Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the presentment agency, we find the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that appellant used forcible compulsion to compel the victim to accede to his acts of sexual abuse (see Penal Law § 130.00 [8]). There was no evidence that appellant overpowered the victim or used any express or implied threat of force (compare e.g. People v Yeaden,
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