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PTC woman testifies about rape incidentTue, 03/17/2009 - 4:31pm
By: The Citizen
A 19-year-old Peachtree City woman tearfully recounted in court today the early August morning when she woke up while being raped by a man in her own bedroom. The victim identified her attacker and another man who was in the room at the time she woke up in her bedroom at the Harmony Village apartment complex. The victim, whose name is being withheld, testified that she was so intoxicated from drinking that she blacked out after reaching her apartment when walking home from a party at the complex. The victim said when she woke up, a man she identified as Ulises Chavez was having intercourse with her until she began to scream. At the time she was partially on her bed, clothed only in a shirt, she testified. The other man in the room, who she identified as Isreal Martinez Ruiz, told her that another man offered to let them have sex with her in exchange for money. The victim testified that Ruiz never touched her. Chavez is charged with rape and burglary while Ruiz is charged with criminal attempt to commit rape and burglary. Prior to her passing out, the victim said she had gotten “pretty intoxicated” at the party. The victim said she had not given anyone permission to have sex with her that night and early morning. She also said she had not given anyone permission to offer to sell a sexual encounter with her or enter her apartment. The officer testified that Chavez and Ruiz both admitted to paying another man cash in exchange for having sex with the victim. Chavez’s attorney, G. Edward Tanner, pointed out that in a written statement after the assault the victim stated she was unable to identify her attacker and the other man who was in her room during the assault. But moments before the victim didn’t hesitate to point both men out where they sat at the defense table in the courtroom. The officer testified that while at the scene the victim kept saying, “I’ve been violated.” The victim admitted that she at first didn’t want to speak to police because she had been intoxicated despite not being old enough to drink that night. Testimony in the case is expected to continue tomorrow morning. login to post comments![]() |