Rock Climber Gets Life for Sexually Assaulting Women at Yosemite National Park

Published on June 6, 2024

A well-known professional rock climber from California was sentenced to life in federal prison for sexual assaults that occurred at Yosemite National Park, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles announced June 4. Charles Barrett, 40, was sentenced in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact that occurred in August 2016. According to court documents and evidence presented at the trial, the victim went to Yosemite for a weekend of hiking when Mr. Barrett, who was living and working for a private business at the park, sexually assaulted her three times....

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