Posted on 04/01/2013 1:55:58 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
Morgan Triplett, 20, from UC Santa Barbara took out two ads on Craigslist: one asking someone to shoot her in the shoulder; the other asking to be beaten in exchange for sex.
The student who claimed to have been raped on the UC Santa Cruz campus reportedly had a man beat her and then have sex with her shortly before calling police and saying she was raped, the Santa Cruz District Attorney's office alleged Friday.
Morgan Triplett, 20, pleaded not guilty to all charges during a court appearance Friday.
Triplett was on the UCSC campus Feb. 16 and 17 for a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender conference, said Assistant District Attorney Johanna Schonfield, in an interview outside the courtroom Friday morning. She is a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Triplett took out two ads on Craigslist, one asking for someone to shoot her in the shoulder and the other asking to be beaten in return for sex. "No charges would be filed," the ads said, according to Schonfield.
UCSC police found the ads during an intensive investigation that started President's Day weekend, when the rape report terrified the campus. Schoenfeld has asked for reimbursement of the police costs as part of the sentence, if Triplett is convicted.
"She was suicidal and she wanted something to bring her back to reality," Schonfield said was the reason Triplett posted the ad asking to be shot.
"The second ad, which ultimately was the one responded to, was seeking someone with a strong hand to inflict punches, bruises and kicks and compensation was to be provided with sex."
A man answered the ad, beat Triplett, and had sex with her on campus Feb. 17, Schoenfeld said. The man, who she wouldn't name, is cooperating with investigators. He isn't from Santa Cruz, she said.
"Several people responded to the ad," said Schonfield.
Triplett then called 911 and said she was attacked, beaten and raped on a campus trail and gave police a description of the alleged attacker for a sketch. Ten days later, police said the rape claim was fake.
Triplett appeared in Santa Cruz County Court with her father, who asked that the court not allow photographs of her. "There's been enough damage already," he said.
Judge John Gallagher, however, allowed pictures after Schoenfeld argued that the public had a right to know about this case in light of the terror it caused on the UCSC campus.
Triplett's father, Richard Triplett, spoke with a Register-Pajaronian newspaper reporter outside of the courthouse. He disputed how the case was characterized. Read about it here.
If convicted of the misdemeanor of filing a false police report, Triplett could get six months in county jail and pay restitution to police for the dozens of hours spent investigating the crime.
Schoenfeld asked that the student be allowed her freedom while waiting for a May 23 court date because Triplett is undergoing psychological treatment for depression. Judge Gallagher ordered her to stay off the Internet except for school work because, he said, her online activities were a major part of the case.
District Attorney Bob Lee sat in the courtroom during the hearing.
The O.T. has it right.
Deuteronomy 19:
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
-— Triplett was on the UCSC campus Feb. 16 and 17 for a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender conference ——
I’m afraid that this is going to give LGBT conferences a bad name.
When I'm down in the dumps, a good rape and beating always cheers me up. WTH? Kudos to the Santa Cruz police. I wonder if she would have come clean if they arrested a suspect based on her description, or if she would have sent an innocent man to jail. Maybe she wasn't hating men quite enough, so she needed a reason. I hope she gets the mental help she needs. When was the last time one of these bashings was for real?
Lol!!!
Japan takes the crazy prize, IMHO.
Why am I not surprised by this “girl”, nor the sicko’s who answered her ad?
what an idiot.
She paid a man with sex to beat her?
There are parts of town where the men would do that for free if you are white.
“Not Guilty”
but mentally ill or stupid as crap
Also gives her a reason to turn to or justify her supposed homosexuality. Contracting for a beating could also be a way of punishing herself for the possible guilt she may have. But, as you say, it could just be her woefully misguided way of gaining “street cred” among her equally sick friends.
This girl needs mental help. I hope she finds a good psychiatrist or member of the clergy to help her.
“Guilty as homemade sin.”
That saying is a new one for me!
I think England is right up there with the crazies as well.
However, I do agree, Japan has some really bizarre sickos.
But, thinking about it, Aussies are kinda round the bend a little too.
Nobody will ever know.
wow - how can someone so not guilty be so guilty?
Yeah- you’ve haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen a lovesick whacko asian teen
The Dad is in court with his daughter. What kind of father was he the entire time she was growing up?
Typically, kids don’t get this way on their own.
A glimpse inside a twisted, irrational mind of a criminal.
In the past society didn’t have to over-deal with people like this, they were usually killed by their hired hand or horse whipped and shunned like the dunce they were.
Tell me he doesn’t look like a lawyer?
Bump.
I couldn’t agree more.
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