http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/241168-magazine-founder-in-court-monday-morning-on-charges-of-six-sex-crimes

Sunny Pappu Kavil

A Gilroy magazine founder will appear in court Monday morning on six counts of sex crimes stemming from the alleged assaults of a 16-year-old girl and a woman older than 50.

Sunny Pappu Kavil, 42, of Gilroy, will appear at the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas for preliminary hearing. Kavil faces two counts of assault with intent to commit rape, two counts of sexual battery with restraint, child molesting and false imprisonment by violence. Kavil - who started a monthly glossy magazine featuring South Valley's most prominent and influential businessmen and women - has pleaded not guilty to all counts and is out on $100,000 bail.

Kavil has four children younger than 10 years old and a wife of 13 years who works at IBM, according to court documents from last year. Kavil's family has been active members of the Gilroy chapter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since at least 2000, according to the court file.

"I have interviewed (Kavil) for his honesty, keeping the Ten Commandments and I can swear that he can be trusted for what he says," wrote Ben Griffin, who was Kavil's bishop from 2000-'03, in a character reference. "He honors his marriage covenants to his wife and children. Sunny Kavil is a good man..."