No. 23-1830 ___________________________

United States of America

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Descart Austin Begay, Jr.

Defendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ____________

Submitted: April 10, 2024 Filed: September 10, 2024 ____________ Before BENTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ STRAS, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Descart Begay, Jr., guilty of both sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(a)(1), 2242(1). Although he challenges the evidence the jury heard and the sentence he received, we affirm. I.

S.S. had not heard from Begay, a former coworker, in over a decade. Yet one day she received