Mr Cerezo was arrested at this Hurstville home on Tuesday morning and taken to Kogarah Police Station and charged with 31 offences. He was refused bail to appear in Central Local Court on Thursday over a range of allegations,including three counts of using a child over 14 to make child abuse material,one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 16 and four counts of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old.
Genesis Cerezo.Facebook
He is also facing charges of indecently assaulting a person under 16,sexually touching another person without consent and sexual intercourse without consent.
“Police will allege in court that the man sexually abused the girl on multiple occasions during photo shoots across Sydney between January 2018 and February 2020,when the girl was aged between 13 and 16,” NSW Police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Police also seized mobile phones,computers,hard disk drives,photography equipment,clothing,a gel-blaster pistol,an extendable baton,a small Samurai-style sword and a crystal-like substance from his home.
Investigations are continuing.
Mr Cerezo appeared on the 2012Australia’s Got Talent grand final and competed as a beatboxer. He was crowned as the 2011 Australian Beatbox Champion.
“Beat box is my life,” he wrote on Facebook in 2015.
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