WOMAN RAPED BY POLICE OFFICERS GETS $7 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Doe, a 25-year-old woman, was standing outside a store when she was approached by two police officers. They allegedly asked her to get into a patrol car so they could take her to a police station for questioning.
Instead, they took her to a vacant parking lot and took turns raping her. She went to a hospital after the rapes and underwent a rape kit. She suffered post traumatic stress disorder as a result of the rapes, causing constant nightmares and a fear of leaving her house along.
The police officers, who had been fired from their jobs after they were arrested for the rapes, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of indecent assault and official oppression and were put on probation.
Gee, imagine that. Two cops gang rape a woman under power of authority, and they get probation. Who is the DA out there in Philly?
Anyway, apparently a jury wasn't as respectful of the two rotten rapists as was the local DA. The jury awarded Doe $8.3 million, including $7 million in punitive damages. Plaintiff's counsel was Dominic Guerrini and Jonathan Cohen, both of Philadelphia.
Doe v. City of Phila., U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D. Pa., No. 2:02-cv-04727, Nov. 8, 2007.
