Sexual misconduct allegations swirling around Cristobal Guerrero, a 31-year-old College of the Sequoias student and former writing tutor, have deepened: the Tulare County District Attorney’s office has confirmed it is reviewing at least one case related to Guerrero, and multiple new sources have spoken to the Valley Voice regarding their experiences with him.
One, referred to here as Aria – her name has been changed for her privacy – alleges he sexually abused her starting when she was 15.
“Anyone who comes into contact with [Guerrero] will be damaged by him. He needs to be locked up,” Aria said.
On July 31, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office confirmed it had received Guerrero’s case and assigned it to an attorney for potential prosecution.
“The case has come into our office and has been assigned an attorney,” a member of the DA’s office told the Valley Voice.
The DA’s office said it will conduct a preliminary review before the assigned attorney recommends whether to formally take on the case. No timeline was provided. The office said the process depends on the statutes of limitations involved and the complexity of the charges.
On August 6, a member of Guerrero’s family, who is choosing to remain anonymous, stated that Guerrero is no longer in Tulare and is currently residing in Mexicali, Mexico for his own safety.
On August 7, COS Marketing Director and Public Information Officer Lauren Fishback told the Voice the college has made “meaningful progress” regarding the allegations against Guerrero, but declined to comment on his enrollment status, citing FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects student privacy.
“The safety and wellbeing of our students is our top priority, and any allegations or reports are taken very seriously. COS encourages any allegations to be reported through the Tell a Giant process, which creates formal documentation and thorough review of any student or staff misconduct,” Fishback said.
“I Was 15 When This Happened”
Aria is among the latest to come forward with allegations against Guerrero. In 2012, Aria met Guerrero through Facebook: she had just completed middle school. Their friendship turned romantic when she entered her freshman year of high school. Guerrero was 18 at the time.
Aria alleges the abuse began almost immediately with controlling behavior around her physical appearance.
“I was anorexic and bulimic because of him,” she explained. “A majority of the time I remained around 90 lbs. It’s what he liked.”
The abuse only escalated from there.
Aria mentioned an instance when Guerrero allegedly stripped her naked and put his dog’s collar on her. She claims he then used a leash to drag her around the house and insult her, calling her “dirty” and a “whore”.
Aria also stated Guerrero threatened to take her outside so the neighbors could see her naked.
In another instance, Guerrero allegedly forced her to have sex with him and perform sexual acts on himself and others.
Aria described a particularly traumatic incident at a gathering at Guerrero’s home, during which she alleges Guerrero coerced her into a threesome with another adult.
“I was 15 when this happened,” Aria recalled. “He made me do things to her and pushed my head into her private parts and forced me to perform oral sex on her.”
Aria alleges Guerrero used drugs and alcohol to coerce individuals to perform sexual acts, an allegation similarly leveled by others.
Aria additionally claimed that once she became an adult, Guerrero attempted to convince her to initiate a threesome with a student at COS who was a minor at the time. Aria refused.
According to Aria, it was difficult to refuse Guerrero’s demands, because he controlled her social media, would monitor her online usage, and made attempts to isolate her from her friends and family. When she did manage to deny Guerrero, it would result in “consequences.”
Aria said she eventually ended the relationship in 2016.
When asked what made her come forward after all this time, she explained that people started reaching out to her after the “COS Predator” Reddit post gained local attention in June 2026.
Aria stated she attempted to make a formal report with the Tulare Police Department in June. She emailed a personal statement detailing the abuse while she was a minor and left a voicemail with the department. Aria says she never heard back from the Tulare PD.
“I never got justice,” Aria explained. “So even if I can’t get my own justice, maybe other people can.”
The ˆ was able to receive a copy of Aria’s original personal statement she sent to TPD. However, TPD could not be reached for comment by publication, so it is unclear if Aria’s testimony was included in the case handed over to the DA’s office last month.
The Ex-Wife: Guerrero’s Alleged Fantasies
Among the sources who have recently come forward is Guerrero’s ex-wife, who will be referred to as Emily to protect her identity. She claims Guerrero confessed to fantasizing about child rape and desecrating corpses at his workplace(s).
Emily began dating Guerrero in 2018 at the age of 18.
They eventually married in 2021 and relocated to Oregon, where Emily attended university. It was during this period, she said, that she witnessed a side of Guerrero that disturbed and frightened her.
“[Guerrero] told me he wanted to make enough money to go to other countries and rape other children,” Emily said.
Emily said she asked Guerrero how young he meant.
“As young as you can go,” she claims he replied.
On a separate occasion, Emily alleges Guerrero confessed to physically abusing bodies prior to cremation during his time working at a funeral home.
