Omar Torres was sentenced to 18 years after pleading no contest to child molestation charges. Judge Cynthia Sevely imposed a term a few years short of the 24-year maximum. San Jose police detained Torres last October, seized devices and investigated lewd texts with a man in Chicago. Police found messages in which Torres bragged about sexual exploits with underage men. Torres claimed political retaliation and initially called the messages "fantasy" and "role-play," but public support eroded after transcripts were released. Media attention prompted a relative to allege Torres molested him in the 1990s when Torres was 18; an attorney said Torres had tried to apologize for years.
Disgraced former San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading 'no contest' to child molestation charges in April - a final turn in the shocking saga that rocked City Hall and Silicon Valley's political scene. Torres listened, while his family looked on, as Superior Court Judge Cynthia Sevely read his sentencing that fell a few years short of the maximum possible 24 years.
San Jose police first detained and interrogated Torres last October - and confiscated his devices - in an investigation tied to lewd texts about minors between him and a man in Chicago. Torres was in a sexual relationship with the man who later extorted the councilmember over their messages. Torres sought help from the police. But his decision later backfired when police searched his phone and found instances of Torres bragging about sexual exploits with underage men.
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