Former Canyon Country man sentenced for video with minor

A 21-year-old former Canyon Country resident was sentenced Thursday to two years of formal probation after his girlfriend reported to Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputies that there was a video on her little one's phone friend who showed sexual relations with a minor.

Sebastian Andres Delgado Barrera, 21, pleaded no contest to one count of sexual intercourse with a minor more than three years his junior in connection with his relationship with the 17-year-old victim.

As a condition of the plea agreement, which also resulted in a sentence of three days in jail, 45 days of community service and a 52-week sexual coercion counseling program, a criminal protection order was issued. was ordered on behalf of the victim.

Barrera pleaded not guilty in January to four felony counts, two counts of oral copulation with a minor, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than three years his junior and possession of child pornography.

Deputies responded to a report of a domestic dispute at Barrera's Canyon Country home on Jan. 3, when they found him and his girlfriend arguing, according to Sgt. Brian Hudson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Special Victims Unit.

Barrera's girlfriend, an adult, allegedly learned he had been in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl for several months, and video evidence of the alleged infidelity was on his phone, Hudson said shortly after the arrest.

The girlfriend reported it to responding officers, who interviewed all three parties at the SCV sheriff's station, including the victim, who confirmed the relationship, according to Hudson.

After Thursday's hearing, Barrera's attorney contacted the court to say his client had left Los Angeles County and was transferring his probation order, according to a court official.

He is due back in court for a progress report on September 13.