A San Francisco jury has convicted Marvin Sotorizo of sexually assaulting two unconscious teenagers in his Bayview home in 2017, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced today. The verdict closes a decade‑old case that began with his 2017 arrest and was retried this year.
In a press release via the San Francisco District Attorney's Office on X, Jenkins said her office "secured a conviction" of Sotorizo after a jury trial and described the conduct as orally copulating two unconscious people. The statement noted that the acts took place in 2017 and that the guilty verdicts followed this year's jury proceedings.
1/ SFDA @BrookeJenkinsSF announced today that her office secured a conviction of Marvin Sotorizo, after a trial by jury, for orally copulating 2 unconscious people in his home in 2017.
— SF DISTRICT ATTORNEY (@SFDAOffice) July 8, 2026
RELEASE: https://t.co/FbEQiUiM1S pic.twitter.com/yCwGdtWAYe
According to official police records, Sotorizo was arrested on June 27, 2017, after investigators were contacted about a sexual assault and later learned a second victim had also been assaulted, as detailed by the San Francisco Police Department. The department's 2017 release states he was booked on multiple sexual assault counts and that the case was handled by SFPD's Special Victims Unit.
How the allegations first surfaced
Coverage at the time reported that Sotorizo met the teenagers through a church youth program near 25th Street and Potrero Avenue and that the victims had been invited to stay overnight at his Bayview residence, where the assaults were alleged to have occurred, according to contemporaneous reporting by SFGATE. Local outlets in 2017 also noted that he was a volunteer with a small church youth program when the complaints first emerged.
Law and next steps
Under California law, oral copulation of an unconscious person is a felony punishable by three, six, or eight years in state prison, as outlined in California Penal Code Section 287. The District Attorney's announcement did not list a sentencing date, and court filings or future updates from the DA's office are expected to show when Sotorizo will be scheduled for sentencing.
Anyone with information about the 2017 incidents or with relevant footage was asked in the original police release to contact the SFPD Special Victims Unit, according to the department's 2017 statement. We will update this report as court records or official offices release further details.
