LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors will ask a judge Tuesday to revoke the bail of an Orange County assistant sheriff’s son arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor while awaiting retrial in a gang-rape case.
Gregory Haidl, 19, the son of Orange County Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, posted $100,000 bail to remain free while awaiting retrial on the gang-rape case — now set for Oct. 18.
He also posted $100,000 bail on a misdemeanor charge of statutory rape, alleging that he had sex with a 16-year-old girl on July 14. Statutory rape is a felony in California when a gap of more than three years exists between the two parties.
Deputy District Attorney Dan Hess said he would cite community safety in asking Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno to revoke Haidl’s bail in the gang-rape case.
On Friday, Haidl — along with Kyle Nachreiner and Keith Spann, both 19, of Rancho Cucamonga — pleaded innocent to a new complaint charging them with nine counts for allegedly raping and penetrating “Jane Doe” with various objects on July 6, 2002.
The alleged gang rape occurred at the home of Haidl’s father, Don, a businessman and unpaid assistant sheriff who was not there at the time.
The three originally faced 24 counts, but after a jury failed to reach verdicts on any of the charges, prosecutors eliminated 15 of the charges. The three are now eligible for sentences ranging from probation to 23 years in prison, if convicted.
According to prosecutors, Haidl met the girl at a celebration gathering on June 28, the night the mistrial was declared.
Haidl has had three other brushes with the law, each involving illegal skateboarding and one where marijuana was found near his possessions.
Briseno set aside three days for the bail revocation hearing and invited either side to call witnesses. He said he would consider the other alleged brushes with the law in the revocation hearing but not the statutory rape charge because that is the subject of a separate prosecution.
Referring to the elder Haidl’s wealth that he accumulated as a successful businessman, Susan Kang Schroeder of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said the father could post any bail increase, hence the need for bail revocation.
Prosecutors also want Briseno to order Haidl to hand over his passport.
Defense attorney Pete Scalisi said he will oppose bail revocation and any increase in bail in connection with the new allegations.
He has characterized Haidl and the 16-year-old girl as two teenagers who were dating like any other couple, but because his client is Greg Haidl, he been the subject of intense media scrutiny and prosecutorial zeal.
Haidl has said he did not know the girl was 16 years old, but in court documents, prosecutors said that according to witnesses, Haidl asked the girl her age and she told him. The evening of the alleged sex, Haidl and four other teens, ages 15-17, drank alcohol and smoked marijuana, authorities said.