As an American journalist in Japan, Jake Adelstein uncovered a world unknown to many of the Japanese public, let alone to foreigners: the world of organized crime. For 12 years, he investigated for Japan's largest newspaper, the Yomiuri Shinbun.
In his final story, Adelstein went toe-to-toe with one of the country's most notorious crime bosses, a discovery that led to death threats for him and his family — death threats that have yet to be lifted. His new memoir about his experiences is called Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.
After leaving the paper in 2005, Adelstein was chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. Today he is considered one of the foremost experts on organized crime in Japan, and works as a writer and consultant in Japan and the United States.
Adelstein is also the public relations director for the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade. He joins Terry Gross to talk about that work, his book and the organized-crime landscape in Japan.
rystal Rodriguez, 28-year-old married mother, now of Lonestar Court in Cameron, North Carolina, was indicted in June 2007 for having sex with a 14-year-old boy and inappropriately touching his 13-year-old brother. The crimes came to light when the boys’ parents discovered inappropriate messages on a home computer.
At her trial in January 2008, Mrs. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery in a plea deal with the prosecution. She was placed on two year’s probation and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if she should enroll in the state’s sex offender program and ordered to register as a sex offender.
Now she has been arrested for statutory rape of an underage girl.
According to the arrest report, Mrs. Rodriguez was charged after she allegedly had intercourse with a 15-year-old girl at her home. No dates were given for the alleged incidentrystal Rodriguez, 28-year-old married mother, now of Lonestar Court in Cameron, North... more
A Florida woman, who is a victim of sexual abuse, claims that rape was called a "pre-existing condition" by several health insurance companies, which would have disqualified her for care.
In 2002, Chris Turner, a health insurance agent from Tampa, Florida, was drugged and raped during a business trip. When she conferred with a doctor after her assault, Turner was prescribed preventative anti-HIV drugs, and she later entered counseling to help deal with the residual psychological effects of her rape.
A few months later, when Turner was forced to buy new insurance on the individual market, she suspected, based on her knowledge of the approval process, that she may no longer qualify for coverage. She called a series of insurance underwriters and asked them about a hypothetical client who had been raped, and every insurer she called had the same response: "Nope, we won't take her." Turner's treatment for her rape, it turns out, constituted a pre-existing condition that the companies said would disqualify her from coverage.
Turner spoke about her situation at the launch of the National Women's Law Center's "Being A Woman Is Not A Pre-Existing Condition" campaign yesterday.
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A Florida woman, who is a victim of sexual abuse, claims that rape was called a "pre-existing condition" by several health insurance companies, which would have disqualified her for care.
In 2002, Chris Turner, a health insurance agent from Tampa, Florida, was drugged and raped during a business trip. When she conferred with a doctor after her assault, Turner was prescribed preventative anti-HIV drugs, and she later entered counseling to help deal with the residual psychological effects of her rape.
A few months later, when Turner was forced to buy new insurance on the individual market, she suspected, based on her knowledge of the approval process, that she may no longer qualify for coverage. She called a series of insurance underwriters and asked them about a hypothetical client who had been raped, and every insurer she called had the same response: "Nope, we won't take her." Turner's treatment for her rape, it turns out, constituted a pre-existing condition that the companies said would disqualify her from coverage.A Florida woman, who is a victim of sexual abuse, claims that rape was called a... more
NEWBERG, Ore. — Darrin Daily's neighbors say they had no reason to suspect the depravity that police and court documents describe in the one-story apartment on River Street.
Daily, 44, of Newberg, was accused of rape, sodomy and other sex-related crimes, including posting Craigslist ads to solicit others to join in group sex with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. There also were allegations of adults showing up to have sex with the teen, as well as police seizing drugs, sex toys and computer images of victims.
The news shocked Newberg, a small town in the hills of Oregon's pinot noir country, as authorities pressed sex crime charges against Daily and four other adults.
"It's disgusting. It's beyond sick," said Kim McCabe, who lives a few blocks from Daily's place.
Sherry Donaldson, who lives in rented quarters adjoining Daily's, said she's glad that after she smelled the odor of marijuana seeping into her kitchen she told her children to stay within the fenced yard in front, and not go to the back where he lived with two young daughters and a small dog named Buddy.