The Voice independently confirmed Guerrero’s employment in the funeral industry. According to his LinkedIn profile, Guerrero worked as a funeral home assistant at a local mortuary and a mortuary transport company between November 2017 and January 2018.
“[Guerrero] said he would brutally beat the bodies and then cremate the bodies because nobody would know,” Emily stated.
Emily also alleges that Guerrero would sexually assault her while she slept.
When she discovered this and attempted to establish a boundary, Guerrero responded by telling her he could “do whatever he wants” because they were together and she was “basically his property.”
An alleged disregard for consent within a relationship was shared by others who spoke to the Voice.
Aria, who was a minor during her relationship with Guerrero, described similar experiences, including waking to find Guerrero sexually assaulting her. Aria also recalled being made to sit in the back seat of his car, which she said Guerrero enforced based on his belief that was where women belonged.
Emily’s also claimed that Guerrero would attempt to coerce other women to participate in a threesome.
“He would try to push me to initiate sex,” Emily said. “And then when I didn’t because I didn’t want to he would go off on me.”
Emily also spoke about Guerrero’s violent tendencies, stating that Guerrero had violently thrown her on the bed on more than one occasion and cut her with a knife once.
“He’s a super dangerous person,” she said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to murder someone one day.”
Perhaps one of the more notable statements Emily made to the Voice is that she claimed Guerrero had discussed creating a cult and sexually assaulting minors – suggesting that the events that took place in the COS creative writing club in 2023 may have been pre-meditated.
Was There Really a Secret Cult?
“The cult wasn’t something that happened, there was no God we worshiped – nothing like that. It was something [Guerrero] had divulged a desire in wanting to begin.”
This is a statement by Samantha — her name has been changed in this article for privacy. She was one of the former members of the COS creative writing club while Guerrero was president in 2023.
According to Samantha, the alleged “cult” never existed. It was just a small circle of club members that Guerrero invited to his parents’ house to have drinks and partake in recreational drugs.
Samantha said she went to these hangouts at Guerrero’s around three or four times. While there weren’t any cult-like activities taking place at these events, Samantha did mention that Guerrero did have fascination with cults.
“He kept saying he wanted us to get tattoos of his sigil design like some sort of branding, he had called our group chat ‘the cult’. He would just generally talk a lot about cults.”
The “sigil design” Samantha referred to is believed to be Guerrero’s authors signature for his pseudonym Jay. H. Cults. According to multiple former club members, this is the sigil that Guerrero was attempting to push onto the club to symbolize his imagined cult.
While the cult may not have manifested for Guerrero, the manipulation and coercion of young students certainly did.
Samantha stated Guerrero lied about his age and that she witnessed him get drunk and attempted to isolate people in his bedroom.
“He would bring people to his room, unbeknownst to them on the basis of trying to hook up with them,” Samantha said. “I only put two and two together when my friends started coming out with what he had done.”
When asked what kind of people Guerrero seemed to target, Samantha said:
“Young alternative women and transgender people who were freshly in college desperately looking for friendship and a collective.”
Where is Cristobal Guerrero? What Happens Next?
According to a family member of Guerrero’s that is choosing to remain anonymous, Guerrero is no longer in Tulare County and is currently hiding in Mexicali, Mexico for his own safety.
This statement contradicts a statement made by Guerrero’s mother who claimed that her son was still residing in their home in Tulare.
Considering Guerrero’s case is now in the hands of an attorney and awaiting potential prosecution in Tulare County, Guerrero being in Mexico could complicate a potential prosecutorial process.
According to Assistant District Attorney Adam Clare, if charges are filed and the case moves forward while Guerrero is in Mexico, they would need to ask the United States Department of Justice to submit an extradition request to Mexico.
“The request would be reviewed by a Judge in Mexico who would rule on the extradition request. If extradition is granted, the defendant would be subject to arrest by Mexican law enforcement and would be transported to California upon their arrest,” Clare stated.
There is no set timeline for this process, but according to Clare, it could take several months or even longer, especially if Guerrero challenges the extradition in Mexican court.
For the time being, the DA office will do what’s called a preliminary review of Guerrero’s case. This involves a prosecutor reviewing the reports and any additional evidence provided. If there is enough evidence, the prosecutor files the appropriate charges, and it goes to court.
Anyone with information about Guerrero can file a report with their local police department. In addition, victims can contact Victim Services main phone number, 559-636-5471 for North County, and 559-701-2020 in South County, including the city of Tulare.
There are advocates available to assist whenever the District Attorney’s Office is open, even before a case has been filed.
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, support is available 24 hours a day through RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or rainn.org. Crisis support is also available by texting HOME to 741741