Mistrial declared in Virginia Beach sexual assault trial

Mistrial declared in Virginia Beach sexual assault trial

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Three days after it began, the jury trial of Benjamin Young, the former owner of Hybrid Air Inc., was declared a mistrial. 43-year-old Young had been accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old former employee in August 2022. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. His defense never contested that a sexual encounter occurred, but argued that nothing about the incident rose to the level of criminal wrongdoing. For…