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Date: 02-19-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Anthony Paul De La Torriente
Case Number: 2:17-cr-00608-DSF
Judge: Dale S. Fischer
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Cassie D. Palmer and Jeffrey M. Chemerisky
Defendant's Attorney: Georgina Wakefield and Hilary L Potashner
Description:
Los Angeles, CA - Former Cheerleading Coach Who Committed Sexual Assault on Cruise Ship Found Guilty of Two Felonies
A former cheerleading coach has been found guilty of two federal felony charges for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico during the summer of 2015.
Anthony Paul De La Torriente, 30, of Simi Valley, was found guilty by a jury of one count of sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact. In reaching the verdict, the jury found that De La Torriente knew the victim was physically unable to decline participation or she had communicated unwillingness to engage in the sexual act.
De La Torriente faces a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison.
During the one-week trial, prosecutors presented evidence that De La Torriente volunteered to stay alone in the victim’s cabin with the victim, whose severe intoxication from a daytime excursion in Ensenada had worried their colleagues, while the colleagues got food on the cruise ship. Once alone with the victim, De La Torriente sexually assaulted her. When their colleagues returned, they found the victim’s cabin door had been double-locked from the inside. When De La Torriente eventually unlocked the door and allowed their colleagues inside, the victim identified De La Torriente as her assailant.
The victim reported the assault to the cruise ship’s medical and security staff. Swabs taken from the victim’s body matched De La Torriente’s DNA while swabs taken from inside and outside of his underwear matched the victim’s DNA.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Charge:
18:2242(2)(B),7(8) SEXUAL ABUSE
(1)
18:2244(b),7(8) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT
(2)
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.
02/14/2019 137 TRANSCRIPT ORDER as to Defendant Anthony Paul De La Torriente for Court Reporter. Order for: Criminal Non Appeal. (Attachments: # 1 SF 1034 Public Voucher)(Wakefield, Georgina) (Entered: 02/14/2019)
02/14/2019 138 TRANSCRIPT ORDER as to Defendant Anthony Paul De La Torriente for Court Reporter. Order for: Criminal Non Appeal. (Attachments: # 1 SF 1034 Public Voucher)(Wakefield, Georgina) (Entered: 02/14/2019)
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