Omar Torres received an 18-year prison sentence for molesting an underage family member over a period beginning in the late 1990s. Torres served on the San Jose City Council from 2023 until he was charged in 2024 and pleaded no contest in April to forcible sodomy, forcible oral copulation and molestation of a child under 14. The assaults continued for years and stopped when he feared discovery. Torres was 43 at the time of sentencing. An earlier investigation included an affidavit alleging extortion by a 21-year-old who threatened to release nude photos; no charges followed from that probe.
A former Bay Area city councilmember was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for molesting an underage family member more than two decades ago, prosecutors said. Omar Torres, who served on the San Jose City Council councilmember from 2023 until he was charged in 2024, pleaded no contest in April to charges of forcible sodomy, forcible oral copulation and molestation of a child under 14, the Santa Clara district attorney's office said in a statement.
He assaulted the child for years beginning in the late 1990s, only stopping because he was afraid he'd get caught, according to prosecutors. During that initial investigation, a police affidavit alleged Torres was being extorted for tens of thousands of dollars by a 21-year-old Chicago man who threatened to share nude photos and other incriminating messages he'd sent if Torres didn't pay, the San José Spotlight reported in October.
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