Monday, July 30, 2012

Charges dropped against boy, man accused of sexually assaulting girl with Down syndrome


Prosecutors dropped sexual assault charges Monday against Kody M. Koonce, 17, and Rusty Begay, 20, citing inconsistent witness testimony of a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome.

Oklahoma County prosecutors dismissed their case Monday against a boy and a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl with Down syndrome, citing “witness inconsistencies.”
Kody Matthew Koonce, 17, and Rusty Begay, 20, of Choctaw, were accused of assaulting the girl Feb. 12 at a Choctaw residence.
Koonce was charged with rape and forcible oral sodomy, and Begay was charged with permitting sexual abuse to occur and forcible oral sodomy, according to court records.
The case against a juvenile defendant is pending in juvenile court, prosecutors said.
A fourth co-defendant, Cody Gene McGee, 17, of Jones, was charged with rape and forcible oral sodomy. He pleaded guilty in May as part of a deal with prosecutors and testified earlier this month against the other two defendants.

A rape case against two teenage boys accused of sexually assaulting a girl with downs syndrome is dismissed. The 17-year-old victim took the stand and said she made the whole thing up.
After more than an hour of testimony, the 17-year-old victim, the defendants, and their families broke down in tears after prosecutors asked for the case to be thrown out.
Prosecutors asked the judge to dismiss the case after the victim, who has downs syndrome and who prosecutors say has the mental capacity of a six year old, kept waffling on the stand.
She finally broke down during cross examination, saying she made up the story about the attack.

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