Man who sexually assaulted OC girls he lured on Instagram gets 33 years to life – Orange County Register

A 25-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 33 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting several girls in Santa Ana and Anaheim who he lured through Instagram with promises of money, alcohol and drugs.

Brayan Padillagomez was convicted Aug. 24 of five counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a minor younger than 14, two counts of administering a drug, and contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sex offense, all felonies.

One of the girls told police on Jan. 26, 2022 she was assaulted by Padillagomez, whom she met online when she was 13, according to a trial brief from Deputy District Attorney Christina Warden.

Padillagomez and the girl chatted through Instagram in September 2021, and then agreed to meet in October 2021 to smoke marijuana, Warden said. He picked her up and later in the evening, he said he wanted to have sex with her, but she said no, Warden said.

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He started removing her clothes but stopped when the panicky and crying girl pleaded with him to stop, Warden said. She got out of the car and went home, Warden said.

The two resumed chatting online again about her desire to run away from home and he offered to come pick her up and give her alcohol and drugs, Warden said.

Padillagomez picked her up between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. and took her to a CVS parking lot, where he gave her marijuana and alcohol and “she felt as if she was falling in and out of sleep and does not remember much other than the defendant driving to an area across from the Santa Ana Zoo,” Warden said.

The victim woke up the next morning nude in a bedroom and saw bruising on her inner thigh, Warden said.

Padillagomez was also accused of sending video of himself having sex with the girl to one of her friends via Instagram, Warden said. The victim does not appear to have given consent to do the video, Warden said.

Padillagomez was accused of asking the other girl, who was 14, to send him pictures of herself nude and offered to give her drugs for sex, Warden said.

A search of Padillagomez’s electronic devices also showed him having conversations via Instagram with other girls around the same age in which he attempted to trade money, alcohol and drugs for sex, Warden said.

Padillagomez was also accused of meeting two other girls at a park in Anaheim in October 2021, Warden said. One of the girls was just on the cusp of turning 13, the prosecutor said.

He kissed the girl on the mouth multiple times despite her saying she was disgusted and did not want to be kissed, Warden said. He took the girls to an apartment and drank alcohol, Warden said.

The 12-year-old girl drank until she was blacking out and woke up with her pants unbuttoned and felt that he had sexually assaulted her, Warden said.

Jurors did not reach verdicts on single felony counts each of harmful matter sent to a minor with the intent of seduction, contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sex offense and lewd or lascivious acts on a minor younger than 14. Those charges were dismissed.