What is the required corroborative evidence in a sexual assault case?

The required corroborative evidence need not corroborate every fact to which the accomplice testified, but is sufficient if, without assistance of the accomplice testimony, " 'it tends to connect the defendant with the crime in such a way as to satisfy the jury that the accomplice is telling the truth.' " (Lewis, supra, 26 Cal.4th at p. 370.) It must relate to some act or fact that is an element of the crime, but it need not establish every element. (People v. Williams (1997) 16 Cal.4th 635, 680-681.) It may be slight, entirely

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