PUBLIC SAFETY AND COURTS Highly publicized teen...

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Highly publicized teen gang-rape trial begins

Jury trial began Monday for three teenagers accused of gang-raping

an unconscious 16-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with

various objects.

Greg Haidl, son of Orange County Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, Kyle

Nachreiner and Keith Spann face 24 felony counts. Prosecutors say the

incident, which happened in July 2002 in Don Haidl’s Corona del Mar

home, has been captured in a 20-minute digital videotape made by the

defendants.

Attorneys made opening statements on Monday and Tuesday. Deputy

Dist. Atty. Dan Hess said the teens drugged the victim, raped her and

assaulted her while she lay unconscious on a pool table.

Hess played the videotape for the jurors. The tape was not shown

to the public.

Defense attorneys maintained that the sexual acts were consensual.

They said the girl had consensual sex with all three defendants and

that she had a history of promiscuity and multiple sex partners.

Defense attorneys also said that the girl wanted to be porn star and

was acting out her fantasy with the three men.

The prosecution is expected to present more witnesses this week.

* A police detective who investigated several high-profile sex

crimes and won a merit award for her work is suspected of falsely

collecting workers’ compensation benefits, officials said on

Thursday.

Teri Fischer, who investigated the rape of an unconscious

16-year-old girl in the Corona del Mar home of Assistant Sheriff Don

Haidl, is being scrutinized by state officials who saw “a few

irregularities” in her claim, police said.

The Newport Beach Police Department is not conducting a criminal

investigation of Fischer, but the case has been forwarded to the

Orange County district attorney.

-- Deepa Bharath