Four different women, all independent of each other, reported the incidents comitted by the same offender to the police.
If four women reported the assault, I'd be willing to bet there are more victims who haven't. According to a government website, the number of sexual assaults actually reported to the police are about 6 of every 100.
So WHY has this thread devolved into a discussion of "innocent" men being accused or convicted when it is pretty clear this kid has commited sexual assault according to our legal definition?
Are we going to argue that four separate women are lying and it is a conspiracy against a teenaged boy by four adult women?
Yes, the article does not state the exact manner of sexual assault, but it does state the kid got off of his bicycle to commit the assaults and even went so far as to follow one victim and block the way of another victim.
Being followed or having your way forward blocked when trying to escape and then being sexually assaulted sounds pretty serious and scary to me.