EVERETT — A Snohomish County Superior Court Judge sentenced a former Arlington horse ranch owner , accused of sexual abuse spanning over a decade, to over 15 years in prison Tuesday.

This comes after Robert Blessing, the owner of RWB Horse Ranch, pleaded guilty on Oct. 23 to three counts of felony child sex crimes — one for each victim who came forward in 2023. As with the plea hearing, members of the community wearing pink filled the courtroom, with some having to watch the proceeding from an overflow room Tuesday.

The 38-year-old would allegedly buy victims gifts, such as horses, and treat them poorly if they rejected his sexual advances, court documents said.

On Oct. 25, 2023, a girl disclosed to her school counselor that Blessing had been sexually abusing her, and, since she boa

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