Giancarlo Scotti, 31, is accused of engaging in unlawful sex acts with the prisoners at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood between March and September of 2017.
He is charged with six felony counts of sexual activity with a detainee in a detention facility and two misdemeanor counts of sexual activity with a detainee in a detention facility.
In one instance, Scotti allegedly ordered two cellmates to perform oral sex on him. He later took the women to a shower area, where he allegedly had unlawful sexual intercourse with both of them, according to Deputy District Attorney Hyunah Suh.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell told reporters last September that Scotti had been placed on administrative leave in connection with the allegations involving two female inmates. The sheriff said then that at least one of the women reported the alleged crime about 9 a.m. Sept. 13 to a teaching instructor who works inside the jail.
McDonnell said an investigation began immediately, with the scene being locked down to preserve evidence and the deputy being notified and remaining in the watch commander’s office until 2 that afternoon and then being taken into custody that evening.
“The evidence was compelling enough for us to make the arrest,” the sheriff told reporters after Scotti’s arrest last September.
Scotti — who is free on $400,000 bond — is due back in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom May 17, when a date is scheduled to be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.
He could face up to seven years and four months in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
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TITO THOMAS says
They have no respect in jail for anybody Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell need to be remove from his job getting like Lee Baca.
callingitasitis says
Ditto !!! female custody officers/ deputies only in female units and males only in male units and for the others both male and female officers/deputies. The same for juvenile facilities. It would cut down on these type crimes and lawsuit settle by the Board paid for by TAXPAYERS. This issue is nationwide problem with both male and female custody personnel.
Common sense is NOT so common in this times.
Tom says
Have you ever heard of homosexuals? Your thoughts would not stop rapes and sex in prisons. What needs to happen is better camera placement. This is an issue that will never go away regardless what steps are taken people always figure a way around something.
Mike says
Alexis, you are clearly an uneducated feminist. Read this study and you will see that women are statistically just as likely to sexually abuse others as men:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sexual-victimization-by-women-is-more-common-than-previously-known/
Alexis says
@Mike.. Feminist, I am not, Mike, and never have been. I am only a woman that has personally witnessed and have been a part of the sexual abuse perpetrated by L.A. County sheriffs deputies. You can provide statistics, Mike, but living through abuse as a woman provides a different perspective. This happens too often in County jails, and women’s prisons. Men abuse each other as inmates, and many women abuse each other, and this is a given. Sheriffs Deputies are supposed to do their job, and their job is NOT to rape!
Alexis says
@Mike…You are obviously missing the point, when you can’t see that a deputy wearing a badge raping female inmates, is the same as inmates abusing each other. There are too many LEO’s getting away with illegal actions because they wear a badge. Also, feminism and rape are two different subjects.
Tm says
What a pig! Literally!!
Alexis says
Assaults happen too often. Most women are punished if they speak up.
Alexis says
This happens a lot! It takes courage for women to come forward, because most times they are punished if they report the assaults.