Filmmaker and Sundance Film Festival co-founder Sterling Van Wagenen has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child.
Van Wagenen entered the plea on Tuesday in American Fork, Utah, Van Wagenen’s attorney Steven Shapiro confirmed to TheWrap.
A spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office told TheWrap earlier this month that Van Wagenen was charged on April 2 with felony aggravated sexual abuse, but was released on $75,000 bail. Prosecutors alleged he inappropriately touched a young girl twice between 2013 and 2015.
Also Read: Sundance Institute 'Denounces' Festival Co-Founder Sterling Van Wagenen's Alleged Abuse
According to Fox 13 Now, he faces a sentence of six years to life in the Utah State Prison.
Van Wagenen co-founded the prestigious film festival with Robert Redford in 1978. He produced the 1985 drama “The Trip to Bountiful” and directed the 1992 film “Alan & Naomi.” His other credits include 2006’s “The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided,...
Van Wagenen entered the plea on Tuesday in American Fork, Utah, Van Wagenen’s attorney Steven Shapiro confirmed to TheWrap.
A spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office told TheWrap earlier this month that Van Wagenen was charged on April 2 with felony aggravated sexual abuse, but was released on $75,000 bail. Prosecutors alleged he inappropriately touched a young girl twice between 2013 and 2015.
Also Read: Sundance Institute 'Denounces' Festival Co-Founder Sterling Van Wagenen's Alleged Abuse
According to Fox 13 Now, he faces a sentence of six years to life in the Utah State Prison.
Van Wagenen co-founded the prestigious film festival with Robert Redford in 1978. He produced the 1985 drama “The Trip to Bountiful” and directed the 1992 film “Alan & Naomi.” His other credits include 2006’s “The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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