People v. Juarez CA4/3

FACTS

Juarez was a basketball coach for middle and high school age girls. He operated a club team, the SoCal Swoosh, and gave private basketball lessons. Juarez’s first ex-wife, W.J., heard that Juarez was engaging in inappropriate behavior with various minor female basketball players. W.J. therefore reached out to several former players. When players told W.J. that Juarez had acted improperly, she went with them to report him to the police. Six women eventually came forward and reported sexual offenses committed by Juarez which occurred when they were in middle school or high school. Juarez was charged with criminal misconduct involving four of the women: 10 counts of lewd conduct on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code,1 § 288, subd. (a), counts 1-7, 15-17); seven counts of lewd conduct on a

1All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.

2 child between the ages of 14 and 15 (§ 288, subd. (c)(1), counts 8-9, 11-13, 18-19); two counts of oral copulation of a child under the age of 16 (§ 288a, subd. (b)(2), counts 10 and 21); and two counts of sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor under the age of 16 (§ 289, subd. (i), counts 14…