Posted on 11/15/2026 9:50:01 AM PST by dennisw
California father, who plied his daughter with alcohol before he had sex with her, has been freed from behind bars a shocking move that cuts his sentence in half.
Stephen Chavez, 41, was convicted incest with his daughter, 18-year-old Makayla Settles, and providing alcohol to a minor in June.
But on the morning of November 9, just one week shy of six months since his booking, he was released
Chavez entered a guilty plea as part of a deal, but was handed just one year in jail by Judge Dusty Kawai who explained that he couldn't impose the maximum sentence without Chavez's consent as he had no prior criminal history, the Ventura County Star reported.
Joey Buttitta, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office, told the outlet: 'Although the court imposed a one-year sentence, California law allows eligible defendants to receive credits that reduce their actual time in custody by 50 percent.'
The news of his release by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office left Makayla's mother, Carolina Sandoval, devastated.
'It hurts all over again,' she told the outlet. 'It's yet again another date that we have to remember, and it's painful. My daughter's life meant way more than six months.'
As Chavez was receiving his sentence, Makayla's family and friends were outraged at the light sentencing.
In court they gave harrowing victim impact statements, 'describing the lasting trauma caused by the defendant’s actions and the devastating loss of Makayla.'
'It's just ridiculous,' she previously told the Daily Mail.
Chavez, having walked out of prison, will serve three years of felony probation during which he is forbidden from consuming drugs or alcohol, contact Makayla's family and friends, nor may he possess firearms or pornography, court records showed.
He is also required to register as a sex offender for 20 years.
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If you have no criminal record, then go out and kill three people. The California judge will be handcuffed from giving you a few decades in prison? Because you are a first time offender like rape and incest Dad here?
He will carry that shame of violating his daughter and depressing her so much she killed herself over it.
That fact, plus knowing thousands of other folks have read the story, will be part of his penance.
Hopefully, somebody will off him, now that he’s out.
Somehow, I get the feeling that this animal feels no sense of shame nor remorse.
https://www.kannlawoffice.com/rape.html
California Penal Code [CPC] §261(a)(2) – Rape – CPC §261(a)(2) makes it illegal to have sex with anyone who isn’t your spouse through force, fear, threats or duress. Rape always involves overcoming the free will of the victim, although it isn’t required that the victim resist to communicate a lack of consent.
If you’re convicted of Rape under CPC §261(a)(2) you face up to eight years in a state prison, fines of up to $10,000, or both imprisonment and a fine. You will also be required to register as a Sex Offender. The crime is, additionally, counted as a ‘violent felony’ for purposes of California’s “Three Strikes” system.
“Chavez, having walked out of prison, will serve three years of felony probation during which he is forbidden from consuming drugs or alcohol, contact Makayla’s family and friends, nor may he possess firearms or pornography, court records showed.”
Buy him a beer and call his parole officer. The the judge won’t be “handcuffed”.
If a man will rape his own daughter, he will rape someone else and the next time he’ll probably murder them to keep them quiet.
The scumbag’s last name explains why he only got 6 months in jail.
“Chavez, having walked out of prison, will serve three years of felony probation during which he is forbidden from consuming drugs or alcohol, contact Makayla’s family and friends, nor may he possess firearms or pornography, court records showed. “
He will be able to do all those things without any penalty.
This is Kalifornica, exactly as the demonRATS want it.
Sure I can imagine this scenario. :-)
Judge: Do you consent to the maximum penalty?
Perp: Sure Judge give me the max.
so if them other were to take action and unlive (A liberal term) the pedo rapist “Judge Dusty Kawai would explain that he couldn’t impose the maximum sentence without her consent as she had no prior criminal history”?
I suspect this pervert was always a deviant.
I wish more females would think before hopping into bed with such slime, let alone conceiving babies with them.
I hope the other inmates operated on him.
But 10 years for Russel Brandt for he said she said 20 year old allegations.
“ But 10 years for Russel Brandt for he said she said 20 year old allegations.”
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Russel Brand was a “target” of the government. This California scum is a member of a government protected class.
What would you expect from CaliFUBAR?
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