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Disney Executive Charged With Child Sex Abuse Faces Jury In Retrial

A Disney executive from Saugus charged with sexually assaulting two children over the course of six years began his retrial Monday.


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A retrial was set for Jonathan Blake Heely, 58, because the original jury couldn’t reach a verdict unanimously, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Heely was charged in December 2017 with three felony counts of lewd acts with a child.

He is alleged to have “willfully, unlawfully and lewdly commit a lewd and lascivious act upon and with the body and certain parts and members thereof (Victim 1), a child under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to and gratifying the lust, passions and sexual desires of the said defendant and the said child,” according to court documents.

The earliest of these incidents allegedly took place more than a decade ago.

Heely allegedly abused Victim 1 “on or between June 2006 and June 2010,” according to the criminal complaint.

Additionally, the charges detail another child, Victim 2, who was also allegedly “willfully, unlawfully and lewdly” acted upon by Heely.

Related: Disney Exec And Saugus Resident Accused Of Sexually Abusing Two Family Members

Victim 2 was acted upon even earlier than Victim 1, according to the criminal complaint, with the alleged incidents occurring during a period from August 2004 to August 2005.

A Disney spokesman said the company suspended Heely after being informed of the charges when they were first reported

Booking records indicate that Heely was released on $150,000 bail in December 2017. He is due back in court on Oct. 31 for a motions hearing.

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Disney Executive Charged With Child Sex Abuse Faces Jury In Retrial

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