Film Academy Member Jeffrey Cooper Found Guilty of 3 Counts of Child Molestation
thewrap.comLos Angeles Times reports. While Cooper was indicted on eight counts of sexual abuse, judge Alan Schneider declared a mistrial on the remaining five, after a grand jury was unable to reach a verdict.
Cooper’s criminal trial began May 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, following his arrest by LA Special Victims Unit detectives in June 2018.
The 70-year-old pleaded not guilty to all eight charges, which allegedly involved him committing lewd acts with two underage girls, with the first offense dating from 2006 and 2007 and the second between 2012 and 2016.He will await sentencing June 1, where he faces up to 12 years in prison.Schenider, stating that Cooper was a flight risk, ordered him in jail without bail.
Cooper was previously free on a $5 million bond, which was reduced from $9 million after his arrest.On the first day of the trial, one accuser — now 28 — recalled how she had considered Cooper a “friend” and “mentor” who shared her interests before he molested her when she was 12 or 13 in 2006.
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