A former San Diego State soccer participant who was beforehand investigated in reference to an alleged gang rape of a 17-year- outdated woman was sentenced Friday to 6 months in county jail and two years of probation for possession of kid pornography.
Whereas prosecutors declined to cost 20-year-old Nowlin Ewaliko and different former Aztec gamers in reference to the rape allegations, the police investigation into the alleged rape led to the invention of suspected baby pornography on an Apple iCloud account linked to Ewaliko, investigators mentioned in courtroom paperwork.
Ewaliko turned himself into police earlier this yr and later pleaded responsible to the lone felony baby porn possession depend filed in opposition to him.
Police and prosecutors haven’t commented on the precise nature of the fabric, nor how a lot was found by investigators.
Together with custody, he should register as a intercourse offender. The period of the registration interval has not but been decided.
Protection legal professional Marc Carlos mentioned Ewaliko accessed the fabric in query when he was 18 years outdated, an age he mentioned when individuals are “not making mature choices.”
Carlos mentioned Ewaliko downloaded movies onto his cellular phone and ” uncared for to take them off, and that’s why he’s right here at present.”
Deputy District Legal professional Ramona McCarthy mentioned baby pornography was not simply discovered on his cellular phone, but in addition different gadgets, and mentioned, “His conduct perpetuates this horrendous, underground trade that targets baby victims.”
Carlos requested probation with no custodial time, arguing Ewaliko has no prior prison historical past and the “collateral penalties” of his felony conviction and the general public nature of his prison case will affect the remainder of his life.
San Diego Superior Court docket Decide Polly Shamoon mentioned she felt probation was acceptable given “circumstances which might be uncommon” and “pre-existing circumstances” contained in a report submitted to the courtroom, the main points of which weren’t revealed at Ewaliko’s sentencing listening to.
Nonetheless, she informed Ewaliko some custody was warranted “not simply so that you simply perceive the enormity of what you probably did and the way it impacts different folks’s lives, however so different folks see it. And it’s not a judgment of you, however of your actions.”
Ewaliko additionally stays a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged rape sufferer, who claims he and different former SDSU gamers — together with Buffalo Payments draftee Matt Araiza — raped her at an October 2021 off-campus home get together.
The civil case is slated to go to trial in February.
