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Saugus Disney Executive Charged With Child Sex Abuse Receives Jury Retrial Date

A Saugus Disney executive charged with sexually assaulting two children over the course of six years returned to court Thursday to continue his retrial.


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The retrial was set for Jonathan Blake Heely, 58, because the original jury was unable to 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. The earliest of these incidents allegedly took place more than a decade ago.

He is alleged to have “willfully, unlawfully and lewdly committed 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.

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

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.

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 March 26 for a jury trial.

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Saugus Disney Executive Charged With Child Sex Abuse Receives Jury Retrial Date

6 comments

  1. Barbara Behrens-St. Marie

    why tell us now? it happened a long time ago. charges should have been pressed at that time!

  2. Please keep us posted. I know this man and his wife, so this is of interest to me.

  3. Any updates? I know this family. Thank you.

  4. any updates on this? Was there a conviction?

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