Nathan Daniel Abate faces sentencing after guilty verdicts
– San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced this week that a San Luis Obispo County Jury has returned guilty verdicts against Nathan Daniel Abate (36) for sexual assault crimes against two victims. The crimes occurred between 2009 and 2012. The verdicts were returned this afternoon after a thirteen-day trial.
During a nearly three-week trial, the jury received evidence describing numerous acts of sexual assault against several young female victims over the course of several years. Prosecutors presented evidence demonstrating a consistent pattern of conduct by Abate where he provided alcohol to youthful women after which he sexually assaulted them.
Abate was convicted of the following crimes: forcible rape (count 2), rape of an intoxicated victim (count 3), and oral copulation of a person under the age of 18 (count 4). The jury was deadlocked on count 1, an allegation of forcible rape of a third victim, with nine of the twelve voting for guilt…