Daily remained in jail Wednesday on $1 million bail.
Three men and a woman have been accused of abusing the 14-year-old, who is too young under Oregon law to consent to sex with adults.
Three men were accused of responding to the Craigslist ad: Patricio Moreno, 43, of Forest Grove; Robert D. Thompson, 34, of Portland; and David Garcia, 41, of McMinnville. All are charged with sex abuse and rape.
Alisa Nice, 31, of McMinnville, was charged Wednesday with sexual abuse, sodomy and using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct. Police said she knew Daily.
Lawyers for the suspects had little or no comment. "At this point innocent until proven guilty is all I have," said Thompson's attorney, Janmarie Dielschneider.
A police press release on Tuesday said that a 4-year-old girl whose image was in computer files seized at Daily's house had told of being abused and was in the care of a child abuse assessment center.
No charges relating to the child have been filed, said Lisl Miller, deputy district attorney for Yamhill County.
"I really can't talk about the factual background regarding the 4-year-old at this point," she said.
Police said a third victim, a 15-year-old girl, came forward in early September and told them that Daily had recently given her alcohol and marijuana before they had sex.
A week later, police said in affidavits, they arrested Daily. Searching his computer equipment, they said, they found images of the 14-year-old.
A few days later, the court documents said, the 14-year-old told police she'd had sex with Daily about every other weekend since February and described encounters involving bondage, multiple adults and a dog.
The 15-year-old told police she had met Daily at a swimming pool, and that Daily's daughter, who was with him, asked her to visit, according to court documents. When she visited she smoked marijuana with him and he provided alcohol, according to the documents. She said Daily "got too high," took her to a bedroom and they had sex.
Little information about Daily's background was available Wednesday.
He lived in a one-story addition to an older two-story house, and neighbors said they believed he had no job.
Ken Cudd said he'd lived across the street 22 years and seen rowdier tenants.
"He kept to himself and his friends," Cudd said.
He said Daily moved in early in the year and left only about twice a month after loading his black Jeep Cherokee with empty cans — "I mean, tons and tons of cans" — presumably to return for the deposits.
Donaldson said she moved into the two-story part of the rental unit in April along with her children, ages 13 and 9.
"He did have people over, but it wasn't crazy wild," she said. "It was odd."NEWBERG, Ore. — Darrin Daily's neighbors say they had no reason to suspect the... more
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The Vanessa George case raises important questions about female sexual abuse of children.
Angela Allen and Vanessa George have pleaded guilty to the abuse of children
Both George and Angela Allen were acting alone - and detectives are satisfied neither woman was acting under duress, or being coerced by a man.
These were predatory female paedophiles - women abusing children for their own sexual gratification.
One victim of sexual abuse by a woman is Darren, whose earliest memory is of his mother standing over him naked.
Behavioural Psychologist Michele Elliott
Behavioural psychologist Michele Elliott has 40 years clinical experience working with female sex offenders and their victims.
She told Sky News: "I have spoken with and written to over 800 survivors of female sexual abuse and offenders, and in only 25% of those cases was a man present, involved, anywhere near the home.
"In 75% of cases the woman was acting alone.
"The reality is women abuse, women abuse without men telling them to abuse, and I think we have to acknowledge it for the sake of the children who are being abused.
"Otherwise they will continue to be abused because we as a society don't want to know."
In contrast to sexual abuse by males, female sex abuse tends to take place within the family.
Unseen threat from female paedophiles
Women also tend to abuse children from a younger age.
Female sex abuse often remains hidden behind the veil of happy family life and the apparently normal relationship between mother and child so victims are less likely to come forward.
The statistics in this field are dangerously inadequate, but Michele Elliott estimates that at least 25% of victims of sexual abuse are abused by women.
Two years ago the Behavioural Analysis Unit at CEOP (The Child Expoloitation and Online Protection taskforce) began a study into female sex offenders.
The results are still several years away, but Graham Hill, leading the team, expects the findings to show a high incidence of female sex offending.
Mondays were the worst day - he would cry and sob. So now you just torture yourself - wondering did this woman work on Mondays? Were Mondays the day she did the abuse?
Darren explains: "Women do abuse. I know first hand that women abuse.
"It is going on and we need to acknowledge it otherwise the only people who suffer are the victims because it just puts up another barrier to them coming forward and getting help."
