CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER NEWS: THE MOST BIZAARE KIDNAPPING FOR RAPE CASE - EVER
This case could conceivably become one of the most widely read cases in California. It's crazy. It's juicy. It's XXX-Rated. It's really, really weird.
The Court of Appeal begins by saying, "This is not your garden variety kidnapping and rape case." No kidding.
The victim, Jane Doe, started getting threatening letters, saying the writer of the letters would "fuck up" the victim's family if she didn't comply. With what? With engaging in a truly staggering array of sexual acts with Michael, a co-worker.
Michael claimed he was getting similar letters. Michael told Jane that Tiffany, another coworker, was writing these letters, that Tiffany was psycho, and that they had to comply to avoid having Jane's family being hurt.
Over a seven-month period, and that's not a typo, Jane submitted to a variety of sexual acts with Michael, many of them videotaped (so Tiffany could be sure that Jane was complying,
see?).
The footnotes quoting the letters are beyond X-rated; the funniest part is where the letters say that Jane should make the sex more romantic.
Finally Michael went on vacation, Jane went to the police, and the police immediately realized that Michael was sending the letters. He of course copped out.
The issue is whether there's enough evidence for kidnapping for rape. Yep, the court says there was sufficient movement, since Michael took Jane to the parking lot of a nearby cemetery to engage in many of the sexual acts.
A cemetery parking lot? This guy really was romantic.
People v. Power; 2008 DJ DAR 1036; DJ, 1/23/08; C/A 4th
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