JAKARTA - A man from California was convicted of assault for sexual purposes. Prosecutors claim he was obsessed with female co-workers and put sperm in drink bottles and food jars and rubbed the liquid on his computer.
Orange County High Court Judge Kathleen Roberts ruled Monday that Palmdale, California 30-year-old Stevens Millancastro was guilty of multiple counts of assault and light-hearted abuse against coworkers, the Orange County Register reported.
Roberts also concluded that Millancastro committed the crime for sexual purposes and is now registered as a sex offender.
Michael Morrison, Millancastro's attorney, reportedly argued in court. He said his client did not seek to accept sexual gratification from "grossly inappropriate behavior", which occurred in La Palma, California, in November 2016 and January 2017.
The move Morrison did not deny came as retaliation for the woman who filed a formal complaint against Millancastro, the lawyer said, saying her client feared losing her job or promotion.
However, Orange County Deputy District Attorney Laila Nikaien claims, Millancastro began to obsess over the female co-worker and would continue to stare at him in the office after she refused his date.
He first told his boss, but later filed a complaint with HR after Millancastro continued to display the same behavior.
It was then that she began to repeatedly find cloudy liquid in her drinking bottle. After receiving approval to record her work desk, one day the woman returned and found "milky white substance" on her keyboard.
Nikaien noted that both company bosses and police checked surveillance cameras. The police determined that it was Millancastro, who waited until the woman left her desk to grease the keyboard and mouse with her semen.
Millancastro, scheduled to stand trial on October 6, faces 30 months behind bars.
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