Nassau Man Sentenced For Raping Girlfriend's Young Daughter

A Locust Valley man was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting his girlfriend's young daughter multiple times over a period of years.

Gonzalo Galvez, 58, was convicted by a jury on April 18 of two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child. The trial lasted about six weeks, and it only took the jury two hours to convict him.

“I am committed to prosecuting child predators who prey on the vulnerable," Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. "This 58-year old man targeted his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter for sex and tried to buy her trust with gifts and attention. For three years, Gonzalo Galvez systematically robbed this young girl of her childhood and innocence. The defendant was brought to justice by the brave young survivor who testified against her abuser and the heroic Good Samaritans who stopped the abuse. Nassau County is safer today because this remorseless defendant is behind bars.”

According to Singas, from 2014 through 2017, Galvez repeatedly sexually assaulted his girlfriend's young daughter. The abuse started when the girl was 9 years old and continued for three years. Galvez used fear and bribery to guarantee his access to the child and ensure her silence. The abuse ultimately ended on June 25, 2017, when witnesses observed the defendant raping the child in the back seat of his car in an empty parking lot in Seaford. These witnesses subsequently reported the incident to the police and thereby saved the child from any further abuse.