A young sailor said he was drugged by a City Heights man who later sexually assaulted him while he was unconscious during a testimony hearing on Dec. 17.

The defendant is accused of murder of another young man who was apparently drugged before also being raped.

The sailor, 21, identified Philong N. Huynh, 39, as the man who gave him some pills which the sailor thought was Tylenol since they came from a Tylenol bottle that Huynh had in his car. He said that he met Huynh on June 6 in downtown San Diego and the two drank together before the medication caused him to become intoxicated and sleepy.

The sailor, whose identity is being withheld because he is a sex crime victim, told San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers he woke up the next day in Huynh’s bed. He said he was fully clothed but later realized his underwear was missing.

The sailor underwent a rape exam at a hospital at Camp Pendleton where he was stationed. He said he later called Huynh and asked him what type of drug he gave him that night. Huynh hung up and his phone eventually went out of service.

Huynh is accused of murder in the January 2008 death of Dane Williams, 23, of Huntington Beach, who went missing for three days until his body was found in an alley just 800 feet away from Huynh’s residence.

Huynh is also charged with the special circumstance of murder during sodomy and oral copulation.

The sailor’s testimony was videotaped by the District Attorney’s office because he is leaving for Iraq and may not be available for trial.

He was the only witness to testify so far in the preliminary hearing, which will resume on March 3.

The prosecution will present DNA evidence and other testimony later to link Huynh to the murder. Williams’ cause of death could not be determined by the county medical examiner’s office. Like the sailor, Williams’ underwear was missing, though he was found fully clothed.

Williams was seen intoxicated in the Gaslamp Quarter in the early morning hours on Jan. 26, 2008, but he went missing. His parents put up posters of their blond-haired son seeking information of his whereabouts and later about his death.

The sailor said that Huynh struck up a conversation with him at Horton Plaza and initially asked him “if I wanted to go to strip clubs. I said no.” The sailor said Huynh offered to buy a lap dance for him, but he declined. The sailor said he drank cognac and beer with Huynh and received what he thought were Tylenol pills inside Huynh’s car.

“I believe I blacked out that night,” said the sailor, adding that he had little memory of what happened. “I (had) drank before, but not like this.”

The sailor recalled spending the night at Huynh’s apartment, but has no memory of any sexual activity. “I woke up without my underwear on and my knife was gone. I had a feeling something happened,” he said.

The next thing he recalled that morning was falling down on a bus going to Oceanside, but he didn’t know how he got on the bus. When he got onto Camp Pendleton, he said he acted and felt strange. “I couldn’t walk a straight line. I had a bad headache,” he said.

The sailor repeatedly said he was not gay and never had sex with a man before. He told defense attorney Terrie Zimmerman that he did not know of anyone who is gay in the military.

Huynh remains behind bars in the George Bailey Detention Facility without bail.