Disney Executive Accused of Molesting Boy

Disney Executive Accused Of Molesting Boy In Spa

Dave ClarkReporting
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A 43-year-old man was freed on bail Friday after being arrested on suspicion of molesting a 13-year-old boy in a Fairfax-area condominium complex gym.

Ludovic Cremers, 43, was arrested Thursday following a three-week investigation into allegations that he molested the child in late July, Los Angeles police Lt. Paul Vernon said.

Cremers, a Disney marketing executive, posted $100,000 bail on Friday morning.The management of the Palazzo at Park La Brea, a condominium complex in the Fairfax district, told authorities in early August that two people reported seeing Cremers engaging in "inappropriate acts" in the complex's gymnasium.

Those witnesses said Cremers touched himself in a shower in plain view of the boy, who was sitting in a nearby hot tub.Cremers sat down next to the boy in the hot tub and reached toward the boy's groin under the water, the witnesses said.Detectives contacted the boy, who confirmed the acts.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office has agreed to file one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14, Vernon said. Cremers is a native of Hungary who works in marketing for a large entertainment company. He last lived in Kentucky, and authorities are looking for other possible victims. "Mr. Cremers has no criminal history that we know of locally, but he's only been in the Los Angeles area a short while," Vernon said. "We are releasing his photograph as a way to forewarn the public and see if there are any more victims." Anyone with more information on the suspect can call LAPD Detective Roger Kohler at (213) 473-0418 or (877) 529-3855.
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