I met this gal in an on-line dating service and she tells me she's an astronaut.
She's cute but she's very possessive. What do you think of her.
Posted on 06/13/2007 2:03:17 PM PDT by AUJenn
PHILADELPHIA — A man who faked being a doctor, an astronaut and a spy to dates he met online was convicted Wednesday of two counts of sexual assault but acquitted of raping several women who accused him of drugging them.
Seven women, six of whom Jeffrey J. Marsalis met through the Match.com dating site, told similar stories of blacking out or becoming unusually intoxicated during dates from 2003 to 2005.
The jury reached its verdict on the fifth day of deliberations that were so contentious jurors were overheard shouting at each other earlier in the week. He was acquitted of eight rape counts and a count of impersonating a public servant.
Marsalis could get up to 20 years in prison for the two sexual assault counts at sentencing, set for Sept. 18. The jury could not reach a verdict on one rape count.
Prosecutors said Marsalis, 34, of Philadelphia, was a smooth talker with a tony address and a penchant for chic bars and restaurants. The on-and-off nursing student spun tales about being a doctor, an astronaut or a secret agent.
The women, most of them well-educated professionals, gave authorities similar accounts of meeting Marsalis and then feeling unusually intoxicated after returning from the bathroom or letting him buy a round of drinks from the bar. They testified they woke up hours later at his apartment — groggy, sometimes undressed — after an apparent sexual encounter or even amid intercourse.
Marsalis' lawyer said the women were suffering from "buyer's remorse" after being duped about his accomplishments and dumped after consensual sex. Defense attorney Kathleen E. Martin said none of the victims went to police or a hospital afterward and were only sought out by police as part of an earlier case against Marsalis.
Marsalis was acquitted of three similar assaults in January 2006 and immediately charged in the latest cases. Another rape charge is pending against him in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Records show Marsalis has moved frequently, having lived in Park City, Utah; the Phoenix area, where he worked as a paramedic; a Seattle suburb; and South Florida.
Not victim-blaming here, but would NEVER leave my drink alone with some random I met off the Internet.
Convicted of “sexual assault” but acquitted of “rape.” The law is an *ss, as some pundit wrote ...
Who in the world would believe someone in an online dating service was an astronaut or a spy?
Yeah, the astronaut really tickled me....and the “spy”? Aren’t spies supposed to keep their profession a secret, haha?
What got my curiousity was that they jury was yelling at eachother - that seems odd.
Joe Wilson?
:-).
My guess would be that the women jurors wanted a rape conviction.
I’ve been married almost 20 years, but I check out books from the library about dating and “modern relationships.” It’s a weird world out there!
LOL!
That said, it’s amazing what people will believe if they want to do so. I have a middle-aged female relative who “met” somebody on Craig’s LIst - of all places! - and believed every bizarre story he told her about his private jet, his estate in the Hamptons, the fact that he happened to have left his wallet in his jet every time they went out to dinner, and the fact that he needed somebody to give him a little backing in a deal he was doing...
Fortunately, she was rescued by the family accountant, who hired a PI and found that the guy was a marginally employed computer systems worker, lived with his wife and children in a nearby city, and had a track record of fleecing gullible women. And guess what? None of them had reported him to the authorities, and the PI found out only by reading posts on dating sites. They were all too embarrassed to be revealed as so desperate that they would go out with a sleazoid like that.
I'd guess the "yelling" had to do with disagreements on the rape charges. From what I've read of this story I'd have voted to convict him of rape. This man deserves to be made into a "B*tch" while in prison.
I'd be soooooo lost if I wasn't married. I'd probably just throw myself at the mercy of the ladies at FR. Then again, maybe not.
I’m not sure how merciful FReeper ladies are ...
Reading about single life, especially when the “singles” are my age, really makes me appreciate my husband! It also suggests that many women would be happier at 40 if they’d married a decent man with reasonable potential when they were 20 :-).
“From what I’ve read of this story I’d have voted to convict him of rape. This man deserves to be made into a “B*tch” while in prison.”
Indeed! The man’s a pig, and a sorry one at that.
They'd be putty in my hands once they found out I'm the only astronaut in Tijeras, NM. ;)
I met this gal in an on-line dating service and she tells me she's an astronaut.
She's cute but she's very possessive. What do you think of her.
You don’t wanna do that. bwa ha ha ha!
Be careful if she comes over and says "Let's get hammered."
Don’t turn your back on her!
Well, Depends.
I thought you were a double naught spy?
I wanted to be, but my naughts weren't big enough.
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