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 in court Monday to face charges.

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

The Mountain View Police Department said multiple victims accuse Orla of drugging them. Crimes date back to 2018.

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

Police say they have evidence that Orla also took video recordings of many of his unconscious victims.

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

“Really just a sense of doing justice for the victims – they’re really – you know, without the victims having the courage to come forward in this case he could’ve continued to do what he was doing,” Nelson said.

We spoke with legal analyst Steven Clark.

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

According to court documents, prosecutors are charging Orla with sexually assaulting at least 19 local men.

“The fact that he’s HIV positive, could add enhancements to the actual crimes he committed if his victims then became HIV positive. That would be considered great bodily injury,” Clark said.

Orla will be arraigned Monday on 43 felony sexual assault charges.

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