Mountain View man accused of sexually assaulting at least 60 men appearing in court Monday

The man accused of sexually assaulting more than 60 men in the South Bay is expected to face charges in court Monday.

Thirty-five-year-old Franklin Enrique Sarceño Orla was brought back to Santa Clara County after investigators said he fled to Guatemala.

The Mountain View Police Department said many victims accused Orla of drugging them. The crimes date back to 2018.

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The victims said they would share drinks with the suspect, mysteriously pass out, and wake up injured in his home. Some had specific memories of being attacked.

Police said they had evidence that Orla also took video recordings of many of her unconscious victims.

ABC7 News spoke with Captain Scott Nelson of the Mountain View Police Department.

“It’s really just a sense of doing justice for the victims – they really – you know, if the victims hadn’t had the courage to come forward in this case, he could have continued to do what he did,” Nelson said.

We spoke with legal analyst Steven Clark.

“The question is, how did this serial sex predator go undetected for so long? How do we have so many victims in this case?” Clark said. he said.

Prosecutors accuse Orla of sexually assaulting at least 19 local men, according to court documents.

“The fact that he is HIV positive may increase the number of actual crimes he commits if his victims are HIV positive. This would be considered great bodily injury,” Clark said.

Orla is due in court on Monday on 43 counts of aggravated sexual assault.

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