People v. Bridgette CA4/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Incident Involving Jane Doe 2 (JD2) In 2016, JD2 was a young single mother living with her parents in Anaheim. Hoping to find a place of her own, she joined a Facebook group designed to help people locate room rentals in Orange County. Defendant contacted her through the group on October 1, 2016. At his request, she agreed to meet him at a Jack in the Box restaurant later that day to discuss a property he supposedly had for rent. During the meeting, defendant said he had a pool-house studio that he was looking to rent for $600 a month, and after seeing pictures of the alleged property on his phone, JD2 said she was interested. She even offered to give defendant half of the first month’s rent as a down payment. However, rather than closing the deal with JD2 at that point, defendant suggested that they meet back at the restaurant in a couple hours to discuss the matter further, and she agreed to do so.

2 When JD2 returned to the restaurant that afternoon, she brought along her four-year-old daughter. Defendant arrived in a blue Toyota pickup truck. He offered to take JD2 to see the studio, and because defendant “looked harmless” to her, she got in his truck with…