Acknowledging women can and do sexually abuse children challenges everything we assume about the female nurturing instinct - it is the ultimate taboo.
But if there is a legacy of Vanessa George and her crimes, perhaps it is this - that we can no longer deny the existence of the predatory female paedophile.The Vanessa George case raises important questions about female sexual abuse of... more
Linetta J. Holmes, 42-year-old eastern Missouri mother of four has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for having sex with several teenage boys.
Mrs. Holmes was originally facing eight different counts involving at least six teenage boys in the Crawford County area in early 2008. She pleaded guilty to five of those charges as part of an agreement with prosecutors. The youngest of her victims was 15 years old.
She was arrested in May 2008 after police received an anonymous tip.
Holmes lives in Cuba with her husband and four children, but the alleged actions with young boys took place in the county, outside the city limits, placing it under the Sheriff’s Department jurisdiction.Linetta J. Holmes, 42-year-old eastern Missouri mother of four has been sentenced to... more
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a decades-old arrest warrant stemming from a sex charge in California, Swiss police said Sunday.
The director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl. But he fled the United States before he could be sentenced, and U.S. authorities have had a warrant for his arrest since 1978.The Swiss Justice Ministry said Polanski was put "in provisional detention." But whether he can be extradited to the United States "can be established only after the extradition process judicially has been finalised," a ministry spokesman said in an e-mail.
Polanski was accused of plying a 13-year-old girl with champagne and a sliver of a quaalude tablet and performing various sex acts, including intercourse, with her during a photo shoot at actor Jack Nicholson's house. He was 43 at the time.Nicholson was not at home, but his girlfriend at the time, actress Anjelica Huston, was.According to a probation report contained in the filing, Huston described the victim as "sullen.""She appeared to be one of those kind of little chicks between -- could be any age up to 25. She did not look like a 13-year-old scared little thing," Huston said.She added that Polanski did not strike her as the type of man who would force himself on a young girl."I don't think he's a bad man," she said in the report. "I think he's an unhappy man."Polanski pleaded guilty to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.There have been repeated attempts to settle the case over the years, but the sticking point has always been Polanski's refusal to return to attend hearings.Prosecutors have consistently argued that it would be a miscarriage of justice to allow a man to go free who "drugged and raped a 13-year-old child."
Polanski's lawyers tried earlier this year to have the charges thrown out, but a Los Angeles judge rejected the request.In doing so, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza left the door open to reconsider his ruling if Polanski shows up in court.
Espinoza also appeared to acknowledge problems with the way Polanski's case was handled years ago.According to court documents, Polanski, his lawyer and the prosecutor thought they'd worked out a deal that would spare Polanski from prison and let the young victim avoid a public trial.But the original judge in the case, who is now dead, first sent the director to maximum-security prison for 42 days while he underwent psychological testing. Then, on the eve of his sentencing, the judge told attorneys he was inclined to send Polanski back to prison for another 48 days.Polanski fled the United States for France, where he was born.In the February hearing, Espinoza mentioned a documentary film that depicts backroom deals between prosecutors and a media-obsessed judge who was worried his public image would suffer if he didn't send Polanski to prison."It's hard to contest some of the behavior in the documentary was misconduct," said Espinoza.Polanski's victim is among those calling for the case to be tossed out.Samantha Geimer filed court papers in January saying, "I am no longer a 13-year-old child. I have dealt with the difficulties of being a victim, have surmounted and surpassed them with one exception."Every time this case is brought to the attention of the Court, great focus is made of me, my family, my mother and others. That attention is not pleasant to experience and is not worth maintaining over some irrelevant legal nicety, the continuation of the case."Geimer, now 45, married and a mother of three, sued Polanski and received an undisclosed settlement. She long ago came forward and made her identity public -- mainly, she said, because she was disturbed by how the criminal case had been handled.Polanski's arrest Saturday came two days after one of his wife's killers died.
More at link.Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a... more
For Lisa Demaree and her husband A.J., it was the hardest time of their lives. It all began a year ago, when the Demarees dropped off some digital photos to be printed at their local Wal-Mart in Peoria, Ariz.
