A 39-year-old trainer who labored at a personal Calabasas faculty for 10 years was charged with molestation and secretly taking intimate footage of at the very least 4 college students, prosecutors introduced Friday.
The allegations surfaced after an 11-year-old pupil reported that the trainer was secretly taking footage of scholars, prosecutors mentioned in a assertion.
Travis Shojinaga, 39, was arrested by deputies Wednesday at Viewpoint College, in keeping with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
Travis Takeshi Shojinaga, 39, was arrested on the faculty.
(Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace)
“Mr. Shojinaga was a trainer at Viewpoint College within the metropolis of Calabasas and has had contact with quite a few juveniles in the middle of that employment,” sheriff officers mentioned in a assertion.
He’s being held in custody in lieu of $1 million bail.
On Friday, Shojinaga was charged with one felony depend of possession of kid abuse materials and 4 misdemeanor counts of kid molestation. He has pleaded not responsible.
Prosecutors mentioned they consider there could also be further victims.
Officers at Viewpoint College mentioned they turned conscious of the allegations on Wednesday, the day Shojinaga was arrested.
“We instantly launched an investigation and notified the Los Angeles Sheriff Division’s Misplaced Hills station,” the college mentioned in an announcement. “We’re working intently and cooperating with regulation enforcement as they examine and have retained an outdoor investigator to conduct an intensive third-party investigation, intently coordinated with regulation enforcement and facilitated by campus security and safety.”
Viewpoint is a Okay-12 faculty the place annual tuition can run between $45,000 for elementary college students, or as much as $54,520 for highschool college students.
Shojinaga faces as much as seven years in state jail if convicted, prosecutors mentioned.
