Documents show he told the victim he didn’t care about her age because their relationship would not be “sexual.”
SAN ANTONIO — A man has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met on Snapchat, according to an arrest affidavit.
Ricardo Mata, 32, allegedly met the victim on Snapchat, where she told him she was 14 years old. Records show that Mata told her didn’t care about her age because their relationship would not be “sexual.”
Documents state that after a few weeks of communicating through the app, the victim and Mata planned to meet in person. The victim gave Mata her address, where he picked her up and took her to an unknown hotel. The victim told Mata she did not want to have sex, but he told her the hotel was because his brother did not want people at their residence.
According to the arrest affidavit, Mata and the victim began to watch a movie while laying in bed, when Mata pulled the victim on top of him with their clothes were still on. Mata then pulled his pants down and the victim’s pants down before attempting to have sex with her. After some failed attempts, he stopped and forced the victim to touch his genitals. Mata reportedly fell asleep after the victim started touching him.
Documents state that when the victim awoke in the morning, Mata told her she “needed to do something” in order to be taken back home. Mata then forced the victim to perform oral sex on him.
Authorities said the victim reported the sexual assault while receiving treatment at a hospital. She was able to identify Mata from a line-up.
Mata was charged with sexual assault of a child and booked in the Bexar County jail.