A grand jury indicted the retired judge on one count of sexual penetration by force and another count of sexual battery.
He has pleaded not guilty to both. Cordell is a former independent police auditor and said the allegations are serious for anybody, especially a judge. Just weeks after the alleged crime, Judge Corona left the bench with nearly five years left in his term. Judge Corona remains out on bond and did not show up in court Thursday.
Instead, he relied on his new attorneys to appear without him. They filed a motion that will allow much of the hearing to happen without anybody present. Action News was ordered out and not allowed back in. It could be a jury trial. It could be a court trial, or he could decide to resolve it with a plea bargain. We don't know, but we will wait to hear," Cordell said. The case is set to continue on February 4, and if it does go to trial, it would tee up a dramatic and emotional scene in which Judge Corona and his accuser could come face-to-face in court.
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