SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Warning: This story and video contains details related to sexual assault.
His victims have spent years fighting against his release. But now a serial rapist could be freed.
Alvin Quarles, known as the "Bolder than Most" rapist, is asking a judge to let him out.
He attacked a dozen women and spent 25 years in prison.
This week, Judge David Gill will decide if Quarles should be conditionally released.
One of his survivors says she will live a life sentence and so should he.
“Breathe easily? When he's not breathing. I mean, that's awful to say, but it's the truth,” said Cynthia Medina.
It is CBS 8 policy not to identify victims of sexual assault, but she gave us permission to use her name.
Quarles pled guilty to raping Medina at knifepoint in 1987. She was 19 at the time.
Court records show what Quarles did to Medina, he also did to more than a dozen victims. He would rape them at knifepoint, and in some cases, he made their boyfriend watch or made them have sex while Quarles masturbated. This is why he's been dubbed the "Bolder than Most" rapist.
Over a three-year period, Quarles admitted to breaking into women's homes or motel rooms and raping them.
He was sent to a mental hospital in 2014 after serving 25 years in prison.
Previous request denied
Four years ago, an appellate court denied his request to be released to a home in Jacumba Springs. He's considered a Sexual Violent Predator. Since then, he's completed a sex offender treatment program.
Throughout this time, we have followed this case and heard from his victims and their supporters, who have fought against his release and where he will live.
Two different medical experts from the Department of State Hospitals have found he is ready to be conditionally released to Liberty Healthcare, where he will be managed, treated and required to wear an ankle monitor.
“It's not even about him anymore," Medina said. "It's about the whole system. It's broken.”
Medina says she's worried Quarles will reoffend. She wants reform.
“It's a possibility being a sexual violent predator that he will reoffend, and that is what scares me. That there's somebody else out there that may have to go through what we went through, or what many of his other victims went through," Medina said. "You know, he's the worst of the worst, the worst of the worst, and very smart about it."
Process for release
A spokesperson for District Attorney Summer Stephan explained the process. Stephan said she asked for an additional evaluator and expert, and they both deemed Quarles fit for release.
But she said she will fight for the safety of the community within the rule of law.
The hearing to decide if Quarles should be released is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, but survivors say it will most likely be moved to Thursday because of a scheduling conflict with an evaluator. The hearing is only to determine if Quarles will be released. If he is, the location will be addressed at a later date.
The state contractor Liberty Healthcare, which manages the Sexually Violent Predator Conditional Release Program, is under an audit.
Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, who represents East County, requested the audit. He alleged Liberty Healthcare is unresponsive to community concern, and this is a threat to public safety.
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