The lead defense attorney for Timothy J. Martinez, 35, said Friday that the victim was "stuck in a lie," essentially perpetuating a fabrication about alleged molestations, while the prosecutor said she "ignored" the victim's in-court testimony that was consistent with statements made during a 2019 interview with a Vacaville police investigator.
Greg Teplansky, a detective with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, said the victim, then a high school student in Trona, told him the defendant had sexual intercourse with him "multiple times" when she was a preteen living in Vacaville.
Out of custody on bail, Timothy J. Martinez, 35, is charged with 10 criminal counts, seven for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14; two for aggravated sex assault involving oral copulation; and one for an attempted lewd and lascivious act with a child under 14.
On Day 2 of the jury trial in the felony case against Timothy J. Martinez, the victim, no longer a minor and responding to questions from Deputy District Attorney Luke B. Leichty, said her mind "went blank" during the first alleged assault, around Christmastime 2018.
On Day 2 of the jury trial in the felony case against Timothy J. Martinez, the victim, no longer a minor and responding to questions from Deputy District Attorney Luke B. Leichty, said her mind "went blank" during the first alleged assault, around Christmastime 2018.