Overview

• Rustom Bhagwagar and Jennifer Powell appeared in Contra Costa County Superior Court on Wednesday and did not enter pleas.
• Judge Glenn Kim imposed $15 million bail for each defendant and issued a no-contact order protecting the alleged victim.
• Bhagwagar faces 24 felony counts, including aggravated sexual assault and lewd acts involving a child under ten years old.
• Prosecutors allege Powell knowingly enabled and participated in the sexual abuse of her daughter from ages six to eleven.
• Both defendants remain in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility pending their preliminary hearings in August.