PORTLAND, Ore. — A Lane County judge has postponed the sex abuse trial of prominent gay rights activist Terry Bean to give investigators more time to track down the alleged 17-year-old victim, who has gone into hiding.
The Register-Guard reported the trial is now scheduled for September 1.
Prosecutors requested the delay because authorities have not been able to find the teen and serve him with a subpoena.
The teen’s attorney told prosecutors the boy had agreed to a financial settlement and did not want to testify. But a judge ruled criminal charges should be pursued.
Court records show the teen and his mother stopped using cell phones and credit cards and disappeared in a car rented by the friend.
The 66-year-old Bean and his former boyfriend, 25-year-old Kiah Lawson, are accused of sexually abusing the teen in 2013.
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