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Tustin Sex Crime Arrest of School Athletic trainer

By Neil Shous, Esq.

On Christmas Day 2008, the Los Angeles Times reported in an article on the arrest of Hope Jacoby, a 23-year-old athletic trainer at Tustin High School for suspicion of committing sexual offenses that included illegal sex acts with an underage boy. Orange County Sheriff?s Department spokespersons have revealed that Jacoby is under suspicion for committing oral copulation with a minor and unlawful sex with a minor. In California, oral copulation with a minor is the act of making contact between the mouth of one person and the anus or genitals of another person where at least one of the persons involved is a minor (under the age of 18). The duration or intensity of that contact is not relevant?even a fleeting touch is sufficient under California law...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).