LOS ANGELES — A Santa Barbara County judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against Hollywood producer David Guillod, who was accused of sexually assaulting actress Jessica Barth and a waitress.
The prosecutor said she had no choice but to drop the cases and refer them back to Los Angeles County after she could not prove that four other victims were attacked in her jurisdiction.
The Santa Barbara County district attorney’s office announced the decision to drop the charges involving two victims in a Santa Maria court. The decision came a few weeks after a judge in Santa Maria, at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing, found there was insufficient evidence to try Guillod on sexual assault and rape charges involving four victims in Santa Barbara County between 2014 and 2020.