"It was a nightmare, it was unbelievable. I was in so much disbelief. I started to hyperventilate. I tried to breathe it out," Lisa Demaree said, struggling through tears.
Among the batch of 144 family photos, the developer spotted eight photos that shocked her and she turned them over to police.
According to the police report, photos were of the children in provocative positions, with their genitals exposed.
"Some of the photos are bath time photos," Lisa said, "but there are a few after the bath. Three of the girls are naked, laying on a towel with their arms around each other, and we thought it was so cute."
Investigators went to the Demaree home to question them and search their residence.
A.J. Demaree said he could understand why the police were there, but he said the pictures were innocuous snapshots of his kids goofing around, and some of them involved the children being naked.
ABC News was able to obtain access to four of the photos. There are still nine other photographs which were not released because the Demarees' lawyer said that the photos were intended for private home use and showing them to outside parties would violate the law for distribution of child pornography.
"We have told our girls that they have freedom to be in their home and feel OK about their bodies and their nudity, but that there is a time and a place for it," Lisa said.
Police seized numerous videotapes and the Demarees' computers and found more photos and videos of the children frolicking without clothes.
"Our family is very open and comfortable. We don't want our children to feel inhibited in their own house," A.J. Demaree said. "If they want to run around in their underwear, if they want to go run and grab an old Halloween costume and throw that on and run around the house, or if they want to run around the house naked and play around, that's what we encourage."
The police and Child Protective Services saw it very differently.
The three children, ages 1½, 4 and 5 at the time the pictures were taken, were removed from the home and placed into the care of Child Protective Services.
It would be a month before A.J. and Lisa could regain custody of them.
A medical exam of the children revealed no signs of sexual abuse, and a judge ruled that the photos were in fact harmless.
ABC News legal expert Dana Cole says that in cases of child pornography authorities need to prove sexual intent on the part of the parents, and that after the judge reviewed the case and the Demarees underwent psychological evaluation, it was determined that there was no such intent.
From the Demarees perspective, the damage was already done.
"We went on a central registry of sex offenders. Our names went on that registry," Lisa said.For Lisa Demaree and her husband A.J., it was the hardest time of their lives. It all... more
A Connecticut police officer who allegedly duped a woman into having sex by pretending to be his twin brother has resigned from his position, more than a month following the assault.
Jared Rohrig, 25, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and criminal impersonation after posing as his brother so convincingly well, that he was able to fool the victim who thought she was with her boyfriend of nearly six months. http://www.tabloidprodigy.com/?p=6386A Connecticut police officer who allegedly duped a woman into having sex by pretending... more
Three women face trial for gluing a man's penis to his belly. The group of women are made up of the man's lovers and his wife.Three women face trial for gluing a man's penis to his belly. The group of women are... more
PARKER, Colo. -- A 22-year-old woman who claimed a Parker police officer beat and raped her after she was kicked out of a bar was arrested Thursday on charges of false reporting.
Emily J. Petersen, of Castle Rock, will also be charged with an attempt to influence a public servant and forgery, both felonies.
On June 13, at around 1:30 a.m., Petersen and several friends were at the Tailgate Tavern in Parker, and were asked to leave because the bar was closing.
Petersen became uncooperative because she didn't want to leave so bar staffers called police for help, Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cocha Heyden said.
Petersen was escorted out of the bar by two uniformed Parker police officers.
Later that morning, Petersen reported that she was "beaten and raped" by one of those officers.
The Parker Police Department asked the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to investigate the case to avoid a conflict of interest.
Douglas County detectives conducted a two-month investigation and determined that Petersen was not assaulted by anyone. Detectives discovered significant evidence including video footage and phone records that showed her report was untrue, Heyden said.
"The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the Parker Police Department take false reporting cases very seriously because they do a grave disservice to actual victims and waste valuable resources," Sheriff David A. Weaver said.
Peterson is being held on $3,000 bond.PARKER, Colo. -- A 22-year-old woman who claimed a Parker police officer beat and... more
HOUSTON - Six people, including a former Houston Police Department officer, are facing a slew of charges in connection to the largest sex trafficking case in the Southern District of Texas.
