Violent pornography that Kansas prosecutors consider a rape suspect watched for a number of hours a day will likely be allowed as proof at his upcoming sexual assault trial, a decide has dominated.
Jacob Ewing — who’s accused of raping two girls, one in September 2014 and one other in Might of final 12 months — is accused of replicating parts of seven movies, which might be admitted as proof at his trial slated to start June 26, the Kansas Metropolis Star studies.
“Apparently, parts of the movies depict acts that [Ewing] is alleged to have replicated himself upon the witnesses,” Jackson County District Choose Norbert Marek wrote in his ruling. “The relevance of this proof may show motive, intent, preparation, plan, information or id.”
Ewing — who faces fees that embody rape, aggravated sodomy and battery — “selected video after video” depicting girls being raped and bodily assaulted, based on his on-line viewing historical past, which was found throughout the investigation, prosecutor Jacqie Spradling wrote in court docket paperwork.
Ewing watched the aggressive and abusive porn inside 45 days of the more moderen rape he’s charged with committing, based on court docket papers. These scenes included non-consensual intercourse, in addition to bodily and verbal abuse. A male voice on the finish of 1 scene might be heard saying: “Not condoning rape until you’ve a motive.”
Seven of the movies “do seem to depict a minimum of some acts that have been then carried out,” Marek wrote.
4 web sites listed in a prosecution’s movement may also be referenced throughout the trial, together with one described as a “one cease store for all of your abuse porn wants.”
Proof reveals that Ewing, based on Spradling’s movement filed earlier this month, watched a median of 4 hours of violent pornography per day, together with footage of girls being strangled, punched or compelled to eat vomit, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
Ewing’s lawyer, Kathellen Ambrosio, objected to admitting the footage as proof, claiming that might be “extremely, extremely prejudicial.”
Marek didn’t enable such proof to be admitted throughout Ewing’s trial final month, the Kansas Metropolis Star notes. In that case, Ewing was acquitted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old lady. He stays jailed and faces trials scheduled for June, August and October in separate sexual assault instances. He has pleaded not responsible to these fees, the Kansas Metropolis Star studies.
