A well-known Vietnamese entertainer from Garden Grove is suspected of sexually assaulting a boy earlier this month, authorities said Monday.

Vietnamese entertainer Minh Quang Hong, 38, who goes by the stage name Minh Beo, was charged Friday with one count each of oral copulation of a minor, attempting to commit a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14, and meeting with a minor with the intent to engage in lewd conduct.

Minh Quang Hong, 38, who goes by the stage name Minh Beo, was charged Friday with one count each of oral copulation of a minor, attempting to commit a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14, and meeting with a minor with the intent to engage in lewd conduct.

Efforts to contact Michael Morrison, listed in court records as Hong’s attorney, were unsuccessful Monday.

If convicted on all felony charges, Hong faces a maximum sentence of five years and eight months in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

He is being held in the Orange County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail and is due to be arraigned April 15.

Prosecutors described Hong as a well-known Vietnamese entertainer with access to children. His jail booking log describes him as an actor.

Hong spoke on March 20 to a group of dancers at a talent show at a radio station in Huntington Beach, telling them was hosting auditions for a video project, prosecutors said.

Hong is accused of orally copulating a boy on March 23, when the victim arrived for an audition, according to prosecutors. The boy reported the incident to Garden Grove police, which launched an investigation.

The next day, an undercover Garden Grove officer posing as a minor under the age of 14 communicated with Hong, prosecutors said. Hong is accused of attempting to set up a meeting with the officer with the intent of committing a sexual assault and was subsequently arrested, according to prosecutors.

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