Man Convicted Again Of Sex Attacks Against Young Relative

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A 39-year-old man was convicted again Monday of sexually assaulting a young relative in Orange County starting when she was in second grade and continuing through the fourth grade.

Eduardo Difredo Bonilla-Gomez was first convicted in Sept. 2021 before the conviction was overturned on appeal in Feb. 2023, court records show.

According to City News Service, the reversal was because a juror was dismissed for discussing the McMartin preschool trials involving allegations of sexual abuse at a Manhattan Beach preschool that led to all charges being dropped in 1990.

Appellate court justices ruled the judge abused his discretion for dismissing the juror.

Bonilla-Gomez was convicted of four counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger, two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years or younger and two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, all felonies.

City News Service contributed to this report.