BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Rape victim...
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Rape victim could not have consented
A 16-year-old girl who accused three teens of gang raping her when
she was unconscious could not have consented to sex as she now
claims, a Newport Beach Police detective testified in court
Wednesday.
Greg Haidl, 17 -- son of Orange County Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl
-- Kyle Nachreiner and Keith Spann, both 18, face 21 felonies for the
July 6 attack that allegedly happened at Don Haidl’s Corona del Mar
home.
Wednesday’s hearing was to determine if the teens should stand
trial. Last week, Orange County Superior Court Everett Dickey ruled
that the teens must be tried as adults.
A police detective testified Wednesday that the victim admitted
she voluntarily had sex with two of the suspects in the days leading
up to the alleged attack, and one of those liaisons was also captured
on videotape. Newport Beach Police Detective Teri Fischer also said
the victim has told her repeatedly that she wishes prosecutors would
not go forward with the case.
Defense lawyers said the revelations back up their contention that
the victim also consented to the July 6 sex. Authorities say the
videotape clearly shows the suspects raping and sexually assaulting
the girl. Fischer said the videotape was so disturbing that it made
her vomit.
Haidl, 17, Nachreiner, 18, and Keith Spann, 18, were arrested
after a friend gave police a video camera that contained images of
the July 6 incident with the 16-year-old girl. The tape depicts the
young men having sex with the girl and at one point sexually
assaulting her with a pool cue, authorities said. The charges carry a
maximum punishment of more than 190 years in prison.
Fischer testified that the girl told her she drove to the Haidl
home the night of July 5 after her shift as a waitress at a San
Bernardino County restaurant. The girl also said that she remembers
drinking a beer and a mixed drink, but that she does not remember
much else about the night, Fischer said.
-- Deepa Bharath
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