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https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/OCR-L-HOTEL-
0720-
UPDATE_6f5b66.jpg?w=780
The former general manager of a popular Laguna Beach hotel, who
also has
been a “Visit Laguna Beach” board member, was arrested after a 17-
year-old
girl told police he raped her while she was intoxicated,
authorities said
Saturday.
Phelton Zonea Calhoun Jr., 37, was booked on suspicion of rape by
use of
drugs, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than three
years
younger, sending obscene material to a minor, and possession or
purchase
for sale of a controlled substance, according to Laguna Beach
police Lt.
Jason Farris.
His bail was set at $245,000, jail records show.
Police learned of the allegations on Tuesday, July 15, but the
alleged
crimes occurred in Laguna Beach about three weeks earlier, they
said. He
was arrested on Thursday, July 17.
“Detectives and (the) Special Enforcement Team also learned that
Calhoun
sold cocaine and carried a firearm,” the Laguna Beach Police
Department
said in a statement. “LBPD served a search warrant at his
residence, where
additional narcotics for sale and firearms were seized during the
operation.”
Further details about the case were not disclosed.
Calhoun was the general manager of La Casa del Camino until June 8
and is
no longer employed there, Christopher Perez, a spokesman for the
hotel,
said Saturday evening.
He said employment law prohibited him from responding to questions
of
whether Calhoun was fired or resigned, or if it had anything to do
with
the criminal case.
The nearly century-old hotel at the corner of S. Coast Highway and
Cress
Street is well known for its rooftop bar, with sweeping views of the
Pacific Ocean and the city.
Calhoun also has been listed as a member of the Visit Laguna Beach
board
of directors, where his photo was visible among other board members
as of
Saturday morning. His photo was removed by the afternoon.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/07/19/visit-laguna-beach-board-
member-is-
accused-of-rape-arrested/
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