Am I paranoid, or does the press have an agenda when they tell their readers that the victim of a heinous crime lives in a trailer court, instead of merely giving the street name? Is it really just reporting the facts...Or are they trying to say,"Who cares about this person? Look where they live!" There was a case of a white man being run over and killed by a whole carload of blacks in Jasper, TX a year or two ago.The sheriff made a big deal out of denying any racial animus behind the murder, and stated repeatedly that it was all over money. Which may be true...But why did the media make such a point of Mr Tilley's middle name of Bimbo, and that he lived in a trailer? In light of James Carville's loathsome remarks at the time of the Paula Jones debacle, I really wonder.
Be that as it may, there was a case looooong ago (in Texas, IIRC) , about 1977-1981. A man and his wife were divorcing, and he wanted revenge. So he goes to a bar, tells some men he met there that his wife had a sexual fantasy over being tied up and gang raped by strangers. He gave them a sum of money, told them that this was her idea, and to ignore her crys and pleas-that it would all be acting. So they got into the house with the ex husband's assistance, overpower, tie up , and rape the ex wife. The rapists were arrested, and that's when they told the police about the 'sex fantasy enacters for hire' routine. Whether they really thought the woman was a willing participant , or if they and the husband cooked up the whole story thinking it would *somehow* get them off the hook, I don't know. There was a lot of media attention over this case, but how it was resolved I don't know. Does this disgusting story ring a bell?
I do remember a case with details as you described. If it is the same one - it was in Britain, not America, and in the 1980s. The perps got away with it, because the judge ruled that they had a "reasonable presumption" that the victim was consenting. This caused some controversy. I don't know what happened to the husband.
I've noticed that too. Easy targets I guess. I lived in one when I was in elementary school. I was always embarrassed. Now I realize it was the best my single mom could do.