Sentencing Postponed 4th Time for Convicted Child Rapist Christina Regusters

The sentencing for convicted child rapist Christina Regusters was postponed a fourth time Friday.

The former day care worker was convicted of brutally raping a 5-year-old in Philadelphia.

Regusters faces a life sentence after she was convicted of child rape at her three-week high-profile September trial.

The 21-year-old was convicted of abducting the kindergartner from her elementary school in Cobbs Creek, hid her under a bed at a nearby home and sexually assaulting her with a sharp object.

Regusters posed as the girlโ€™s mother and signed the child out of Bryant Elementary School in the cityโ€™s Cobbs Creek Section on Jan. 14, 2013.

The former day care worker then led the girl into a nearby home and put her in a laundry bag to carry her upstairs. The entire ordeal lasted 19 hours, prosecutors said. The child was dumped in an Upper Darby park, where she was found by a passer-by wearing only a T-shirt. 

The girl, who was severely injured in the attack, testified during the emotional and graphic three-week trial. Regusters and her attorney argued during the trial that she may have been involved in the kidnapping, but did not sexually assault the girl.

A lawsuit was filed by attorney Tom Kline against the School District of Philadelphia seeking damages for the child.
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