(15:15) Santa Cruz County – A Santa Cruz neurosurgeon and 2 nurses are accused of raping children who are younger than 10 years old. Watsonville Police reported that 57 year-old James Kohut had affairs WITH, a Dominican Hospital ICU nurse, 42 year-old Rashel Brandon, of Watsonville, and a second nurse, 29 year-old Emily Stephens, and that children were abused during their sexual encounters. According to an arrest warrant, Brandon’s husband found a tape showing his wife and Stephens committing sex acts together against children. Although all 3 suspects worked in hospitals, police found no evidence that any crimes occurred in a medical facility. If convicted of the charges against them, Brandon, Stephens, and Kohut are facing life in prison.
