| Hyerdahl 2007-06-01, 9:25 pm |
| On May 31, 9:38 pm, "Avenger" <aven...@avengers.co.uk> wrote:
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> Planet Poofy is not the real world, You won't find one case where a man has
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Friday, April 27, 2007
SAN MARCOS - Esteban Gonzalez told his wife that he had the right to
have sex with her whenever and however he wanted.
This week, a Hays County jury told him otherwise, finding him guilty
of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping for dragging
his wife, then estranged, into a San Marcos motel room, tying her to
the bed, gagging her and raping her in February 2004.
SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Esteban Gonzalez Lockhart man who called wife his property convicted
of 2004 rape.
The sexual assault, which occurred as an abusive relationship was
ending, was one of about 8,400 reported to police in Texas that year,
but authorities have little information on how many other women are
raped by a spouse or partner each year.
A law set to take effect in September will help them track cases of
spousal rape and, perhaps, help women like Gonzalez's wife before it's
too late.
"Knowing these things can help us better understand the dynamics of
sexual assault in Texas and can help us better target prevention of
sexual assault," said Karen Rugaard, spokeswoman for the Texas
Association Against Sexual Assault.
Nationwide, about 8 percent of women report they have been raped by a
spouse or partner, according to the 1999 National Violence Against
Women Survey sponsored by the National Institute on Criminal Justice.
In 2005, Texans reported 4,700 sexual assaults by family members,
including husbands as well as parents, grandparents and siblings,
according to Department of Public Safety crime data.
That was more than half the reported rapes that year, though Rugaard
estimates that the actual number of rapes is much higher.
But it's difficult to separate spousal rape from domestic violence
because a person who has been sexually assaulted by a spouse has often
also experienced physical abuse, said Laura Wolf, senior policy
director of the Texas Council on Family Violence.
"Victims don't usually call family violence centers to say they've
been raped," Wolf said. "Usually they're calling because it's a whole
big pattern of abuse."
Gonzalez, a 44-year-old Lockhart man who had three children with his
wife and four from a previous marriage, was a controlling spouse who
scrutinized his wife's cell phone bills, timed her drives to work or
on errands and examined her underwear for signs of infidelity,
Assistant District Attorney Heather Youree said during Wednesday's
sentencing hearing.
The American-Statesman is not identifying the wife in this case,
because she is a victim of sexual assault and asked not to be named.
But she told Dunn she wanted her story told.
In letters to his estranged wife introduced at the trial, Gonzalez had
told her that he would have sex with her as he pleased "because you're
my property."
By February 2004, Gonzalez's wife had left him and was considering
divorce but agreed to meet him in San Marcos to discuss financial
matters.
Gonzalez dragged her screaming and struggling into a room he had
rented at a motel off Interstate 35 and sexually assaulted her, police
said.
Later that day, the woman convinced him that she would be willing to
reconcile and that they should go out for lunch, police said. At the
restaurant, the woman ran to the bathroom, locked herself in and
called police.
Gonzalez's lawyer, Chevo Pastrano, called the crimes and trial "a
horrible tragedy for the whole family."
"I don't know that anyone left that courtroom happy," he said.
In a written statement, Gonzalez's wife thanked the jurors for
"hearing my cry for help and for making a statement for all women who
are in abusive relationships to let them know that their voices will
be heard.
"This whole ordeal has been about betrayal and I pray for healing for
both families," she wrote.
Copyright 2001-2007 Cox Texas Newspapers, L.P. All rights reserved.
Was this your story, Vengeful?
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Not so. Consent is required for each sex act.[color=darkred]
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> Absolutely correct. In fact, if a wife refuses sex it's grounds for divorce and she will get $0 and will have to forfeit anything she owns for breech of> contract :o)
Vengeful lives on his own planet. :-)
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