Houston residents John Butler, 47, William Hornbeak, 34, Jamine Lake, 27, Andre McDaniels, 39, Kristen Land, 28, and Tulsa, Okla. Resident Ronnie Presley, 35, are charged with with conspiracy to traffic women and children for the purposes of commercialized sex; sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; transportation of minors; transportation; and coercion and enticement. Upon conviction, each count of sex trafficking and transportation of minors carries a maximum of life in prison, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
Five of the suspects were arrested between Monday and Tuesday in a joint effort between federal and local officials. Presley remains on the run.
Butler briefly served as a Houston Police officer back in the 1980's, sources told FOX 26.
I'm not into fox news, but i can't find any other reliable source out there... If you do, please post!HOUSTON - Six people, including a former Houston Police Department officer, are facing... more
Former AstraZeneca U.S. medical director for Seroquel Wayne MacFadden confessed his multiple sexual affairs, and his offer of drugs to one of the women he was sleeping with, to lawyers in December 2007.
The confessions include descriptions of sex in hotel rooms paid for by AZ, illicit distribution of Vicodin, and a kinky relationship in which one of his colleagues asked to be “punished” for looking at a study that had negative results for Seroquel.
MacFadden told that woman: “You will be punished (in the usual fashion!) when I see you … but perhaps more harshly this time!!!”
He made the confession to the lawyers — who are suing AstraZeneca for allegedly failing to warn patients that side effects of the drug include significant weight gain and diabetes — as part of a deposition prior to the current litigation going on in Florida...
Between 2002 and 2006, MacFadden said he had slept with two executives who worked for AZ or its research agencies. He offered Vicodin to one of them. He also attempted to get confidential information about Bristol-Myers Squibb’s FDA filing for a bipolar depression approval for rival drug Abilify, via a woman he was sleeping with...Former AstraZeneca U.S. medical director for Seroquel Wayne MacFadden confessed his... more
(Aug. 13) -- William McCaffrey has spent the last four years in prison, serving a 20-year sentence for a rape the victim now says never happened.
Biurny Peguero, now married and using the last name Gonzalez, accused McCaffrey of raping her in September 2005, and he was convicted by the State Supreme Court in Manhattan. But in March, Gonzalez confessed to her priest, and later to her attorney, that she had fabricated the rape story, according to reports from The New York Times and the New York Post.
Gonzalez initially accused McCaffrey of raping her while on the way to a late-night party. According to the Post, Gonzalez now says she lied about being raped because her friends were angry with her for stranding them without a ride when she went off to the party with McCaffrey.
While there was no physical evidence of rape, Gonzalez did have bite marks on her arm and shoulder -- wounds she said were caused by McCaffrey. These bites and Gonzalez's testimony led to the conviction.
In 2008, new DNA testing cast doubt on the case when it revealed the genetic material taken from the bites had no Y chromosome, so it could not be male. According to the Times, court papers showed the district attorney's office refused to overturn the conviction based on the test because the DNA from the sample could have come from the tears of Gonzalez's friends.
Gonzalez now claims the bites and scratches on her body at the time of the alleged rape were caused by her friends, who physically assaulted her in their anger over being stranded.
McCaffrey's lawyer filed papers Wednesday for the rape conviction to be vacated and for his client to be set free. However, Gonzalez has refused to testify on behalf of McCaffrey unless she receives immunity on perjury charges.
For more on the story, read The New York Times and the New York Post.(Aug. 13) -- William McCaffrey has spent the last four years in prison, serving a... more
Tawnya Rae Burrows, 30-year-old Bradenton woman has been arrested on charges of sexual battery for using sex toys on children she was supervising. She often had care of the children while their father was away, the sheriff’s report said.
Burrows faces charges of sexual battery, lewd and lascivious exhibition and introduction of obscene material to a minor. 8-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister told authorities she molested the girl, performed sex acts in front of them and also molested their 2-year-old sister.
The girl also told authorities Burrows put on a pornographic movie in front of the children, the sheriff’s report said.
Two of the victims drew similar photos of the items used in the acts, which occurred between April 1 and June 30, according to an arrest report.
Burrows told police she owned some sex toys but denied using them in the presence of the children or doing anything inappropriate with the children.Tawnya Rae Burrows, 30-year-old Bradenton woman has been arrested on charges of sexual... more
Leslie Denise Nichols, 39-year-old Camp Lejeune family readiness officer has been arrested by Jacksonville Police officers for allegedly forcing a 9-year-old child to commit sex acts on her. Nichols reportedly is a civilian employee at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base.
