This isn't the first time Flores has faced charges related to sexual assault. In 2009, Flores was charged with raping and sodomizing a 21-year-old woman in Pasadena. His bail was set at $1.1 million.
According to court documents obtained by ESPN, Flores was charged with three counts: unlawfully kidnapping and carrying away the woman to allegedly commit rape/sodomy; sodomy by anesthesia or controlled substance; and rape by use of drugs. Flores, who at the time coached football at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, was found not guilty on all three charges after a 17-day trial in July of 2010.
The defense had argued that after a night of heavy drinking for her 21st birthday, the woman was intoxicated and was found outside several houses away from her home with Flores kneeling beside her. The woman said Flores had sexual intercourse with her while she was incapacitated. The prosecution argued Flores should have realized she was unable to provide consent or resist.
"They just believed whatever he said," the woman, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situation, told ESPN in a phone call. "The whole narrative through the trial was that nothing happened. ... It was just gross. I just felt alone and like they made me out to be crazy."
The woman said she had "zero connection" to people in the current case. But she added: "I knew this day was coming, but this is even worse than I thought.
Chris Flores, a prominent Southern California youth coach, was arrested Thursday in Bakersfield on multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor.
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