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Posted on 04/29/2022 5:22:02 PM PDT by Coronal
A former Idaho lawmaker was convicted Friday of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern after a dramatic trial in which the young woman fled the witness stand during testimony, saying "I can't do this." According to the intern, who is referred to as "Jane Doe" at her request, Aaron von Ehlinger, 39, raped her at his apartment after the two had dinner at a Boise restaurant in March 2021.
Von Ehlinger was a state representative from Lewiston, but later resigned. He sat calmly as the verdict was read, as he has throughout the trial. Von Ehlinger talked quietly with his attorney, who removed items from his pockets as he was handcuffed and remanded to custody.
Afterward, 4th District Judge Michael Reardon told the jury: "This has been an unusual case attended by many unexpected circumstances, but I appreciate your attention ... and hard work."
Doe on Friday haltingly described the moments the alleged assault began, before abruptly leaving the witness stand.
"He tried to put his fingers between my legs and I closed my knees," Doe said. At that, she stood up. "I can't do this," she said, quickly walking out of the courtroom.
The judge gave the prosecuting attorneys 10 minutes to find her to determine if she would return and resume her testimony.
When she did not, the judge told the jurors they had to "strike (Doe's testimony) from your minds as if it never happened," because the defense could not cross-examine her.
During his testimony Thursday, von Ehlinger often spoke in a clear, loud voice directly to jurors, saying he and Doe decided to return to his apartment to "hang out" after eating at a fancy Boise restaurant. Then they began making out on the couch, he said.
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Only an idiot would date an immediate subordinate.
I won’t say he’s guilty of rape but he’s guilty of stupid and it’s best to put him in prison where the stupid tend to get culled from the herd.
I’ll ask: R or D ?
Idaho hints R. No mention of party by CBS shouts D.
He is a Republican. Served in the US Army in Afghanistan.
R.
Party affiliation was not screamed at volume 11 and repeated ad infinitum in the headline, so can I assume Van Wilder or whatever his name is is (D)?
Wow, R…unexpected
Remarkable CBS did not lead with REPUBLICAN RAPE....’
Regardless of party, if he’s guilty, jail him.
But when is Joe Scarborough's trial for murdering his intern?
Not listed....therefore a democRAT.
If he were a Republican we woud know that in the first three words.
Please…
Plenty of bad dude’s with an “R” next to their name.
“ Plenty of bad dude’s with an “R” next to their name.”
True, but usually if it is an (R), the headline usually screams (R)! (R)! (R)! The fact that it did not caught ne off guard
Sounds like he forced and coerced her. Girls and guys need to wear body cams...streaming live to a personal cloud
Every one’s so sexually liberated.....guess the hippie experiment failed.
No free lunch and no free sex.
Most politicians are pure evil.
Until they prove me wrong, I don’t think otherwise.
Cases like this really bother me.
I don’t want a man to get away with abusing a woman, raping
her. On the other hand, it really is hard for a guy to
defend himself.
I can’t explain the bump on the back of her head. It sounds
like something wasn’t right here, but we don’t know how that
bump actually got there.
There is a whole network of people who are there to help
women, but the guy only gets to hire attorneys to help
him in these cases.
If the guy was guilty, I’m glad they convicted.
Perhaps others know a lot more about this.
>> Remarkable
That’s why people are remarking.
Not that this didn’t happen, but what, exactly, was the evidence? Her testimony only?
If the victim fled the room without testifying, what did convict him of?
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