Jury Selection Progresses in High-Profile Ventura County Sexual Assault Case
Simi Valley, Calif. — Jury selection is underway in Ventura County for the trial of Charles Gaines III, a 27-year-old Colorado man accused of a string of sexual assaults in Simi Valley and Los Angeles. Gaines faces several charges, including six counts of sexual assault along with numerous special allegations, to which he has entered a plea of not guilty. Authorities arrested Gaines in August 2022 during an extortion investigation handled by the Los Angeles Police Department, subsequently extraditing him to California from his Aurora, Colorado residence. Following his arrest, detectives purportedly linked him to … Read more