People v. Gomez CA2/6

Statement of Facts Appellant, a physical education teacher at Robert Luis Stevenson Middle School (Stevenson), victimized two female students in 2005 and 2006. The modus operandi was the same. Appellant befriended the victims, promised to look out for them, and changed the relationship from teacher-student to teacher-lover. Counts 1-8; E. O. E. O., born May 1992, attended Stevenson from sixth to eighth grade. Appellant was her physical education teacher. In February 2006, appellant took E. to a room next to the gym weight room, told her to bend over, and touched her butt and thighs on top of her clothing. After he finished, he told E. to leave so no one would see them together. A few days later, appellant called E. to the weight room and had her grab his erect penis on top of his clothing. In March 2006, appellant summoned E. to the P.E. office and told her to "give him head." Appellant ejaculated into his hand, asked if she liked it, and said it was "normal for people to do." Appellant had E. orally copulate him on other occasions. On May 12, 2006, appellant took E. to a motel and had intercourse with her. Appellant drove E. home and dropped her off two blocks from her house. A…