Los Angeles entertainment lawyer pleads not guilty to molesting 14-year-old boy
An entertainment lawyer from Los Angeles was accused Thursday of using his title to seduce and molest a 14-year-old boy last year, prosecutors said.
Benjamin Lawson Adams, 31, pleaded not guilty to three counts each of lewd acts upon a child and oral copulation of a person under 16, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count of sodomy on a person under 16.
According to prosecutors, Adams assaulted the teen last September and October after meeting him through a social media app.
“It is believed Adams used his title of entertainment lawyer to attract the victim’s interest,” Manhattan Beach police said in a statement after Adams’ arrest in May.
The pair met multiple times during which time Adams allegedly molested the boy, authorities said. If convicted, he faces up to eight years in prison.
Adams is free on $200,000 bail and due back in court Sept. 27.
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