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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNY man on trial due to rape allegations in step-daughter's college entrance essay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday deliberated the fate of a New York man on trial for rape after his stepdaughter wrote in her college application essay about being sexually abused by him as a child.
Albert Tarrats, 62, of Brooklyn faces a 25-year prison sentence if he is convicted by the jury in State Supreme Court in the borough, court officials said.
Tarrats was arrested on rape charges in 2012, soon after his stepdaughter, now 18, wrote to college admission officers that Tarrats sexually abused her repeatedly over several months when she was 8 years old, according to prosecutors.
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The New York Daily News reported that Hammer argued in court that the teenager's mother, who was divorced from Tarrats, used the rape allegation as revenge against her ex-husband.
Hammer also said in court that the teen had used the rape claims to impress the college admissions committee, the Daily News reported.
Albert Tarrats, 62, of Brooklyn faces a 25-year prison sentence if he is convicted by the jury in State Supreme Court in the borough, court officials said.
Tarrats was arrested on rape charges in 2012, soon after his stepdaughter, now 18, wrote to college admission officers that Tarrats sexually abused her repeatedly over several months when she was 8 years old, according to prosecutors.
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The New York Daily News reported that Hammer argued in court that the teenager's mother, who was divorced from Tarrats, used the rape allegation as revenge against her ex-husband.
Hammer also said in court that the teen had used the rape claims to impress the college admissions committee, the Daily News reported.
http://news.yahoo.com/ny-man-trial-rape-accusations-stepdaughters-college-essay-173900641.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-man-accused-raping-stepdaughter-article-1.1833553
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NY man on trial due to rape allegations in step-daughter's college entrance essay (Original Post)
davidn3600
Jun 2014
OP
Putting the rape allegations in her college entrance essay was a courageous
Louisiana1976
Jun 2014
#1
"the teen had used the rape claims to impress the college admissions committee"
elehhhhna
Jun 2014
#3
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)1. Putting the rape allegations in her college entrance essay was a courageous
thing to do. I hope her stepfather is found guilty.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)2. I hope that the jury weighs the evidence
And if they determine he is guilty he gets a long time...
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elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)3. "the teen had used the rape claims to impress the college admissions committee"
Oh hell yeah that's a great idea, mister defense attorney.
If you're going to lie you can do better than that.
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The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)7. You A Special Little Snowflake, Ain'tcha...
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)8. dag, Mag - i missed that post
recap? pm?
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)4. Was George Will on the admissions committee?
Hammer also said in court that the teen had used the rape claims to impress the college admissions committee, the Daily News reported.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)9. Eureka! That explains it!!!1!!
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)10. +2