A 47-year-old man was charged on June 20 with sexually assaulting two unconscious women in Irvine.
Eleuterio Gomezgodinez was charged with rape of an unconscious person and rape, with the alleged crimes occurring on February 20, 2015, and oral copulation of an unconscious person on May 8, 2022, all felonies, according to court records.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was ordered to return to court July 28 for a pretrial hearing in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.
Gomezgodinez was arrested June 15 after investigators received evidence linking him to the 2022 case, Irvine police Sgt. Karie Davies said.
Details of the alleged 2015 attack were not immediately available.
