A 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Mission Viejo girl with cerebral palsy pleaded guilty Monday.
Nathan Keyshawn Williams pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
Williams was indicted in December 2021 on charges of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to court records.
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Williams traveled from Houston to Los Angeles County on Aug. 26, 2021, to engage in sex with the victim, according to his plea agreement.
After Williams arrived in Los Angeles he went to the victim's high school, picked her up "and took her to a hotel in Los Angeles, where he and (the victim) engaged in illicit sexual conduct," according to the plea agreement.
Orange County sheriff's investigators on Aug. 27, 2021, had sought the public's help in tracking down the girl, who was last seen the day before at Mission Viejo High School. Investigators searched the defendant's cell phone "and found a 17-second video" that showed the victim "naked and engaging in sexual conduct," according to the plea deal.
The victim had been "conversing online through an app called Discord" with Williams, according to Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, who said in 2021 that investigators determined the suspect "traveled here to meet her and she was picked up ... in a rideshare vehicle."
Hours later, sheriff's investigators tracked down where the two were staying at a motel in Los Angeles, Braun said.
According to the plea agreement, Williams will give up the right to appeal any sentence if it exceeds 71 months. Prosecutors agreed to give up their right to an appeal unless the sentence drops below 57 months.
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