U Visa in effect!

[Army_of_One]

Dodge man will face allegations of rape

By Eric Swanson
Dodge City Daily Globe

Dodge City resident Everardo Munoz-Sandoval's ex-wife alleges that he raped her on several occasions between 2003 and 2006, including an alleged sexual assault on Sept. 10, 2006.
But the woman also acknowledged that the couple frequently had consensual sex during that three-year period until the summer of 2006, when she told him that she wanted a separation. After that, she said, they did not have consensual sex again.
Munoz-Sandoval was bound over for trial Tuesday on one count of rape stemming from his former wife's allegations that he assaulted her on Sept. 10, 2006. His trial date has not been set yet.
The Globe does not publish the names of possible sexual-assault victims, and it normally does not publish other information that might identify them. Given the circumstances of this case, however, the newspaper is identifying the woman as Munoz-Sandoval's former wife.
An allegation of rape
Speaking through an interpreter, the woman said that her husband asked her for sex the night of Sept. 10, 2006. But she said she told him she didn't want anything to do with that.
She said after she rejected his overtures, he removed her clothes and had sex with her.
Assistant Ford County Attorney Travis Harrod asked the woman, "Did you tell him 'no' that night?"
She replied, "Yes, at the moment that he asked me."
Harrod then asked her, "When Mr. Munoz-Sandoval started to have sex with you, did you try to resist him in any way?"
The woman said, "No, I did not do any resistance."
She said she was tired and afraid that her husband might turn violent if she tried to resist, because he had been violent with her before.
The woman described a pattern between 2003 and 2006 in which she and her husband had consensual sex several times a month, but there were other times when he forced her to have sex even though she told him "No."
She said they stopped having consensual sex in late August 2006, after she told Munoz-Sandoval that she wanted a separation.
She said she continued to share a bed with Munoz-Sandoval even after she told him she wanted a divorce.
Harrod later asked the woman why she had continued sleeping with her husband.
She said she continued sleeping with Munoz-Sandoval in part because the house belonged to her. She also said she couldn't sleep anywhere else, and he didn't want to sleep somewhere else.

Immigration status
Under cross-examination, the woman acknowledged that she was in the United States illegally and that federal authorities were aware of her status.
Munoz-Sandoval's attorney, Philip White, later asked the woman if her deportation proceedings were delayed because of the rape allegations.
The woman said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no information about the case.
White then said, "Are you telling this court that you have not told any agent of ICE of the allegations against your husband?"
The woman said, "No."
Harrod later asked the woman if she had a U visa, which is available to noncitizens who are either victims of a crime or witnesses in an investigation. The woman said she did not have a U visa, but an employee with the Crisis Center of Dodge City was helping her apply for one.
The woman acknowledged telling the Crisis Center employee about the rape allegation.
Medical testimony

The only other witness to testify Tuesday was John Thompson, director of intensive services for Western Plains Medical Complex and coordinator of the sexual assault nurse examiner/sexual assault response team program.

Thompso said he examined Munoz-Sandoval's former wife on Sept. 12, 2006, and found several bruises, abrasions and lacerations on her body. He said the woman, who spoke through an interpreter, told him that her husband forced her to have sex, even though she repeatedly rejected his overtures.
Thompson said the woman's injuries were consistent with a sexual assault.
Under cross-examination, Thompson said his findings were based on what he saw and what the woman had told him.
Attorney White then said, "So the fact of the matter is this: Whether it was consensual or not, you don't know."
Thompson said, "That's correct."

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[Army_of_One]

1st of all...LOOK..ANOTHER "alleged" rape in DC...go figure.

2nd of all...I have some questions about this. Who tells their husband they want a divorce then keeps sleeping with them. To me this fails the "common sense" test. I doubt if they just had one bedroom in the house.

Also the fact that this is happening makes her able to get the new U VISA. I wonder once she gets that Visa (which allows here to stay here although she is illegal) if she can help her husband get his papers? I also wonder why she didn't turn him in or seek help.

I'm not saying the rape didn't happen but if someone is raped you would think they wouldn't allow it for 3 years then all of a sudden tell someone at the rape crisis center after the U Visa becomes available.

[K C Muffin]

I have different thoughts about this one -

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

She said she continued sleeping with Munoz-Sandoval in part because the house belonged to her. She also said she couldn't sleep anywhere else, and he didn't want to sleep somewhere else.

Where the hell did this woman get this house? If she has to testify through an interpretor, obviously she can't speak English, which would make it hard for her to hold a decent-paying job in the US. So how does this house belong to her?

Second thing is ... hello? Do you have a phone or two able legs to carry you? If the ba$tard "doesn't want" to sleep somewhere else and you "can't" sleep somewhere else, and the house "belongs" to you, where is your brain?

Rape? Maybe. But married people have sex that's not exactly consensual all the damn time. "Honey, I've got a headache" "But I really want sex" "Then hurry up and just get it over with so I can go to sleep". Honestly. Rape. Holy shit. So now WE get to pay for him a place to sleep. Honestly.

[Jolly Rancher]

[quote=K C Muffin;57288] ...But married people have sex that's not exactly consensual all the damn time. "Honey, I've got a headache" "But I really want sex" "Then hurry up and just get it over with so I can go to sleep". ...QUOTE]


LOL - I tell mine to let me know when he is done so I can roll over. JK LOL

[Sherry_Giskie]

The inconsistency I see is that she claimed that she DIDN'T resist him when he started to "rape" her. But the examiner said she had bruises, lacerations, and such that would result from a "struggle". Am I right on this? If she just let in to him, she would have had no injuries!

[Jolly Rancher]

Maybe they like their sex a little rough.

[Flying Dutchman]

I know I always have bruises, scratches and stuff................



(Oh that was sooooooooo wrong) lol

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by Jolly Rancher

Maybe they like their sex a little rough.

My thought too JR

and FD .....nutin "wrong" with that LOL

[K C Muffin]

he he

Too funny. You guys are just wrong on so many levels.....but I love it!

[midgetlover]

I dont believe it for a minute because once she gets her U Visa she can refuse to testify against him and or drop charges thus giving her status here under a crime law. Her husband gets deported and he comes back.

They always find a way around the laws.