Nichols, 39, of Stagecoach Drive, is charged with first-degree sex offense, five counts of indecent liberties with a minor, and five counts of child abuse by sexual act. She was arrested July 29, remains in jail under a $300,000 bond and has a court appearance scheduled for Aug. 20.
The alleged sexual abuse occurred between June 29 and July 29, according to the warrants. Nichols is accused in warrants of directing a 9-year-old child to penetrate her digitally and with an “electronic stimulus device.” She also forced the child to practice oral sex on her, according to warrants on file at the Onslow County Courthouse.Leslie Denise Nichols, 39-year-old Camp Lejeune family readiness officer has been... more
Wis. (Aug. 4) -- A married man who planned to rendezvous with one of his handful of lovers at an eastern Wisconsin motel instead found himself bound, blindfolded and assaulted by a group of women out for revenge, according to court documents.
Four women, including his wife, eventually showed up to humiliate the man, who ended up with his penis glued to his stomach in a bizarre plot to punish him for a lover's quadrangle gone bad, according to the documents filed in Calumet County.
The three girlfriends and wife of a man with a complicated love life face up to six years in prison after cops said they tied him up and assaulted him in a motel room in Wisconsin on July 30. The suspects are,Tracy Hood-Davis, Therese Zeimann, Michelle Belliveau and Wendy Sewell.
The three girlfriends and wife of a man with a complicated love life face up to six years in prison after cops said they tied him up and assaulted him in a motel room in Wisconsin on July 30.
Now it's the women who face punishment, perhaps six years in prison, and at least one said Monday the story has gotten twisted and she's embarrassed.
"I am disturbed. I am upset. I am having a hard time handling life; an emotional wreck," Wendy Sewell, 43, of Kaukauna, said in a telephone interview from her home. "I am ashamed."
Sewell, Therese Ziemann, 48, of Menasha, Michelle Belliveau, 43, of Neenah, and the man's wife are charged with being party to false imprisonment, a felony. Ziemann also is charged with fourth-degree sexual assault.
The women are free on $200 cash bails. Investigators say all the women but Belliveau were romantically involved with the man. Online court records didn't list defense attorneys for any of the women Monday.
The women's plot for revenge unfolded last Thursday at the Lakeview Motel about 30 miles southwest of Green Bay in the tiny village of Stockbridge near the scenic shores of Lake Winnebago.
Criminal complaints filed Friday allege the man agreed to be bound with "sheer sheets" and blindfolded with a pillowcase for a "rub down" by Ziemann. She instead cut off his underwear with a scissors and summoned the others to the room with a text message.
Ziemann struck the man in the face, and used Krazy Glue to attach his penis to his stomach when the other women arrived, according to the complaints. The man told investigators he also was threatened with a gun.
Ziemann told investigators she didn't have a gun but may have told the victim, "Do you know how much I want to shoot you?" He started screaming and the women rushed off fearful that he could get loose and hurt them but allegedly took his wallet, vehicle and cell phone.
Ziemann told investigators she met the man online through Craigslist, fell in love and paid for his use of a room at the motel for the past two months. She said she gave him about $3,000. Then last Wednesday, she learned from the man's wife that he was married, had other girlfriends and was "using them for money." She expected the money to be repaid, according to the documents.
During Thursday's confrontation with the man, Ziemann told investigators Sewell asked him, "Which one do you love more?" and the man's wife made a derisive remark about him being scared.
The man got free from the bed by chewing through one of his bindings, went outside and borrowed a telephone from the motel owner to call police.
Ziemann and Belliveau are sisters and Belliveau didn't do anything wrong, Sewell said Monday. "She was just there for moral support. She wasn't even dating the guy. She stood at the door the whole time and didn't participate or nothing."
Ziemann's husband answered the telephone at their home and declined comment. There was no telephone listing for Belliveau.
The man had no telephone listing in Fond du Lac.Wis. (Aug. 4) -- A married man who planned to rendezvous with one of his handful of... more
Teachers are losing their jobs because students make false allegations against them. Even when investigation prove accusations where false teachers are unable to find a teaching job.Teachers are losing their jobs because students make false allegations against them.... more
