A 21-year-old man facing a sexual assault case involving teenage victims pleaded not guilty to charges after waiving his preliminary hearing in 1st District Court on Monday. Payden Hendershot appeared in 1st District Court on Monday via video conference from the Cache County Jail. During his appearance, Hendershot was bound over for trial and pleaded not guilty to six counts leveled against him: two counts of first-degree object rape, two counts of first-degree forcible sodomy, third-degree distribution of a controlled substance and class-A furnishing alcoholic product to a minor. Defense attorney Joseph Saxton asked the court for a 30-day continuance in the case to explore possible avenues for resolution. Hendershot was set to appear for a pretrial conference on May 10.