Accused Rapist, Former San Clemente Rug Store Worker Faces Hearing

A pretrial hearing is scheduled Friday for Saeid Boustanabadi Maralan, a Laguna Beach rug store manager charged with sexually assaulting several women in the shop.

Saeid Boustanabadi Maralan, the former manager of the since-closed Sirous & Sons rug store in Laguna Beach, faces two counts of rape, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, attempted forcible rape, showing lewd materials to a minor, four counts of sexual battery, two counts of indecent exposure and a count of false imprisonment.

He also worked at the store's San Clemente branch before his arrest, though the incidents allegedly happened in Laguna Beach.

Maralan worked at Sirous & Sons until he got popped in September 2011 for allegedly showing pornographic images to a 17-year-old girl. With the publicity of Maralan's arrest, other women came forward with claims of sexual assault and rape, eventually raising the victim count to 11. Most of the incidents allegedly took place inside the rug shop.

The hearing is set to start at 8:30 a.m. in Newport Beach's Harbor Justice Center, courtroom H1, according to court records.

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Rich Kane contributed to this story.