Arias

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Arias began dating Doe’s mother and moved in with her, Doe, and Doe’s younger brother when Doe was about four years old. The couple eventually had a son together. They did not marry, but Doe called Arias her dad.

2 As a result, we need not address Arias’s numerous other claims,

including his claim that the trial court erred by denying his two motions under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020 (Stats. 2020, ch. 317, § 1) (RJA) alleging bias against Latinos.

2 In April 2019, when Doe was 11 years old and in sixth grade, she reported to a school counselor that Arias had sexually abused her. At trial, Doe described various sexual acts occurring during that school year, including an incident in the bathroom when Arias forced her to touch his penis and an incident in her bedroom when Arias licked her vagina while holding her legs. Arias testified in his own defense and flatly denied ever touching Doe sexually. Arias was originally charged in July 2019, and he was tried in mid- 2021. The operative information alleged two felony counts, forcible lewd acts upon a child under 14 years old and aggravated sexual assault (oral copulation) of a…