Counselor Pleads Not Guilty in Molestation
A counselor at a North Hills middle school pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting a young female relative more than a decade ago, prosecutors said.
Herman Delarosa, 51, an employee of Sepulveda Middle School, was charged with 12 counts of forcible rape. Prosecutors said he molested the girl from 1988 to 1991.
The alleged victim, now 30, reported the assaults to police this month.
She allegedly was molested from ages 12 to 18, but because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Delarosa cannot be charged for any incidents that might have occurred before 1988, prosecutors said.
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