Trial of Alleged Movie Night Molester Postponed Again

The trial of German Bravo DeJesus, accused of sexually assaulting two minors more than two years apart, was to begin this week but has been postponed again until Oct. 22, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office.

On Jan. 17, 2009, DeJesus allegedly fondled an 8-year-old girl at Palm Terrance Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Laguna Woods in the waiting room with another relative close to her age. DeJesus, who worked at the facility, is accused of approaching the girl, asking her name, then touching her vagina over her clothes two different times before fleeing the scene.

Then, on the night of July 8, 2011, DeJesus, of Lake Forest, is accused of approaching a 6-year-old girl, who was playing just 10 feet from her parents at Grand Park in Aliso Viejo during a movie night, asking her name, then putting his hand down her pants and touching her vagina. The defendant, who was 33 years old at the time, is accused of fleeing the scene, but the victim immediately told her father and police were contacted.

Deputies later located the suspect, who was identified by the victim, and took him into custody, booking him on suspicion of child molestation.

According to an OCDA press release, DeJesus has been charged with three felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor under 14 and a sentencing enhancement allegation of substantial sexual conduct with a child.

He would face a sentence that ranges from a minimum of 15-years-to-life to a maximum of 45-years-to-life in state prison, if convicted on all three counts.