OR denied for 21 year old with two underage victims

Today there was a bail/OR hearing for Brendan Phillips, a 21 year old charged with sexual abuse of two minor female victims.


DDA Brie Bennett was in court for the People. Conflict Counsel's Mr. Greg Elvine-Kreis is Phillip's attorney.

Mr. Elvine-Kreis said that Phillips was requesting to be released and one of the reasons he gave was the Phillips is the sole provider of his son.

"The People oppose the release due to the defendant's multiple felony charges involving two minor victims," said DDA Brie Bennett. "At least one victim is in fear of her safety."

Due to public safety concerns and based on opposition by the DA, Phillips was denied release. Probation does not do supervised release for such crimes, said Judge Marilyn Miles. Phillips remains in custody.

Due to courtroom acoustics, the clarification is that there are two victims, one 16 and one 14, and the acts that Phillips is charged with were committed with a victim he is at least 10 years older than, according to the complaint.

Details will not be available until the preliminary hearing.

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Brendan Phillips stood with his head down in court. Judge Timothy Cissna asked if he wanted an attorney appointed to represent him against the alleged charges. He softly said, yes.

He is 21 years old and one victim is 16 years old. The other two victims, one  14 years old and the other 10 years old. AIDS testing is mentioned in the complaint.

The charges against Phillips are: Count 1 Oral copulation with a victim under 16 years, Count 2 and 3 are the same; Count 4 is unlawful sexual intercourse with an adult over 21 years or more commonly known as statutory rape, Count 5 and 6 are the same; and Count 7 is lewd and lasvicious act where the defendant is 10 years older than the child.

Phillips was appointed Conflict Counsel's David Lee as an attorney. DDA Zach Curtis was present for the People.

OR/Bail hearing is May 26 at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 2, Intervention is May 28 at 3 p.m., and the preliminary hearing is June 4 at 8:30 a.m.