Charges Dropped Against 5 Teenagers Accused In Brooklyn Rape Because Victim Was Having Sex With Her Dad

An 18 year old woman was walking through a Brooklyn playground late at night with her father when 5 black men pulled out a weapon,  forcing her father to flee while they raped her.  The father then ran to a nearby bodega to call for help but the store owner didn’t believe him. That was the story the father told authorities, unfortunately for him — no one was buying it. 

Prosecutors have officially dropped the charges against the 5 teens after the victim not only recant her story about being raped, she also admits that there was no gun. The story doesn’t stop there. To make matters worse, according to Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson, the 18 year old was in the park having sex with her own father. 

Yes, you read that right.

“The complainant, as well as her father, provided multiple inconsistent accounts to NYPD Detectives and to experienced Special Victims prosecutors about important material facts in this case,” Thompson said in a statement.

“The complainant has recanted her allegations of forcible sexual assault and the existence of a gun, and she does not wish to pursue criminal charges against any of the defendants. She also refuses to cooperate with any prosecution against her father, who was engaging in sexual conduct with her.”

The odd thing about this story is that the boys’ initially claimed to have walked in on the girl having sex with her dad. The father initially reported that the teens took turns raping the woman in Brownsville’s Osborn Playground after using a gun to chase him off. The defendants: Denzel Murray, 14; Shaquell Cooper, 15; Ethan Phillip, 15; Onandi Brown, 17 and Travis Beckford, 17, say the father was having sexual intercourse with the daughter when they first spotted the two, and two of the defendants told police the sex they had with the teen was consensual.  

“We are thankful to the District Attorney’s office for the thoughtful and prudent time they took to fully investigate this case,” said Murray’s attorney, Ken Montgomery. “They did what the NYPD, City Hall and so-called community leaders didn’t do, they didn’t judge these young men, and investigated what actually happened. Now separate from the charges being dismissed there is a lesson to be learned. It is unhealthy to have sexual relations in parks even if it’s consensual. We don’t want our young men to grow up thinking this is okay, because it’s not.”

This story is truly bizarre, but i’m glad things worked out for those young boys.

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