Earlier this year, a jury convicted him of 2 counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration of a child under 13, 2 counts of attempted Criminal Sexual Penetration of a child under 13, 2 counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a minor child under 13 and bribery.

Gonzales-Gaytan brutally raped a 9 year-old girl in 2018, leaving her with a sexually transmitted infection and threatening her not to tell anyone.