A Palmerton man has been charged with the alleged sexual assault of a girl.

According to the affidavit filed by Detective Kevin Buck of the Palmerton Borough Police Department:

On June 6, Buck was assigned a reported case of a sexual assault of a juvenile.

He contacted the mother of the victim, who is 13 years old, and scheduled an interview that afternoon at the Palmerton Police Department.

Upon speaking with the victim, she said that in March she began speaking with the defendant, Donavin Christman, 18, and said that within the first 24 hours she advised him that she was 13 and he had told her he was 18.

The victim advised they had spoken for some time on both Snapchat as well as phone calls and in the beginning of April, Christman would begin showing up at her residence when her mother was not at home and they would be in the backyard together.

The victim said Christman had kissed her in late April and referenced several times about their ages stating that he could get caught and in trouble, as well as telling her after they had intercourse that the victim could not tell anyone because he could go to jail.

The victim said the two had relations from late April through early June, with these occurrences beginning after Christman began convincing her to sneak out of her house.

The victim said that when she would sneak out Christman would pick her up and they would drive back to Palmerton where they would sometimes hang out in the park for awhile before returning to Christman’s home.

The victim said this occurred between four to eight times.

On June 12, the victim was also interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center.

On June 14, Buck spoke with Christman, who said he did not wish to speak about the incident.

Christman faces charges of statutory sexual assault; aggravated indecent assault; indecent assault; and corruption of minors.

He remains free in lieu of $25,000 bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing July 22 before District Judge William Kissner of Palmerton.