RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — After numerous long delays, the criminal trial of Mercedes Carrera and her husband on multiple child sexual abuse charges has finally been scheduled for October 3.
Carrera and her husband, Jason Whitney, were arrested after a police raid of their Rancho Cucamonga home on Feb. 1, 2019.
They have now been in county jail without trial for over three years, first without bail and later, after they had liquidated their assets and had no source of income due to their incarceration, with bail set at $2 million for each.
According to court documents, a pretrial hearing was held today to determine the jury selection process and the date for beginning the actual trial. The documents also show a trial readiness conference scheduled for Sept. 30, prior to the jury trial set by Judge Katrina West and the parties for Oct. 3.
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