to decades behind bars, according to Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen.
On Wednesday, Allen’s office said 48-year-old Jarrett David Simoneaux was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole. He was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual battery in December.
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During the trial in December, assistant district attorneys told the jury that Simoneaux began molesting the child when she was four years old. That continued for several years until the child came forward about the abuse in 2021, when she was 12 years old…