His attorney called only one witness in Thor’s defense, Robert Coryell, Ladell’s woodshop teacher at Lindero Canyon Middle School. Shay also called an LASD detective who took Ladell’s first official police statement. Dube was the first person Ladell told about the alleged assault, during a family visit in 2009. Testimony from the prosecution also included Ladell’s cousin Karlie Dube, who flew down from Canada. In the 27-minute recording, Thor can be heard telling Ladell, then 18, that he wished to have sex with her, and that he was contemplating a separation from his wife and business partner, Alice Carter. To do so, they enlisted Ladell’s help to record Thor in phone conversations and during a meeting the two had at a Starbucks in 2014.Ī tape of one of the recorded phone calls was played to jurors early on in the trial. County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the DA’s office, recruited her to help them try and nab Thor.
#CAMERON THOR FULL#
It took Ladell several years before she went to the police with the full account of her story, despite the repeated urgings of individual and family therapists. She then testified that Thor took her on a drive into the Santa Monica mountains as part of another acting lesson and, after pulling over to the side of the road, smoked marijuana with her and then sexually assaulted her. According to Ladell, Thor gave her the private lessons in a room at his Agoura Hills home on several different occasions during the spring of 2009.
#CAMERON THOR FREE#
Ladell testified that Thor offered her free acting lessons and told her that he would buy her braces to fix her teeth. During her tearful and emotional testimony, a visibly distraught Ladell testified about her relationship with Thor, which she says began when she was 12 years old and accompanied her mother, Patti, to a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where Thor was also an attendee.
#CAMERON THOR TRIAL#
Thor’s trial began on August 17 and lasted over a week. Thor’s accuser, 20-year-old community college student Ladell, says Thor sexually assaulted her during a car ride in the spring of 2009. He and his wife run the Carter Thor Studio, a popular acting school in Studio City that has catered to working actors for several years. Thor is a well-known acting coach who had a small role in the 1993 hit Jurassic Park, as well as roles in TV. Deputy District Attorney Simone Shay had filed 14 charges against Thor, including kidnapping and sexual assault but decided to drop 13 of the 14 charges during the course of several pre-trial motions. Thor had been charged with one count of performing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14, a felony. Ladell said one of the jurors told her, “Hang in there, baby girl. Ladell waved to the jurors from the inside of her car and then rolled down the window when they passed. They saw things differently than the defense.”Īfter the trial, a clearly devastated Ace expressed shock and disappointment at the verdict, but asked that his comments be withheld for the moment.Īfter the trial, Ladell and her family ran into the jury as it was departing the court. “I am disappointed and surprised,” said James Blatt, Thor’s attorney, “But I respect the jury’s decision. “I got my life back,” said Ladell afterwards, “I did it, we did it. County jail where he will remain until sentencing. When deputies approached to handcuff him, Thor let out an audible moan and shook his head. Thor then turned to his family and whispered “I love you” twice, once to his son and once to his wife.
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