Kent man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting teen

KENT, Wash. (AP) — A Kent man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a sexual abuse of a teenager at Olympic National Park. Thirty-six year old Christopher James Kuna was at a gathering with family and friends at the park when he gave alcohol to the 14-year-old victim and sexually assaulted her in August 2020. That’s according to Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman. The plea agreement said Kuna was a trusted family friend of the victim and her family. The maximum penalty is life in prison. Kuna is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 17.