Teen Soccer Star Gets 30 Years for Rape | Oakland News

Oakland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 12, 2026 · 1m

A 24-year-old former soccer star, Arian Eteghaei, just received a 30-year-to-life prison sentence after being convicted of raping multiple women in 2021 when he was just 19. The trial revealed how he targeted victims at parties in his UC Santa Barbara apartment, dismissing their accounts as consensual — but the jury saw through it. Victims’ courage in speaking out was key to justice. And on the same day he was found guilty, Eteghaei tried to flee courthouse — only to be stopped within blocks by bailiffs and bystanders. This case is a stark reminder: speaking up, even when terrifying, can…