Can a defendant who was accused of sexually abusing a minor at the time of the allegation have sexual attractions to adults?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hill, C082995 (Cal. App. 2017):
but showed that he exhibited legal sexual attractions to adults at the time he was accused of abusing a minor. (Ward v. Dretke, supra, 420 F.3d at p. 495.) It was a reasonable tactical decision to use this evidence, and defendant's lack of sexually explicit material involving children, to rebut the argument he had a propensity to commit sexual assaults on minors.
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