High-tech company head pleads not guilty to sex assault
The 75-year-old head of a local high-tech company pleaded not guilty in state court this morning to charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl over a six-year period.
William Eugene Clisham, chief executive officer of CORESystems Hawaii, a data storage company, is facing multiple first-degree and third-degree sexual assault charges.
He remains free on $500,000 bail pending trial in December.
According to the company’s website, CORESystems clients include the U.S. Department of Defense, state and city agencies including the state Department of Education, University of Hawaii, First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaiian Airlines, Kamehameha Schools and Punahou School.