Sentencing has been set for June 1, with Cooper facing up to 12 years in prison. He is being held without bail after the judge called him a flight risk.
Cooper has been free on a $5-million bond.Los Angeles County Special Victims Bureau detectives arrested Cooper in June 2018.
The 66-year-old architect was charged with multiple counts of child molestation, according to court records. The acts were alleged to have occurred between November 2006 and November 2007 on one victim, and between January 2012 and July 2016 on the second.
The two accusers are now 16 and 28 years old.Deadline reached out to Cooper’s attorney, Alan Jackson, but he did not respond immediately.“Obviously the families are disappointed that the jury didn’t convict as to one victim, but they are very pleased to see the jury at least convicted as to the second victim,” said Dave Ring, an attorney for the two accusers and their families, talking to the Los Angeles Times. “It was incredibly satisfying for them to see Cooper immediately remanded to prison for what he did.
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