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A former employee of the El-Cajon based Christian Youth Theater who pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts on a 13-year-old student in the program was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation.<\/p>\n

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David Hott, 39, is one of several former employees of the after-school theater program who has been accused in either criminal or civil proceedings of sexually abusing underage students.Hott and former CYT employee Brad Christian Davis were charged by the San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office in 2021, with Davis pleading guilty the following year to a sex crime involving a teenage girl. He was sentenced to two years of probation.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Hott groped a girl in his car in early 2007 when he was around 20 years old.<\/p>\n

The victim, now in her 30s, testified during a jury trial last year that Hott offered her a ride home from a dinner attended by other Christian Youth Theater employees and students, then pulled the car over and sexually abused her.<\/p>\n

The charges against Hott pertained only to the incident in the car, but she testified that he touched her inappropriately on multiple occasions until she was 15 and sent her graphic, sexual text messages and voicemails.<\/p>\n

Hott\u2019s trial attorney, Stefano Molea, argued the victim\u2019s descriptions of the events over the years were rife with inconsistencies, lacked any definitive evidence of the alleged acts, and that her civil claims against CYT played a role in her criminal allegations against Hott.<\/p>\n

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A San Diego jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of guilt.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony count of lewd acts on a child.<\/p>\n

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Along with probation and credit for one day served in jail, lifetime sex offender registration was ordered.<\/p>\n

The criminal charges against Hott and Davis came about a year after a flood of allegations appeared on social media alleging sexual abuse by CYT employees.<\/p>\n

Protests soon followed, and Christian Youth Theater leadership later announced that several of the theater\u2019s San Diego chapters would be shut down indefinitely.<\/p>\n

A lawsuit against the organization remains pending, which alleges sexual abuse by several different adults employed by CYT between 1991 and 2011 and accuses CYT leaders of concealing the abuse.<\/p>\n

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