Overview
- A jury found Arian Eteghaei, 23, guilty of forcible sexual penetration, misdemeanor domestic violence, and forcible rape involving two victims after a three-month trial.
- Jurors were unable to reach verdicts on 14 additional counts, resulting in hung charges on those allegations.
- A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman confirmed he attempted to run from custody while being escorted from the courtroom, before deputies and bystanders stopped him.
- He remains remanded without bail pending sentencing on April 8 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
- The case stemmed from a 2021 joint investigation by the UCSB Police Department and the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office.