CALIFORNIA
Orange County Register
BY VIK JOLLY / STAFF WRITER
Published: May 14, 2014
SANTA ANA – A former San Juan Capistrano high school teacher had sex with a 14-year-old girl who he knew had a crush on him, a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday.
The defense lawyer for Ricardo Aldana, 40, countered that a teenager seeking attention made up the charges.
Prosecutors have charged Aldana with seven felony counts of lewd acts on a child.
Aldana taught Spanish and coached boys soccer at JSerra Catholic High School. The school fired him after learning about the circumstances of his arrest in December 2011.
Prosecutors say he befriended the girl at school, when she was 13.
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