Former Dance Instructor in Orange County Faces Pornography and Sexual Assault Charges
A former Orange County dance instructor faces charges of child pornography and sexual assault after one of the girls who attended the school found a hidden camera in the instructor’s home bathroom where he encouraged the girls to change their clothes.
According to a news article in The Orange County Register, 28-year-old Jason Alan Marian of Aliso Viejo was a former part-time dance teacher at the Mission Viejo Dance and Performing Arts Center in Laguna Niguel. Both Marian and his wife, who was also an instructor at that school, were fired in April after one of eight girls invited to the couple’s home for a party found a hidden camera in the restroom and turned it over to her father who in turn gave it to Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials. The article says the girl who found the camera was between 10 and 14 years old at the time.
The girls were invited to change their clothes in the bathroom, the article states. Officials examined computers and cameras from Marian’s home in April, but found images only on the hidden camera, which the girl said she discovered in that bathroom. Marian was arrested on May 15 and is out on a $100,000 bail. Marian is also accused of sexually assaulting another student from the dance school. Authorities said that incident occurred in his home where he allegedly brought the girl after taking her out for drinks in Dana Point.
According to the Register article, Marian was one of 17 dance teachers at the school and had passed a background check before he was hired for the job. As defense attorneys representing those accused of a variety of sex crimes, we know that these type of crimes can be extremely complex. Very often such cases require to be handled by a skilled attorney who knows how to evaluate witness testimony and the evidence.
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