Motion Picture Academy Member Jeffrey Cooper Found Guilty of Child Molestation
variety.comWilliam Earl Jeffrey Cooper, an architect and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has been convicted after a jury trial on three counts of felony child molestation, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.The jury’s verdict came May 20 at Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys.
Cooper was arrested four years ago and indicted on eight counts involving two children. Judge Alan Schneider declared a mistrial on the five counts brought by the second child.Cooper pleaded not guilty to all counts.
He will be sentenced on June 1 and could face 12 years in prison. He is being held without bail as the judge deemed him a flight risk, according to the Times.Cooper has been involved in building studio and sound mixing facilities and sound design for theaters.
The victim said that Cooper positioned himself as a musical mentor but molested her in a recording studio when she was 12 or 13.
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