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alp227

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Mon Feb 23, 2015, 11:49 PM Feb 2015

Sex assault charges tied to 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie

A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors said Monday was part of a re-enactment of scenes from the film "Fifty Shades of Grey."

Freshman Mohammad Hossain, 19, appeared shocked after a Cook County judge set his bail at $500,000, walking back to the lockup with his mouth wide open.

The judge was taken aback after Hossain's lawyer, assistant Cook County public defender Sandra Bennewitz, said Hossain had been involved with several UIC leadership programs, was a student ambassador to the alumni association and was on the triathlon team.

"Sandra, how can someone involved in all that let a movie persuade him to do something like this?" asked Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr.

full: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-50-shades-of-grey-uic-sex-charge-20150223-story.html

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Sex assault charges tied to 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie (Original Post) alp227 Feb 2015 OP
Don't blame it on a movie, blame on this crazy student leader still_one Feb 2015 #1
Exactly. The movie is just a convenient excuse for him. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #2
And this will not be the first case of "the movie made me do it"... jonno99 Feb 2015 #3
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