The following is a news release provide by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
A 24-year-old Winnetka man has plead not guilty after being charged with raping a woman in the parking lot of a Valencia restaurant, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
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Deputy District Attorney Emily Cole said Etienne Juarez Rosas (dob 1/12/91) faces one count each of kidnapping to commit rape and forcible rape and two counts of sexual penetration by foreign object in case PA084623.
Rosas plead not guilty Friday in Department S of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, San Fernando Branch, said Ricardo Santiago from the District Attorney’s office. His preliminary hearing was set for November 19.
The sexual attack allegedly happened on Oct. 25, inside the victim’s vehicle while it was parked at the restaurant on the 27500 block of Wayne Mills Place, the prosecutor said.
If convicted as charged, Rosas faces a possible maximum sentence of 75 years to life in state prison.
The prosecutor is requesting $4 million bail.
The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Santa Clarita Station.
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