The attorney for Paul Flores put a lien on his client’s home to help cover legal costs, which exposed the use of an altered name to buy the property. Flores is on trial for the murder of Kristin Smart during an attempted rape in 1996.
Deputies arrested Flores in April 2021, and he hired attorney Robert Sanger. Sanger, who helped win an acquittal for Michael Jackson on child molestation charges, also represented former San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill, who was accused of extorting bribes. In pen, near the top of page two someone added, “Paul Ruben Flores who took title as.” The hand-written statement is above the printed copy of “Paul Raul Flores, a single man, THE GRANTOR,” according to the grant deed to revocable trust.