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(KNOX) – Court records said that a Polk County man pleads guilty to second-degree criminal sexual contact.
Ilia Grigory Basargin, 33, gave a Norgaard plea to the offense. That means he admits guilt but does not remember committing the crime due to intoxication or another factor that causes memory loss.
According to the records Basargin was reported in 2023 for engaging in sexual conduct with two juvenile girls.
When questioned by police, Basargin told them he passed out that day and was waking up to people kicking him and screaming at him, the records said.
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