Opening statements in a trial for an Atascadero barber accused of sexual assault got underway Friday. The prosecutor described how Nathan Abate and Julian Contreras would target young women, supply drugs and alcohol, isolate them and convince them to perform sexual acts. According to KSBY, Abate’s attorney called the case a matter of “recruitment and corroboration.” he says an Instagram post by a woman named Ashley who recounted her experience with both Abate and Contreras as inciting a “furious social media mob.”
