HANDWRITING ANALYSIS ORDERED IN SIMI VALLEY TEEN SEX CASE.Byline: Jesse Hiestand / Daily News Staff Writer A former Simi Valley High School Simi Valley High School is a secondary school located in Simi Valley, California which was established in 1920 as the first high school in the valley. It nestles in the Santa Susana Mountains and is adjacent to the San Fernando Valley, part of the city and county of Ventura. track coach was ordered Wednesday to turn over a sample of his handwriting and submit to a physical exam, evidence that prosecutors say will link him to the statutory rape Sexual intercourse by an adult with a person below a statutorily designated age. The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex. of a student last year. Robert America, 23, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. is facing trial on 10 felony counts of having unlawful sex with a minor, charges that could send him to prison for six years. The alleged victim has testified she and the defendant had sex at least 10 times between January and December 1996, beginning when she was 16. America has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied he ever had a relationship with the girl. Deputy District Attorney Adam Pearlman asked that America be forced to turn over a handwriting sample that could prove he was the author of some unsigned letters taken into evidence. Pearlman also wanted a doctor to determine whether America is circumcised, which could further support the alleged victim's story, he said. After a brief hearing Wednesday afternoon, Municipal Court Judge Bruce A. Clark granted both requests and set an Oct. 1 trial date. America now America Now is a former politics and business TV program on CNBC with Lawrence Kudlow and Jim Cramer. The program's name was later changed to Kudlow & Cramer. America Now: the Anthropology of a Changing Culture was the original title of has until Sept. 30 to provide a handwriting sample to sheriff's investigators and submit to a physical examination with a doctor at the Ventura County Medical Center Ventura County Medical Center is a hospital in the city of Ventura, California, USA. It is a 208 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49 bed campus in Santa Paula. . Pearlman said this was important evidence ``because (America's) denying that he had any relationship with the victim.'' The alleged victim, now 18, testified in a recent preliminary hearing that America knew she was underage but did not believe it mattered. America, an assistant discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci [L.] disk. dis·cus n. pl. dis·ci A flat circular surface; a disk. discus pl. disci [L.] 1. and shot put coach, was fired in March 1996 after the girl's parents complained to school officials about the relationship between their daughter and her track coach. But they continued to date - and have sex about once a week - until December, she said. At that time, America worked at her father's business, where she was also a part-time employee. In April 1997, a rift between America and the girl's father erupted over a truck that both claimed to own. Defense attorneys have claimed this dispute prompted the girl to lash out to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively. See also: Lash at America by telling police about the alleged relationship. |
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