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• Chilean opera singer Ernesto "Tito" Beltran was sentenced to two-and-a half-years in prison for raping an 18-year-old nanny and a seven-year-old girl. The October 2008 sentencing extended the original two-year sentence he was given in February 2008, which he appealed.The Local (Sweden): Beltran Guilty Verdict Upheld (October 10, 2008) Fourty-two year old Beltran complained that the original sentence was a "smear campaign" and claimed he was not guilty.BBC News: Tenor Beltran Imprisoned for Rape (February 12, 2008)

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  1. Born in Chile
  2. Resides in Sweden
  3. Is a tenor opera singer
  4. Charged with raping an 18-year-old nanny during a concert tour 199
  5. Sentenced to two years in prison in February 2008BBC News: Tenor Beltran Imprisoned for Rape (February 12, 2008)
  6. Also charged with sexually abusing two young girls in Sweden between 2000 and 2002 on several occasionsThe Local (Sweden): Beltran Guilty Verdict Upheld (October 10, 2008)
  7. Beltran allegedly harassed the father of the girl who reported the sexual abuseThe Local (Sweden): Beltran Guilty Verdict Upheld (October 10, 2008)
  8. Both cases were taken to the Court of Appeal
  9. October 2008: Found guilty in both casesThe Local (Sweden): Beltran Guilty Verdict Upheld (October 10, 2008)
  10. Sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay damages to the victimsThe Local (Sweden): Beltran Guilty Verdict Upheld (October 10, 2008)

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