A Tucson woman arrested in May on child sex abuse charges out of California is facing additional charges in connection with the crime.
Emily Joy Stephens, 30, was previously facing six felony child-abuse charges involving three children under the age of 10 and three children under the age of 14 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
On August 4, she was charged with two additional counts of oral copulation or penetration on a child under 10, according to Santa Cruz County Superior Court records.
Stephens is being held without bond in Pima County jail awaiting extradition to California.
Also accused in the case is California neurosurgeon James Kohut, 57, who is facing multiple counts of sexually abusing children younger than 14.
On May 11, a police detective from Watsonville, California contacted the Pima County Sheriff's Department regarding a video that showed Stephens and another woman having sex with three juveniles, according to Arizona Daily Star archives.
The other woman, Rashel Brandon, is a 42-year-old nurse who worked with Kohut in a Santa Cruz hospital. She’s also facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse in connection with the case, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
When deputies arrested Stephens, she was living with her five children, all whom are under the age of 13, according to sheriff's department records.
Stephens, who is pregnant with Kohut's child, met Kohut eight years ago on a website for single parents, according to Star archives.
