Emeryville man to get 90 days in comprehensive rehab program to settle child sex abuse case

OAKLAND An Emeryville man has agreed to settle his sex abuse matter by pleading no contest to statutory rape with the expectation of receiving days in a comprehensive rehabilitation facility court records show Jacob Lasso is set to be sentenced on Oct The terms of his deal say that if he fails at the rehabilitation campaign he ll receive a year in jail Lasso was arrested earlier this year after a -year-old girl disclosed domestic violence stating a person she was dating held her against the wall by placing his hands around her throat and choking her police commented in court record It turned out the person she described as a boyfriend was veritably Lasso according to court records Lasso was originally charged with committing a lewd act on a child and a misdemeanor count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury but those charges are being dropped as part of the plea deal