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Defendant, Lorin Ashton (hereinafter “Bassnectar”), an individual, is an adult male
impressionable age and successfully groomed her so he could sexually abuse her. Bassnectar manipulated and coerced Jenna into traveling and flying all over the country to have sex with him whenever he desired. Bassnectar paid for Jenna’s flights to see him. Bassnectar booked Jenna’s flights using his own United Airlines account number. 144. During this time, Bassnectar knew that Jenna was a minor. Bassnectar knew her age as a result of booking her numerous flights across the country so that he could sexually abuse her. Further, there were several times when Bassnectar and Jenna were together that Bassnectar saw her identification which displayed her date of birth. 145. Bassnectar had sex with Jenna in several states on multiple occasions after arranging her travel. In particular, Bassnectar had sex with Jenna in Pennsylvania, New York, California, Colorado, Louisiana and other states. Jenna was a minor when they had sex. Bassnectar was in his mid-thirties.
146. When Bassnectar decided to have sex with Jenna, he would not speak to her, but would just immediately begin to undress her and have intercourse. Afterwards, Bassnectar would make her shower. He never used a condom.
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147. Additionally, Bassnectar would furnish alcohol to the young teenager. While Bassnectar and Jenna would be in hotel rooms, he would give her Bogle wine to drink and would watch her get drunk. 148. During this time period, Defendant Bassnectar insisted that Jenna keep any contact between them a secret. He forbade her from telling anyone about them, including her parents and friends.
149. Bassnectar would not allow them to be seen in public together. On rare occasions, the two would go hiking around Berkeley or San Francisco. On one occasion, they went to a field