Photographer charged sexual assault to someone student and nude model The suspect, who lived in an apartment in the center of Madrid, was finally acquitted, Prensa Ibérica’s investigative and events channel CASO ABIERTO has learned. The Madrid Court agreed from the beginning with the man who argued that: relationships were consensual and he supports his lawyer’s claims in this sentence, available to the media: Jaime Camper.
The young woman, who was 18 years old at the time, reported that the 32-year-old man, who gained popularity in the industry with the photographs he took with Polaroid, raped her after a session to which she agreed. posing naked at home. The girl also said: second attackIt will take place after 18 days, at a discoclaimed to be a victim to touch by photographer. The prosecution and the accusation requested against him 7 years in prison.
“He recorded me on his mobile phone”
“I learned from a friend that he was a photographer and that he was preparing a project. I moved to Madrid to study and worked as a nude model. I started following him on Instagram and we met on the morning of October 28, 2018, at his house.”
The court emphasized that the young woman filed a complaint a year after the events, and that she did so after the photographer filed a lawsuit against her for calling her a “stalker” and a “rapist” on social networks.
When we got there, “I signed a document transferring image rights, I undressed, and we took photos in the living room.” According to the story, “While I was undressing he told me ‘Show me what you’ve got’“He made noises and started recording me on his personal cell phone.” At noon, the photographer and the complainant took a break from the session and went to eat together. “I smiled and recorded it” what he interprets as “one” very rare intimacy“On his own behalf. Despite this, he agreed to return to the apartment to take more photographs.
“Against the wall”
Then the young woman asked the man as she said: take off your shirt and lay down so he could take a few photos of her while explaining why “He liked tattoos” photographer’s. “I was naked, wearing only briefs, so I went to the bathroom to put some clothes on and when I came back he had taken off his shirt and pants and was lying on the floor in his boxers.”
“The woman reassures the man”He started touching my legs. while taking photos. I said I was uncomfortable but he kept touching me and came closer to kiss me, I didn’t say no but My attitude was that I didn’t want that.This idea disgusted me, I didn’t like it.
He adds that the photographer put this “against the wall”, He started kissing her and asked her for oral sex: “He grabbed my head and squeezed it hard, making me vomit.”. He then entered her vaginally. The next morning, after they had slept together, he said to her: “that he is not in love with her because she is older and I wanted to do it again soon,” he states, hugging her and saying goodbye.
Learned helplessness
According to his claim, as the events occurred, he “entered a dissociative state and began to accept the situation”; This was an argument from her psychologist at a hearing in the Madrid Courthouse last month that the girl was reacting to aggression. with “learned helplessness”It is a defense mechanism found in many victims of sexual crimes who, when faced with fear, block themselves and act passively. However, the court hearing the case does not look at the incident the same way.
“It cannot be concluded that there was no consent. “The complainant’s statement was not fully reliable, convincing, consistent, precise and persistent in terms of the elements of the accusation.” This is the conclusion reached by the court, consisting of two female and one male judges.
High sexual content
According to the decision, “(the complainant’s) actions after these events (alleged rape)” They question your reliability his version and especially the lack of consent when engaging in sexual intercourse. He spent the night in the same bed with the defendant and left the next morning. Being able to appreciate a witness, defendant’s roommatewho are definitely at home (even though they don’t see each other) and Did not notice screams or violent situations“. The witness testified that he heard a girl “running around” on the ground, “laughing and taking pictures.”
Additionally, the young woman admitted that they “exchanged messages in the following days.” He admitted that he sent him two videos in particular: ““high sexual content”where it appears”“she undresses and touches herself”, 15 days after the alleged attack. The judges, who presented these messages as evidence in the photographer’s defense and were revealed at the hearing, evaluated the following: “Such messages and recordings, open enough to question the facts This protects”.
“He ripped my trousers”
The complainant stated at the hearing that he acted this way because he was unaware of what was happening until the moment of the second attack, which took place in a nightclub in the center of Madrid on 15 November 2018. However, his explanation was not sufficient for the court.
“She states that the defendant was drunk or on drugs, that he started approaching her and was very insistent. He was groping for her. and recorded this, stating that he brought his friends closer to kiss him, approached him, squeezed him” and even went further. “grab him and rip his pants”.
“accepted status”
However, “as can be seen when looking at the footage of what happened in the nightclub, there was touching but no violence is appreciated Actually (…). “There is no evidence that anyone from the organization was reported, there is no evidence as to the cause of the injuries, and we can conclude that this is an accepted situation,” the decision concludes.
Finally, the judges emphasize that it took the young woman a year to report the facts and, as she admitted, she only did so when the photographer filed a lawsuit against her for attacking her dignity after he published several messages against her. You on Facebook, Instagram and TwitterShe called him a “stalker” and a “rapist”.