Sex crime? Girl, 10, faces sexual assault charge after playing ‘doctor’ with 4-year-old boy

A game of doctor among kids turned into “a nightmare” for a 10-year-old Houston girl accused of sexually assaulting a young boy, her family says.

The girl — identified as “Ashley” — was playing with other children in her apartment complex’s courtyard in April when a witness reported that she inappropriately touched a 4-year-old boy “in his private area,”

The family contends Ashley, who was 9 at the time of the incident, is innocent. It wasn’t until two months later in June when the Houston Police Department began investigating the case.

“It’s a nightmare even having to go through something like this because that’s my baby,” said Ashley’s mom, who wasn’t identified by the station. “That’s my baby and just the thought of her going through something like this, it hurts me.”

Ashley said she was out with a friend at a local track when her mom called and told her to come home. The cops were waiting.

“I was crying, and they took me to the car and I didn’t want to get in,” Ashley told KRIV in an interview last week.

“My mom told me to calm down,” said the girl, who was reduced to tears as she relived her arrest.

She spent four nights in custody at the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center.

Quanell X, leader of Houston’s New Black Panther Party, is working with the girl’s family.

Her mom said the sex crimes unit didn’t allow her to sit in during the 45-minute interview with authorities.

The Houston Police Department referred questions to the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, which didn’t immediately comment Tuesday.

Quanell X, a leader of Houston’s New Black Panther Party, said the situation is being blown out of proportion.

“I’ve never dealt with a child this young being accused of a crime,” said Quanell X, who is working with the family. “In fact, this was nothing more than inappropriate horseplay that has now led to a child that is 10 years old being charged with aggravated rape.”

Ashley is scheduled to appear in court in October.

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  1. common dont be naive we all have done I mean ****** mommy and daddy *********** so whats the big deal 10 and 4 though kinda sound somehow tho*

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