An incident on Jan. 2, 2016, however, landed him in trouble due to the age of his target. A 15-year-old girl was walking in Downtown when Cilley approached her, filming her while stating how much he likes her, according to court documents. The girl walked toward her family in a waiting car while Cilley filmed her bottom and stated, “I love you, I love you!”
In April, the victim learned that a video of her had been posted on Cilley’s public Youtube account, along with a number of sexually explicit comments by Cilley himself. The parents reported the incident to the FBI and made a cybertip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to documents.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Crimes Against Children division contacted Cilley in September to demand that he stop the behavior and not film or make sexual remarks to minors.
The case was filed in December, and Cilley went to trial before a jury at Downtown’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. On Thursday, May 25, he was convicted of one count of child annoying, defined as harassment of a minor motivated by sexual interest.
Cilley’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, May 30.