Overview

• Judge Cynthia Sevely imposed three consecutive six-year terms and ordered lifetime sex-offender registration, with credit for time already served.
• The victim, who said the abuse began when he was 4 and continued through the 1990s, confronted Torres in court and called him a “monster.”
• Torres pleaded no contest in April to forcible sodomy, forcible oral copulation, and lewd acts with a child under 14 tied to a 1999 incident.
• Detectives initially found incriminating texts during a 2024 extortion inquiry, and a police-monitored phone call captured Torres apologizing and acknowledging the abuse.
• Torres resigned from the San Jose City Council on Nov. 5, 2024; a special election later seated Anthony Tordillos to represent District 3.