Posted on 11/13/2007 9:38:25 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
CINCINNATI — A lawyer for the man accused of raping a University of Cincinnati student says the encounter could have been consensual because the woman has a history of sleepwalking.
Dexter Ford, 52, is charged with raping the 23-year-old woman early Thursday morning near Interstate 71 in Cincinnati.
Ford's lawyer, Jeff Adams, said prosecutors told him the woman takes prescription medication and has a sleepwalking condition, a fact that will likely be the core part of Ford's defense.
"It goes to consent," he said. "How is he to know she is sleepwalking, if it's a dream 'yes' or a real 'yes?' "
Adams has not said if Ford spoke to the woman and whether she consented to sex. Messages seeking comment were left with Adams on Saturday.
Two passing motorists reported seeing Ford on top of a woman near a White Castle restaurant on Taft Road near I-71, and called police from their cell phones, Cincinnati police said.
When police arrived, the woman was still asleep, according to police reports. She was taken to University Hospital for treatment.
Hamilton County Municipal Judge Fanon Rucker said he also was told the victim sleepwalked through the encounter....."
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Is the woman saying that she may have said yes but it doesn’t count because she was on a sleeping pill?
I can hear the defense lawyers for this yoyo now.
"If you do not have this all on tape, then there is no rape"
According to the article, this S.O.B. is also HIV positive.
He is also homeless.
Doesn't pass the smell test. A woman asleep in the open in the middle of the night can't give "consent." Doesn't matter how she got there.
What, a young, well-groomed fellow like himself with good career prospects? Most 23 year old women would have their interest piqued immediately.
The perp better cop to the simple rape charge. If his mouth-piece tries the defense he’s airing, the prosecution may just decide to ammend the charge to rape of a person of diminished mental capacity due to prescription mediaction: tacking on more time in prison.
If it doesn’t fit you must acquit...........I wish I hadn’t said that...........
Add this to the sarcastic "nothing says romance like..." files.
True!! And the moon could be made of green cheese because the sun was rising. Temperatures could rise by 50C because of human caused global warming.
Or this COULD all be BS based on the "cudda-wudda-shudda" model that lacks any foundation in fact.
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